Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Fifteen Ways to Use Frankincense

Here you go— the Frankincense Fifteen! There are so many ways to use Frankincense essential oil on a daily basis, but we polled our readers and have listed the top 15 Ways to Use Frankincense:
doTERRA Exclusive Omani Frankincense
15. Beautiful Skin (use neat or mix with lavender and apply to face morning and night)
14. Caring for Cuts (apply a few drops on cuts and scars)
13. Immune Support (take a few drops in a gelatin capsule)
12. Jaw Comfort (mix with Deep Blue Soothing Blend to provide relief)
11. Bedtime Lullabies (mix with Fractionated Coconut Oil and apply to children’s feet at night)
10. Back Relief (apply neat on lower back for soothing comfort)
9. Pick-Me-Up (mix with Peppermint and apply to bottom of feet)
8. Stress Relief (apply to temples for soothing comfort)
7. Cough Comfort (apply on neck and throat to soothe irritations in throat or with coughs)
6. Forget Frustrations (apply behind the ears and on wrists to erase frustrations)
5. Home Sweet Home (diffuse in the home for a pleasant aroma)
4. Bug Bites Beware (apply on itchy, scratchy skin to soothe irritations)
3. Walk With Me (apply and follow with heat on knees to ease discomfort)
2. Anxiety Anyone? (apply a few drops to cupped hands and breathe deeply)
1. Mood Balancer (diffuse or apply to neck to find harmony and clarity)
-Taken from doTERRA blog

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Be Prepared for the Great Outdoors!



With the beautiful weather, everyone seems to be enjoying the outdoors and camping, boating, hiking, or fishing. To make your outdoor experience better, grab a few essential oils to help you along the way. My family has planned a camping trip soon and we won't be without our oils!

Here are a few Essential Oils to never leave home without...especially in the Outdoors!


Terrashield- Nobody likes mosquitos and other annoying bugs, so this is a must have oil to keep them away.


Lavender- When you are having a campfire, somebody always seems to get burned. Keep the lavender handy for any type of burns. It is also great for sunburns, lavender is a perfect oil to soothe the sun-stressed skin. Apply a drop to mosquito bites--it takes the itch away almost instantly! Great for Poison Ivy, Poison Oak and Stinging Netle. Apply to area effected.


Peppermint- Great for digestive problems, headaches, and any type of pain you might experience outdoors. Also great if you get overheated, rub a little on your skin it cools you down!

Lemon- If you like to fish, lemon oil is great to add while grilling it.

Frankincense- for any emergencies (cuts, bleeding, bruises) this is the oil to use.

On Guard Hand Wipes- good to have to wipe the dirt off hands and feet to keep clean.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Reinventing Healthcare Event!!

Don't forget tomorrow we're having a GREAT presentation!
It's FREE, everyone is welcome!


Thursday, May 12, 2011
6:30-8:00pm

Hillcrest Retirement Community
2705 Mountain View Drive,
La Verne, CA 91750

Reinventing Healthcare through Natural Medicine - CPTG Essential Oils. The way nature intended - Nothing added, nothing taken away! Our bodies are magnificent machines and we have "gifts of the Earth" to help those machines work properly.
Special Guest: Patrick Sedivy, doTERRA Expert
6:30-6:45pm - Open House – 
Essential Oils Table
(You will see first hand what the essential oils are all about)
Lifelong Vitality Table
Trim Shake Table
Peppermint Brownie Table
6:45-8:00pm - Reinventing Healthcare
Learn how to heal your family and reinvent your own health care with 

Email me to reserve a spot!!
Monique

doTERRA Slim & Sassy

doTERRA's Slim and Sassy is designed to help manage you appetite in between meals. doTERRA Slim & Sassy essential oil blend into your daily habits by taking 3-5 drops in water 3-5 times daily.
The doTERRA Slim & Sassy blend contains:
  • Cinnamon – improves liver function, decreases liver damage, brings lipid levels into balance by decreasing LDL cholesterol and increasing HDL cholesterol, reduces diabetic risk by assisting the body in metabolizing sugars more appropriately, prevents adipogenisis (stops body from creating new fat cells)
  • Ginger – stimulates weight loss through lipolysis (the process through which fat is released from a cell)
  • Peppermint – curbs appetite and reduces cravings (one study showed people taking peppermint oil on a regular basis consumed 2800 calories less fewer when using regularly), increases satiety and sense of satisfaction with meals, as well as enhancing the flavors within food
  • Grapefruit & Lemon – decrease production of fat cells, induces lipolysis by aiding in the release of fat from cells, reduces whole body toxicity and increases body’s natural ability to eliminate toxins from the body
By using doTERRA’s Slim & Sassy on a regular basis you’ll experience:
  • improved glucose utilization
  • reduction of oxidation & inflammation (obesity is an inflammatory response in the body)
  • improved digestion
  • reduction of cholesterol
  • increased energy

Here’s a video where Dr Hill, doTERRA’s Chief Medical Officer, explains Slim & Sassy in detail, as well as sharing some powerful testimonials (there have been many, many more testimonials given since the creation of this video):

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

doTERRA New Probiotic PB Assist+

There are many ways you can receive the health benefits of having good probiotics, but the new PB Assist+ delivers many more benefits in a much more powerful way.

