Benefits of Melaleuca (Tea Tree Oil)

This week my patience has been sorely tried! I HATE being sick!  I woke up last Friday with an itchy throat so took some Oregano (in a capsule cause that stuff BURNS under your tongue), and did my Breathe, Lime, and Rosemary routine.  (I put a layer of each on my nose and sinus areas.) 

By Friday night, my throat was really hurting and I was coughing like crazy!  I used every oil I could think of and it only kept getting worse.  (I'm thinking detox here)  By Saturday morning, I couldn't swallow without tons of pain, so I knew that it was my tonsillitis/strep throat issue coming back.  (I usually get it every year or two around this time for some reason.) 

Anyways....looked up Tonsillitis in my trusty Modern Essentials book, and Melaleuca is the recommended oil.  I rubbed a couple drops into my throat and within minutes I could swallow almost pain free!!! 

I kept taking Oregano (it's a natural anti-biotic) and using the other oils.  Soon found out that although Breathe, Lime, and Rosemary did help some with drainage, it did not do for me what Peppermint and Lemon did.  I boiled water and poured it into a bowl and added Peppermint oil.  The steam did wonders for me!  I drank the lemon in water and it helped soothe my throat, while at the same time breaking up all the junk in my chest.

The infection moved to my right eye, so I used Melaleuca underneath the eyes (on the bone) and it's almost gone!  In ONE DAY!!  I love this stuff!  I love not having to pay the Dr. to tell me what I already know is wrong with me and then I love not having to take unnatural products to help me get over the sickness!

A big Thank You to doTerra for making the purest, most effective oils out there available to us!

Lavender Oil

My sister introduced me to Lavender essential oil from doTerra in December of 2010.  She has MS and has been using those oils for quite a while.   At first I was a little skeptical of what she said all the oils would do, but watching her and using them for myself has made me a believer!

Lavender has been a great oil for me.  Its uses are very vast.  You can use it for earaches, sunburn, relaxation, help with sleeping, etc.   Since using it for myself, I have been telling others about it.

Just Monday, July 4th, I let two others experience what it can do for them.  They were having severe troubles with allergies (the cottonwood is really bad this year here in WY) and so I asked them to try some doTerra oils.  I had them rub the oil behind their ears and within a few minutes they were both feeling much better.  The one said he could breathe much better!

Last evening my dog was holding her head crooked and kept rubbing her ear and face on the ground.  The left side of her face was a little swollen, so I told my husband to help me put some oils on her.  I rubbed Lavender, Lemon, and Peppermint oils in her left ear, and within a couple hours she was fine.  No more swelling and no more rubbing her head or ear on the ground!