My sincerest and deepest apologies for the time lag in posting. I had computer issues and then we had tummy troubles with the boys. To exacerbate the issue I haven't had much opportunity to try new oils or new ways of using them and since this blog is all about how we use essential oils and the other products from doTerra, I didn't think I had much to add.
How about we get back to talking about essential oils and how we use them?
Spring is my favorite season, plants start to get leaves again, flowers bloom and the weather gets warmer. The only thing I don't like about spring is that it doesn't like me. With all the plants in bloom and the wind that this area of the country is famous for my lungs and sinuses take a beating. On top of that we got ambitious enough to rip up the carpet we had in our living room and replace it with laminate. While this will end up being much more hypoallergenic for us and helping with our asthma the process of pulling up the carpet and removing it got all of our lungs worked up.
To deal with this we have all been rubbing enough peppermint oil on our chests to make enough candy canes to supply a small country for a year. I've put it on cotton balls and left them in both bathrooms. I also just recently switched shampoo and conditioner (I promise this relates). I'm more than slightly jealous of my sisters ability to use the shampoo and conditioner that doTerra makes so I wanted to try something made with EO's. I found some made with rosemary and mint. Serendipity put this in my shower at the same time that my lungs rebelled.
My aunt had told me, through my mom, that rosemary would also help with the sinus issues and congestion. I also put peppermint oil in my body wash, so between the two my showers have helped keep the nasty allergy side effects at bay.
I mentioned tummy issues earlier. Mister had been out of town on a business trip when Scientist threw up late at night. I am not good at dealing with cleaning up vomit. Most of the time Mister comes to the rescue and gets it cleaned up for me and I greatly appreciate it. This gave me the opportunity to try DigestZen on Scientist. I didn't dilute it thinking that I had used it on myself when my tamiflu Rx made me nauseous earlier this year with out any reactions. I rubbed a couple of drops on his abdomen and he got a red rash that looked like a sunburn where I had applied it. The oil worked great, but in the future it will be diluted before using on the kiddos. Sometimes experience is the best teacher and this time proved to be an example of that.
I'm going to be ordering rosemary and eucalyptus to try soon! If it works so well in my shampoo and conditioner I want to be able to use it when not in the shower.