Watch this short video by doTERRA’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hill, to learn more about doTERRA’s new PB Assist+ and how it can benefit you and your family:



Friday, May 6, 2011

Green Cleaning with doTERRA

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Instead of opting for cleaning products and inhaling the toxins and harsh chemicals in their path, here are some recipes for cleaners with essential oils that keep a house clean and fresh-smelling without the toxic side effects.
Lemon essential oil will give you all the deep cleaning power you want, plus it is ALL-NATURAL, SAFE, AFFORDABLE, and leaves an UPLIFTING aroma in your home. Below are some recipes to deodorize, disinfect, degrease, polish, and brighten your home with lemon essential oil.



  • Furniture Polish:
    Add 4-5 drops lemon essential oil to a small amount of olive oil. (Olive oil is a natural oil that helps to nourish and polish wood.
    Mix, apply lightly to furniture, and buff for a nice shine.
  • Basic Household Disinfectant:
    Fill a spray bottle with water and a squirt of plant-based liquid soap
    Add 5-10 drops each of lemon, lavender, and white fir essential oils
    Shake well and apply to all surfaces
  • Floor Cleaner:
    Pour 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar to a bucket of water (1 gallon)
    Add 10-20 drops lemon essential oil
    Add 3 drops oregano essential oil
  • Mold & Mildew Spray:
    Pour 2 cups distilled white vinegar into a spray bottle
    Add 2 drops lemon essential oil and 2 drops melaleuca essential oil
    Shake well and spray on infected area
  • Window Cleaner:
    1 cup distilled white vinegar
    10-15 drops lemon essential oil
    water
    Mix well in a spray bottle, apply to windows, and wipe

Thursday, May 5, 2011

When in doubt, use Lavender!!

If you were confined to a desert island and could only have one essential oil with you, then dōTERRA’s lavender essential oil would be it! Why? Because it has always been known to balance the body and to work wherever there is a need. If in doubt, use lavender.
 While many brands of lavender essential oil are distilled from the stems, leaves, and flowers of the plant, dōTERRA uses only the flowering top. Our lavender is sourced from where it grows best, Haute Provence in France. It is harvested at the height of its bloom and steam distilled to produce the finest lavender essential oil available. It is so pure, it can actually be taken internally.
Essential oils have been used for thousands of years by physicians and priests; they were, essentially, mankind’s first medicine. There were even Egyptian temples dedicated to the production and blending of the oils and recipes were recorded on the walls in hieroglyphics. While essential oils were used fairly regularly until the late 1800′s, when modern science evolved synthetic chemicals soon replaced the botanical ingredients in medicines and beauty products.
We have René-Maurice Gattenfossé to thank for the modern revival of lavender and other essential oils. He was a French chemist and perfumer working in the 1920′s and is said to have come up with the phrase aromatherapy. One day while experimenting in his laboratory he severely burned his hand, and immediately plunged it into a bowl of the nearest liquid; which happened to be lavender oil.
He noticed his hand healed very rapidly and without scarring, so after his quick recovery he dedicated the rest of his life to researching the therapeutic aspects of essential oils. His studies have helped to revive an ancient, almost forgotten art.
The properties of lavender oil are almost miraculous. The high bio-chemical constituents of natural alcohols: linalol, geraniol, nerol, to name a few; as well as esters, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and phenols address a wide range of ailments. From digestive disorders, earaches, respiratory illnesses, skin disorders, sore throats, muscular aches and injuries, migraines, chronic fatigue syndrome, to healing cuts, bruises, insect bites, and boosting your immune system, lavender works its magic.
There are many clinical studies to substantiate all of these benefits as well as acne, allergies, cell renewal, hair loss, herpes, insomnia; it lowers blood pressure, works as a lymphatic drainage, helps with hormone balance, nausea, stretch marks, tachycardia (increased heart rate), thrush, and water retention.
It also activates the pineal gland, which produces melatonin, and is excellent for insomnia, depression, headaches, asthma, gallstones, hysteria and infection, and will take a bee sting down in a matter of minutes!
For beauty benefits lavender oil calms and soothes the skin. It balances oil production, helps heal blemishes, and stimulates circulation to the skin. It also soothes any disorders such as eczema, psoriasis, and other types of dermatitis; regulates the scalp and helps repair damaged or overprocessed hair.
Not only does dōTERRA’s lavender oil smell heavenly it works wonders for the whole body, and is so gentle it can even be used on infants. You can purchase our lavender oil in a single 15 ml bottle, as part of the Intro Kit, or in the Family Physician Kit