The cure for Acne

Our children have been blessed with good looking skin and we have had very few outbreaks of acne. I would love to say the missing acne curse is due to great hygiene, however, it is more due to good genes and luck. However, our 15 year old son has recently come down with a few problem spots on his face. He had some "zits". Oh my gosh, what are we going to do. Since aromatherapy is now part of our life when we have problems, we immediately consulted the books to see how to best treat acne. We used an oil blend that has Eucalyptus, Tea Tree and Cedarwood oils with a carrier oil such as coconut oil on the affected areas and Voila!, the acne slowly disappeared. All parents need to know this and try it on their children if they have acne. Teenage years are hard enough to survive without skin problems, so we were fortunate to find this effective "cure" early on.

Dr Mom and Dad

Cold and flu season

This has ben a very cold and snowy season in CO. Fortunately our family has been very healthy this winter. I came down with my first cold last week and had lots of sneezes and a runny nose. Normally, when I catch a cold it lasts for over a week. This time, as soon as I started to feel a little run down, I was quick to use Thieves which is a blend of cloves, cinnamon, lemon, and rosemary. I rubbed it on my feet every night and diffused it in the bedroom (it has a great fresh scent). My cold lasted for just a few days and it was gone. The use of essentail oils and a healthier diet has been very important in my health this year.

Dr Mom and Dad

Too much fudge

My son and I made a big mistake the other day. We ate too much chocolate fudge. An hour later we both had a terrible headache. I got out the peppermint oil which is great for relieving headaches. We rubbed a couple of drops onto our foreheads and the headaches went away. A couple of hours later my son said his headache had come back and so did mine. (We ate a lot of fudge so shame on us). We applied a little more peppermint oil before we went to bed and the headache went away so we could go to sleep.

The moral of this story is to eat just a little bite of fudge when you can not resist and Peppermint oil is a great headache reliever.

Dr Mom and Dad

Essential oils cure the snow shoveling blues

We just had a huge snowstorm with over 2 feet of snow. I had to shovel the driveway for over 6 hours the past few days to clear all of the snow. Shoveling snow is a great and intensive workout. However, my old body was not ready for that much work. Needless to say, my back was feeling the effect of all that labor along with my calves, arms and shoulders. When I came in after a long period of snow shoveling, I had a painful cramp in my calf muscles. I immediately put on Cypress and Lavender which helped reduce the muscle tightness. When I went to bed after the first night I put on my usual back pain oils (Basil, Cypress, Aroma Seiz and Peppermint) and woke up with just some minor aches. I went out again in the morning and finished up the remainder of the driveway as well as a pathway to the middle of the street. I put on all of the oils again the second night and the back ache was gone. I usually have some major back pains after doing that much shoveling; this time with the application of essentail oils, I was able to shovel for a much longer period of time with limited back problems.

Dr Mom and Dr Dad

Sore knees and muscles from sports activities

It has been a busy week with my two high schoolers. Swim season and Basketball season has started and we are experiencing a lot of sore muscles and other aching body parts. My daughter, the swimmer, immediately comes home from practice and gets some oils to put on her sore muscles. Usually she uses a blend called panaway which helps with muscles soreness. My son had some problems with his knee. I think a lot of his knee pain is growing pains. Our reference book idicated that Spruce, Cypress, and Helichrysum may work on sore bones and joints and so we applied them with some peppermint. After two days of applications, my son said the pain has gone away. It is amazing how these oils are working on the kids and also how they are embracing their useage. They are learning that the body can heal itself with the proper treatment and that you do not need drugs when you are experiencing some pain.

We are still putting Thieves on our feet at night to fight off a lot of germs that are going around. We know a lot of people that have been experiencing a stomach virus. Lets hope that the oils plus good nutrition and rest keeps us well this winter.

Dr Mom and Dr Dad

Peace and Calming for night time

My youngest son had a hard time falling alseep last night. I got out the essential oil blend Peace & Calming and rubbed it on his feet. He snuggled up with me and went right to sleep. He likes to have oils applied to his feet, and he also likes the citrus aroma of Peace & Calming.

Last week we also applied a lot of Thieves oil blend on our feet before we went to sleep. My oldest son was coming down with a cold, so we used Thieves to help our bodies fight off the germs. It worked wonders as my son no longer has the sniffles and cough and no one else in the family caught the bug.

Dr Mom and Dr Dad

Muscle Pain

My son started his basketball season two weeks ago. He is a freshman in High School and has been playing basketball since second grade. Now that the "real" season has started, they are practicing very hard for two hours a day. Yesterday, he was complaining that he had a lot of leg cramps in his calves and in his thighs. I pulled out my essential oil handbook and read that Cypress, Marjoram, and Lavender were good for charlie horses. I had my son rub these oils into his sore areas, and then we also used Aroma Seis and finished it off with Peppermint. I use Aroma Seis a lot for my back pain; this oil blend works well with me. I always apply Peppermint on muscle problems because it helps the other oils penetrate deeply. I also love the smell and feel of Peppermint. I will have my son apply Aroma Seis and Peppermint on his sore muscle areas every night before he goes to bed until the soreness goes away.

Dr Mom and Dr Dad