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Beginner's Guide to Essential Oils
Many people swear by essential oils as home remedies and claim they help keep their kids out of the doctor's office. Though these claims are not backed by the FDA, it certainly sounds intriguing! So if you want to figure out how to incorporate them into your family's routine, here are some good ways to start.
Content courtesy of our sponsor Plant Therapy
Top 5 Oils
- Lavender
Lavender Population is known for being calming by reducing anxiety and acting as a stress reliever. It can also help with minor burns and reducing scarring and other skin issues including eczema and psoriasis.
- - Lemon
Lemon can be refreshing, energizing, and uplifting. It can also be added to your favorite household cleaner to help refresh and sanitize.
- - Peppermint
Peppermint is stimulating and can help enhance alertness and improve your energy. It can also relieve headaches, nausea, digestive problems, and congestion. Because of its menthol content, peppermint has a cooling effect which can also help reduce a fever and relieve pain.
- - Tea Tree
Tea Tree is often known for its ability to help combat acne and oily skin. You can also add a few drops to laundry to help keep things fresh.
- - Frankincense
Frankincense frereana is especially prized for its skin rejuvenating properties. It's great for wrinkles, scars, dry skin and damaged skin, and can help heal a wound or cut. It can also calm and relax your body and uplift your mood.
Top 5 KidSafe Synergies
Plant Therapy also has a line of KidSafe Synergies, which are basically different blends. Here are their top 5 for summer:
- Germ Destroyer
Move over hand sanitizer! A germ fighting oil is great to have on
hand to help your family fight any sickness you might come in contact with.
- - Sneezy Stop
Do you or your child suffer from allergies? These synergies have been known to alleviate symptoms caused from seasonal allergies.
- - Ban The Bugs
Beware summertime buggers! Your family can play outdoors more this summer with an all natural insect repellent using these synergies.
- - Calming The Child
These relaxing synergies are great to use during the day or before bed when you or your child are feeling overwhelmed or extra wound up.
- - Nighty Night
These two oils are perfect to help you or your little one sleep more soundly during the night. Fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. I know we've all gotten to a point where we will try anything!
hand to help your family fight any sickness you might come in contact with.
Tiffany Flood says
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My entry is not just for myself, but for my husband and in turn my children. My husband has fibromyalgia and other issues and he has no relief from pain and fatigue. Massages help him at night to sleep, and relax. I want to help open his eyes and my own to the other uses of oils and how they can help to better our family. I hope to find the relief I am looking for along with a new good habit forming experiences that will come with having the samples of oils.
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Marjorie Caron says
With three out of four of our family suffering from allergies, is love to see if essential oils might relieve some suffering.
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AshleeG says
I've heard so many great things about this brand! I have a friend who introduced me to essential oils, but am still a big newbie. I'd LOVE this kit!!!
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Erynn says
I would love to try the oils in my skincare practice, in my home for remedies for my family's health, to make perfume and scent my homemade crafts, for general home cleaning and garden pest management!! There are so many possibilities!
Sara says
Just started using essential oils and love them! I'd love to try more and have been very happy with Plant Therapy.
Lori says
I would LOVE to try more oils! I have been afraid to use many on my children, so the kids line would be perfect! There are a lot of health concerns between the 3 of them and I would love to get them off of some traditional medications!
Janelle says
2 years ago, I found your website which encouraged me to cut a TON of processed foods from mine and my husbands diet. Over the course of trimming down the yuck, I realized that a lot of my skin problems stemmed from a dairy allergy. For years I had been battling horrible itchy and general grossness from my ears and around my neck and no doctor could ever tell me why and just tried to prescribe medicines. During this time, I have also phased out dairy completely and lo and behold, my eczema has basically disappeared. As anyone with skin problems will tell you, it is a life long battle that will never actually be gone, just dormant so I have moved onto looking into all natural ways to help on the days that I needed a bit of extra relief. Enter teatree oil! After I witnessed the help it was doing for me, I moved onto bigger and better things for the whole family. I have a room spritzer that shoots bergamot into the air to calk our anxious pup, I create my own deodorant now with a jasmine blend, we have eucalyptus in the shower to help during cold and flu season, and so on! While it sounds like I am doing a lot, I want to learn so much more about the different powers that each of these fancy little oils hold.
Just think, all this progress (albeit slow moving at times) all stemmed from us trying to cut out packaged and processed foods! Thanks!!!
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Heather says
I would love to try essential oils! We are trying to eliminate toxins in our food and environment. I would love to know more about using essential oils for health purposes. Haven't tried then yet because of $$$.
Christie says
I have been wanting to try essential oils for a long time now, but the cost has kept me from jumping in..!
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Kim Packard says
I'd love to try their kid safe synergies!
Heather says
We are new to the oil craze, but after we have had sickness run a little rampant here we decided to give them a try and we love them. Would love to get this kit to try more.
Ally says
Love essential oils! Would love to able to afford the 32essebtials kit but sadly hats a purchase that will have to wait. Maybe I can win it instead. Here goes nothing.
Katie says
I'd love to include EO's as part of our family healthcare.
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Connie Spaid says
I have heard such wonderful things about Plant Therapy! I'd love to try them all!
rebecca says
I love Plant Therapy's Kids age line and would love to try a more complete set.
Jenny says
to try natural methods of healing.
Rachel F. says
I've heard really great things about both their products, suggested usage, and customer service. This is a great set! I don't see my original post, my apologies if this is a duplicate. ;)
Lauren m says
my kids all have eczema, so I've wanted to try natural ways to treat other health issuesM
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Deb Combs says
My daughter uses essential oils all the time and tells me which ones will help with certain things but I am very unsure of where to start. This would help tremendously.
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tracy says
I love plant therapy and would love to get more oils!! I have kids that would benefit from the kid formulas.
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JennRose says
I want to try PT to kick starter a healthier lifestyle!!
Doris says
have viewed webinars and read on essential oils but have not tried yet. Would love to win so I could try
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Christi Adkins says
I would love to try these oils. Have been curious about them for a while.
Susan says
Hearing great things about these!
Michelle says
I would love to try them for my kids!
Tammy says
great oils at a fantastic price
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