Category: injuries

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The unkindest cut, or how I realized I needed to learn how to use a sharp knife, and keep oils handy when I do.

 

To begin with , I am a klutz, I freely admit it, and have been for most of my life. Grace is not my strong point. I know this about myself, and still I use knives.
I realized one day that my knives were not sharp, when I had to put my whole weight behind my chef’s knife to cut a baked chicken breast. at this point I was wishing I could find someone to sharpen my knives. At least find a reasonably priced knife to buy.
Then I found a whole set of knives, with covers even, at the Sams’s club. Eight knives for $20.00. Can you believe it? eight knives for the price of one good paring knife Well the bargain hunter in me could not pass this up. Gift from heaven. (smile).
I happily came home with my bargain, opened the knives and put them in my knife drawer.
All is well (or so I thought).
The next day I needed to chop something, so I get out one of my new knives and the first thing I do is slice my finger!!! I am not talking a small cut, I am talking a mini filet of the side of my finger. I was bleeding profusely and I probably needed a stitch.
I will not go into the gory details, and no I do not have pictures. I did not have time to go to the emergency room, (there would go my cost saving). So, I got out my trusty essential oils.
Helichrysum and Geranium both stop bleeding, so I used liberal amounts of those with pressure. When the bleeding stopped, I needed to treat the cut with something to prevent infection so I used the Protecting  blend. Myrrh, (very antiseptic) Lavender (healing) and Frankincense (healing and enhancing). Then I wrapped my finger in a band-aid and went about my merry way
My finger has healed, and I do not even have a scar. I am amazed. and pleased.
The healing properties of pure  therapeutic Essential Oils still amaze me.

Be sure to use only pure therapeutic essential oils, many oils cut with other oils and sometimes alcohol.  

 

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What a pain in the mouth!!!! Burn treatment that works!

Have you ever burned the roof of your mouth?   Hurts doesn’t it?

The other day I burned my mouth doing something if not stupid, not totally smart.  I bit into a boiled egg I thought was cool.  Guess what, it was not!!!  I burned the roof of my mouth just behind my front teeth.  So I thought “this will go away soon”.  Wrong again.  Every time I ate or drank anything my mouth hurt. It hurt to chew, and one thing I like to do is eat!!!!   After a couple of days of waiting to go away,  one night  I decided to take a look.    It was more severe than I thought.

Enter lavender oil.  I had heard that lavender oil was good for burns, but I had no personal experience with this.  I thought, what the heck, I am miserable now, am having trouble eating and at this point I was willing to try anything!!!

I put a bit of doTERRA lavender oil on my finger, rubbed it into the roof of my mouth and went to bed.  The next morning my mouth was much better.  I did the treatment again, and I must say the pain is gone.  Completely!!!

doTERRA oils are certified pure therapeutic grade, and can be taken internally.  I would not try this with any other oil. This is burn treatment that really works!

Lavender oil is the universal oil, and can be used for a variety of issues.  Lavender is tha all calming oil.  It has aroma therapy uses for calming, sleep and mood.  It also has healing properties as well.  It can be used to treat bug bites, burns, cuts, wounds.  It will also eliminate giardia if taken internally.

Lavender oil can be ordered by visiting the link to my website.   I highly recommend having this all-purpose oil around.