Essential Oils

What is Essential Oil?

Poetically called the “Life Force” of a plant, essential oils are very complex.

Essential oils come from the flowers, fruits, leaves, roots, seeds, and bark of many plants. Oil of lavender is derived from the flower, oil of peppermint is derived form the leaf, and oil of lemon is derived from the fruit. The oils are formed in the green chlorophyll parts of the plant, and with the plant maturity is transported to the cells, leaves, bark, ducts, stems and flowers of the plant.

Essential oils protect the plant from insects and other herbivores, from bacteria, molds, fungi, and other microorganisms. These unique characteristics make essential oils highly beneficial to human kind.

A single oil may contain hundreds of constituents that are molecularly aligned in exactly the right manner to trigger a number of responses in the human body. Very concentrated and very powerful, a drop or two of distilled therapeutic-grade essential oil produces quick and significant results. No two oils are alike in their structure or their effects.

The chemistry of essential oils is very complex and diverse in their effects. This also supports their antimicrobial effects, because the wide variety of antiseptic compounds in essential oils makes the mutation of microorganisms extremely difficult.

The main constituents found in essential oils are:

- Alcohols
- Aldehydes
- Esters
- Ethers
- Ketones
- Phenols
- Terpenes

Each of these can be broken down into numerous smaller units. Take Terpenes, for example. This classification includes monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, sesquiterpene lactones, diterpenes, etc.

Each constituent has its own action, or effects. For example, the keytones found in lavender, hyssop and patchouli, stimulate cell regeneration. Whereas, phenols found in oregano and thyme oil, are highly antimicrobial.

Essential oils have an important use in medicine, flavoring qualities, or for their pain-relieving and physiological value.

Uplifting, protective, calming, and regenerating oils-a unique gift from the plant world.

Most Essential oils can be rubbed on the skin or inhaled. These oils are absorbed into the blood stream taking it healing properties throughout the body.

Single Oils Support

Basil Digestion / Mental fatigue Cedarwood / Evokes sensations of strength / Meditative aroma Cinnamon Bark / Helps blood circulation / Antioxidant / Vitalizing Clary Sage / Helps mood changes / Cramps / Menstrual Cycle Clove / Respiratory / Circulatory / Brain Function Eucalyptus Globulus / Healthy Lung Function / Antiseptic / Well being

Reported effects of essential oils are based on results that occur using pure, unadulterated products. Do not expect cheap oils that smell similar to natural plant oils to have the same effects. If you do not experience the results you seek, it is not because oils do not work, but is more likely due to using adulterated oil or a chemically created substitute. Young Living Essential Oils produces only therapeutic-grade essential oils.

THERAPEUTIC-GRADE OILS PERFUME GRADE OILS

The pure essence of roots, leaves, flowers are carefully distilled from wild organically grown plants. The result is unadulterated essential oils that exhibit powerful effect on the body and the mind.

Pure oils obtained from correctly Identified plant species, offering natural occuring therapeutic-grade constituents.

Enjoy The Power of Nature!