Remember when your lolo and lola would boil oregano leaves to help you with cough, or let you chew dahon ng bayabas for wounds, or drink that nasty tawa-tawa for dengue? If you answered YES, then you are not new to essential oils at all!
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Essential oils are the natural volatile aromatic compounds found in the roots, seeds, leaves, barks, flowers, stems, and other parts of plants.
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These oils are 50-70 times more powerful and more concentrated than herbal medicines because of the purification processes that they go through to retain the "essence" of the plant, meaning, the aromatic compound that protects the plant from foreign threats and helps with pollination.
Ano ang Essential Oils
Aromatically
Using essential oils aromatically can help you in a lot of ways. The aromatic compounds that pass through your nose travel straight to your limbic system in the brain, which then sends signals throughout your body to regulate functioning.
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Some of the benefits of using the oils aromatically are improved mood, increased focus and energy, easier sleep and clearer airways and breathing.
Topically
The topical application of essential oils is best for targeting specific parts of the body (e.g. swollen or aching muscles, acne, wounds, etc.), allowing the oils to work locally.
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Diluting the essential oils in a carrier oil for topical application will help the oils travel faster into the bloodstream, supporting the needs of the systems that need support.
Internally
Using the oils internally can help you with your overall health support, depending on the properties of the oil that you are taking. It increases vitality and helps you take care of your health in a more proactive way.
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Some ways you could use essential oils internally are through adding them on your beverages, flavor to your cooking, or in empty veggie capsules.
Paano Gamitin
ang Essential oils?
EOSAFETY
Although unusual, occasionally it is possible to have a sensitivity response to an essential oil. This occurs when there is heightened reactivity of an essential oil that may result in an unwanted response in the body or on the skin. Awareness of your body and how it reacts to different essential oils, amounts applied, and location applications can help minimize risk and ensure safe usage.
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That is why it's always a great idea to dilute.
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Dilution is a process in which essential oils are mixed with a carrier oil—a pure vegetable oil that helps “carry” the essential oil onto the skin. There are many benefits to dilution, including increasing the surface area of absorption, enhancing absorption through dry skin, and preventing sensitivity responses.
doTERRA’s carrier oil of choice is Fractionated Coconut Oil due to its long shelf life and lightweight texture.
Dilution in no way diminishes the efficacy of essential oils and offers many benefits that can enhance your application experience.
Safe
(Ligtas)
doTERRA's Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade trademark entails that the essential oils are 100% pure and natural, and that they are free from any synthetic chemicals and formulation. With proper care and knowledge in using the essential oils, they are safe for use of infants, children, adults, and elderly.
Effective
(Mabisa)
Essential oils are effective because they are able to pass through the oily cell membrane that covers each cell, therefore helping with strengthening cell functions and protect your body from any foreign threats. In addition, essential oils work to address the root cause of your health problems, and not just the symptoms.
Affordable
(Abot Kaya)
Because of the potency of the essential oils, most of the time, just one drop is all you need. For example, one drop of peppermint essential oil is equal to 28 cups of peppermint tea. Using one drop of peppermint for one episode of headache will only cost you Php 6.00. That's even cheaper than our over-the-counter paracetamol! Best part? There are no synthetic ingredients that can harm your liver or kidney in the long run.
Benefits of Using
Essential oils
Bakit doTERRA?
The current dilemma of the essential oil industry is regulation. No standards have been set for companies in procuring essential oils. As an effect, companies can use fillers and other ingredients or make changes to the pure chemical composition of an essential oil and still call it an essential oil.
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PRO-TIP: If you go to malls or pharmacies and see that essential oil products have the same pricing for different varieties of plants, that should be a red flag that the oils are not 100% pure. Why? Some plants are harder to grow / extract than others, and if their oils are pure, their pricing should differ depending on the rarity of the plant source.
According to a source, a leading essential oil chemist said that 75% of the essential oils on the market today are adulterated!
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This is the reason behind doTERRA's "Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade (CPTG)" trademark. With the CPTG promise, doTERRA ensures that its products will be:
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Pure and unadulterated;
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Third-party tested;
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Grown in areas around the world that ensure the best environment for the plants to naturally flourish; and
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Grown by local farmers using sustainable methods and are compensated fairly and efficiently.
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Choosing doTERRA means partnering with a science company. They have a full-time medical team and medical facilities to ensure your essential oil purity and safety.