Saturday, June 6, 2009

Nine Essential Oils For Your First Aid Kit

Pure, therapeutic essential oils provide powerful healing properties and are excellent for holistic first aid care. Below are nine "everyday oils" for your medicine cabinet:
Lavender
Apply 2-3 drops lavender oil on a minor burn or sunburn to decrease pain or on a rash to relieve itching.

Apply one drop on a cut to stop the bleeding.

For nosebleeds, put a drop of lavender on a tissue and wrap it around a small chip of ice, press under middle of top lip to the base of the nose and hold as long as comfortable or until bleeding stops, careful to not freeze lip or gum.

Peppermint
Rub 4-6 drops in the palm and rub over stomach and around navel to relieve indigestion, flatulence, nausea, and diarrhea.

Add a drop to a mug of warm water to aid in digestion and relieve heartburn.

Rub several drops on the bottoms of the feet to reduce a fever.

Lemon
Saturate a cotton swab and use between toes to clear athlete's foot.

Put a drop on bleeding gums caused by gingivitis or tooth extraction.

Rub a drop on to help reduce corn, callous, and bunions twice daily-am and pm.

PanAway Blend
Apply topically on sore muscles, arthritis, or injured area to reduce inflammation and bruising.

Rub a few drops on the temples, forehead, and back of the neck to relieve a headache.

Peace and Calming
Diffuse in the room to calm autistic, ADD, overactive or hard to manage children.

Diffuse while sleeping to help stop nocturnal teeth grinding.

Purification
Put a drop on insect bites to neutralize the poison and stop the itching.

Rub a drop on the outside of a sore throat when it is first beginning.

Rub a drop on a blister, cut, or scrape to cleanse and disinfect.

Thieves Blend
Place 2-3 drops in honey or a capsule or apply to the bottoms fo the feet for immune system support especially during flu season.

Diffuse to eliminate bacteria, mold, allergens, and odors in the air.

Valor Blend
Massage into neck, chest, or shoulders to release tension.

Drop onto the wrists to ease anxiety and encourage confidence.

Frankincense
Massage several drops on the temples and back of the neck for stress relief.

Drop onto the skin to minimize or soothe scarring and stretch marks.

Apply on the face to minimize oil production and acne.

These are just a few ways to use the Everyday Oils kit! To order your kit that contains these 9 essential oils please call Jennifer at 715-381-6979, email wisdom4wellness(at)aol(dot)com, or purchase online at my website http://jennifernordin.vibrantscents.com/ .

If you order from the main Young Living website, please use my ID# 329194 for Enroller, thanks!

Available at wholesale, preferred customer, and retail customer prices. Ask me how you can get 50% OFF an aromatherapy diffuser by purchasing this kit!

3 comments:

Cascia Talbert said...

I could use some peace and calming at my house! Especially in the evening when my three year old refuses to go to bed. Great tips! Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

thanks for sharing these tips. i have a couple of those oils, but maybe in the future i will be purchasing the others. i have left you a couple awards on my blog.

Yanic said...

Wonderful article and list of items. I'm very excitd to have found your post. We've been slowly trying to find alternatives to medications and with your list, we can start filling the cabinet with more health items.

Thank you for sharing!