My 18 yr old son was due to give his final concert of the school year this past June (2007) and the school nurse called me that day at lunchtime saying he was sick with a sore throat, low grade fever and malaise.  He was supposed to perform in show choir, chorale and the all-male chorus and we'd been looking forward to this event for months.  He was unhappy about being sick to say the least.  I explained that we would need to be aggressive and get him home right away to start with essential oils.  This is what we did:  steam inhalation with a drop of R.C., diluted Thieves on his chest with warm compresses, apple cider vinegar with Agave & water, and I put some Egyptian Gold on a teaspoon with some Agave for him to swallow (since it is hard for him to take the capsules) twice (several hours apart) and I ran the diffuser for two ½ hr. periods before he got ready to shower for the concert.  He slept most of the afternoon and felt well enough to give a great performance that evening.  Of course he continued with the R.C. and Thieves, warm compresses, Vitamin C and steam inhalation over the next 2 days also.  Since my kids are getting ready to go out into the world (17 and 19 yrs. old) I am teaching them what to do and then watch them do it themselves, so they can be comfortable doing all of this in college.  Of course if he had a true fever, I would have taken him to the doctor for a strep culture, but we still would have addressed it with essential oils.  Their older siblings have been doing the same when they get sick.                  

My 17 yr old daughter came home late one Friday nite after a track meet and complained of head congestion, a sore throat and aches all over.  She also was seeing green when she blew her nose!  She was supposed to take her SAT's on Saturday morning, but felt unable to get out of bed for them when the time arrived.   I explained that we would need to use aggressive measures over the weekend if she wanted to go to school on Monday.  (She was heading into a week of three AP exams).  This is what we did:  steam inhalation three times a day, apple cider vinegar with agave and water three times a day, an alkaline diet, R.C. on her chest with warm compresses over her chest and head three times a day, diffused Raven in her bedroom on (a timer) over nite (it diffused 3 times through the nite for ½ hr. each period),  Ningxia Red 2oz. twice a day and of course, lots of rest.  She was a new person within 48 hrs. and was able to go to school, feeling so much better on Monday!  Funny thing, my boss came to work on that same Monday that my dgtr went back to school with a similar complaint of sinus infection, malaise (that started on Friday), only my boss was miserable, left early and was still talking about going to get antibiotics before she left.    May 2007

I caught a respiratory infection this spring and learned firt hand how powerful steam inhalation can be.  It came on suddenly and was felt deep in my chest from the start.  I poured boiling water into a bowl and added 2 drops R.C. to it.  Then I set the timer for 12 minutes and made a tent over my head with a towel as I sat down to inhale the mix.  This helped break up the congestion in my chest.  I also put 3-4 drops of Frankincense and Thieves in a capsule three times a day for two days and then used Thieves with Oregano and Thyme (3 drops each) twice a day for two more days. In talking to two different friends who had similar respiratory infections at the same time, I learned that they went to a doctor for antibiotics after a week, while I healed in less than a week.  April 2007

During an out of town reunion, I woke up with a sore throat.  I had brought my oils with me, so I took an empty capsule and put 7 drops of Thieves and 3 drops each of Oregano and Thyme into it.  I took two capsules of this blend, an hour apart from each other that morning and by noon, my sore throat was gone.   February 2007

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One day when I was chopping onions I sliced off about 1/8 of my ring finger!  My finger started bleeding and hurting right away.  My first thought was I can't see how deep this is with all the blood, but I don't want to go to the emergency room and my second thought was, I'm going to use my oils!
I rushed to the faucet and ran it under cold water. After holding pressure on the finger I ran upstairs for my Helichrysum oil and poured a couple drops onto it in order to stop the bleeding.  It slowed down the bleeding but it was hurting badly. I remembered that peppermint oil was supposed to help ease pain and put a drop on the finger.  Within 2 seconds I felt relief.  Then I held more pressure on it as I started reading the Medical Guide I use (it offers all kinds of ideas on what oils to use for what).
I read about more than 10 oils I could use, but I chose lavender with tea tree oil, Roman chamomile and rose ointment to cover it.  I used this recipe 2-3x/day for 6 days and my wound completely healed!
I love the fact that I never needed stitches or drugs and today I have no scar whatsoever!
October 2005