What is an essential oil?

Why Young Living’s essential oils?
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Young Living’s essential oils are produced with such exquisite care as to retain the original “fingerprint” (life force) of the essential oil, without adulteration. That’s why I love them! I’m sure you will feel and smell the difference too. They are pure, unadulterated, therapeutic-grade A essential oils, which have been produced without the use of any chemicals. Click here to learn more about the special care they take in producing their essential oils.

If you scroll down on this page, you will learn lots of fascinating information on essential oils. Then, when you are ready, let me take you on an adventure through Young Living's wonderful range of essential oils:

Essential Oil Blends (combined in perfect synergy for added effectiveness)
Essential Oil Singles (a wonderful journey into purity)
Essential Oil Kits (a truly fun way to explore Young Living’s essential oils)

What is an essential oil?
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Essential oils come from plants, and are vital to the plant’s health. They are aromatic volatile liquids, found in shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes, and seeds. Essential oils help the plant by carrying oxygen and nutrients to its tissues, and fighting pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other disease). Essential oils contain virtually all of the plants nutrients, oxygenating molecules, amino acid precursors, coenzyme A factors, trace minerals, enzymes, vitamins, hormones and more.

In the plant, an essential oil contains between 80 and 300+ individual chemical constituents, in perfect balance. This is its “fingerprint”, and the source of its power in the plant. For example, bacteria and viruses find it difficult to become resistant to the plant’s essential oil, because it is chemically so complex….this is how the essential oil can offer such great protection to the plant.

If an essential oil is produced correctly, its “fingerprint” will be retained during the production process. The end result is what I call a “vibrational” (living) essential oil. Unfortunately, most manufacturers do not produce to these standards, so the quality and fingerprint of the essential oil is lost.

The difference between essential oils and herbs
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Essential oils are very concentrated compared with herbs – for example, a single drop of peppermint oil is equivalent to approximately 28 cups of peppermint tea!

Because they are concentrated (often requiring an entire plant or more to produce a single drop), essential oils are 50 to 70 times more potent than the herbs or plants they are derived from.

Essential oils are very compatible with your body, because they comprise the same building blocks (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, etc.). And having a very small molecular size compared with herbs, they are able to more easily penetrate tissue and cells (carrying oxygen and nutrients, and removing toxins).

In fact, it’s not uncommon to put an essential oil on your feet, and to taste it in your mouth within 15 to 30 seconds! That’s how quickly it enters your blood stream and moves around your body – much faster than herbs, which have to take the “slow lane” by going through your digestive system. Not only are essential oils in every cell of your body within 21 minutes, but they are also broken down very easily by your body, so there’s less chance of a toxic build-up with essential oils than with herbs.

When herbs are cut and dehydrated for therapeutic use, they lose up to 90% of their healing nutrients, as well as most of their vital oxygen molecules. In simple terms, they have lost much of their life force). If an essential oil is produced correctly it will retain the life force (frequency) of the plant.

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Essential oils are different from vegetable oils, such as corn oil, peanut oil, and olive oil. They are not greasy and do not clog the pores like many vegetable oils can. Where vegetable oils can become oxidized and rancid over time, essential oils (produced correctly through steam distillation) will last thousands of years.

The History of Essential Oils
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Essential oils were man’s first medicine, with records dating back to thousands of years before Christ. Learn more about the use of oils in Ancient times.

Essential Oils and Emotions
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Essential oils can exert powerful effects on your emotions and your Spirit, facilitating meditation and emotional harmony. Learn more about the effects of essential oils on emotions.

The Vibrational effects of essential oils
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Essential oils (when produced correctly) have the highest frequency of any natural substance known to man. This creates an uplifting effect on your body, as it helps to raise your own frequency.

In this regard, essential oils exert a similar vibrational effect to crystals. And since disease cannot co-habitate with a substance high frequency, why wouldn’t you use pure, unadulterated therapeutic-grade oils on a daily basis? Learn more about the effects of essential oils on your vibration.

“Oils ain’t Oils” – the importance of quality
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Unfortunately, not all essential oils are created equal. As the saying goes, “Oils ain’t oils!”

Many essential oils on the market today are regarded as “perfume quality” or “fourth and fifth quality oils”, with little or no therapeutic value. They have been adulterated and diminished in the extraction process. As a result, very few people have experienced the true power of “vibrational” essential oils.

As a consumer, you need to know more about this, as most oils on the market are not the quality you desire! Click here to learn more.

How to use Essential oils
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There are 3 basic systems of essential oil use throughout the world. These are the:

German System (where oils are inhaled)
French System (where oils are used internally and topically)
British System (where oils are used topically, but diluted)

Click here to learn different ways to use essential oils

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