Essential Oil Education

Flu season is just around the corner and many will be opting for flu shots. Not me! I do not believe the pharmaceutical companies who are trying to convince us to take their vaccines which still have mercury preservatives in them. Flu can actually be caused by many different virus strains. The vaccines only cover some of them–not all of them.

Want a better choice? Essential oils like the blend Thieves can help protect you and your family from getting sick this flu season or if you do get sick, lessoning your symptoms. In the fifteenth century, a group of spice merchants (thieves) figured out that they could go among the dead and dying and rob them without catching the plague. What were they doing? Dousing themselves with powerful essential oils. Here is the now famous 4 Thieves Vinegar which appears in the museum of old Marseille:

“Take 3 pints of strong white wine vinegar, add a handful each of wormwood, meadowsweet, wild marjoram and sage, 50 cloves, 2 ounces of campanula roots, 2 ounces of angelica, rosemary, and horehound and 3 large measures of camphor. Place the mixture in a container for 15 days, strain and express, then bottle. Use by rubbing it on the hands, ears, and temples from time to time when approaching plague victims.”

Thieves™ is an oil blend containing the oils of clove, cinnamon, lemon, eucalyptus, and rosemary inspired by the thieves in this Medieval story. This oil was tested at Weber State University in 1997 for its potent antimicrobial properties and found to have 99.96 percent kill rate against airborne bacteria. Now I’m impressed with these figures! A story from the past can help our world today deal with such problems as flu. How can you protect yourself and your family? Take heed from this story and protect yourself with medicinal or therapeutic grade essential oils. Educational courses in aromatherapy can help you understand the science behind therapeutic grade essential oils. We can arm ourselves with protection against deadly diseases and yes, the flu.

PS: To find out more information on aromatherapy classes to help you protect yourself and your family, go to my web site at http://www.ISHAhealing.com and check out our schedule of classes.