Re: Essential Oils
To keep germs at bay, I definitely would diffuse a Thieves-type blend. I felt comfortable making a roller of Thieves and rolling it on the soles of my little ones' feet. (you would want to pick what dilution you were comfortable with...basically just put some drops in a roller bottle and then fill the rest with a carrier oil. For age 2, I use 1 drop EO per 4 drops carrier oil. I use fractionated coconut oil.) Roll it on the soles of feet at bedtime or if there has been exposure, a few times a day.
My kids are older, but when sore throats are going around, we roll it right on the neck in the front. A few of my kids are always coming to me this time of year asking "Mom, My throat is scratchy. Where is a roller?"
In the fall, I was camping with my DD's scout troop and I started getting an awful sore throat pretty much out of nowhere (like *sore*, not just scratchy! It hurt without swallowing, and it hurt so bad to swallow, I could not even eat our dutch oven molten chocolate cake! ) I felt terrible and fevery by bedtime. I rolled Thieves on my neck(front and over my lymph nodes) and the bottoms of my feet before bed. In the morning, I woke up with no fever and my throat was 100 percent better!
We managed to dodge the flu and even colds this year, even though I know we had direct exposure. I also made elderberry syrup and we were pretty religious about hand washing, so that helped, too. But I am never without Thieves now!
Attention- there are so many things. I will be back later. Do you have any oils now?
__________________
A,
Mo ther of
Dancing Diva, 21
Boy Wonder 19,
Mr. Cool 15, and
Ninja 13 Sunshine, 11, and 8 year old Joy
Last edited by RealLifeMama; 03-19-2018 at 07:12 AM.
|