Hay Fever Season

Has anyone noticed that hay fever season is lasting through the entire summer or is it just me?

Wow!  I’m experiencing allergy symptoms and my immune system is working overtime to keep up!

Essential oils are really great allies for allergy sufferers since many of our essential oils contain antihistamine like properties.

Of course a healthy immune system is first and foremost.  Lowered immunity is the reason we humans contact many health related maladies.  Colds, flu and allergic reactions are often a symptom of lowered immunity.

Enter the world of essential oils. Some examples of essential oils which have antihistamine properties include clove, chamomile, lemon, eucalyptus, geranium and of course lovely lavender, the Swiss army knife of essential oils!

I have two blends that I use regularly as prevention and are definitely a ‘go-to’ when I’m feeling run down.

These blends are Immunity and Lymph Mover and work very synergistically together.

Both contain several of the aforementioned antihistamine oils.

Immunity has Eucalyptus, Lemon and Clove among others.  Lymph Mover contains Geranium and Lemon and other oils.

Lymph is best massaged into the lymph areas which include behind the ears and neck area as well as under arm area and from ankles massaged upward to the groin area.

Immunity is great after a shower and massaged onto bottoms of feet and up the backs of your legs. It’s also great for inhalation.

Stay healthy with Touch of Earth essential oil blends.

Follow Your Nose part 1

Ever wondered why we humans have such a strong connection to smells?

        Well here’s the reason….smell is our most primitive sense. All the senses ancient humans were more acute than ours today.  The sense of smell was a crucial survival skill. Humans learned much about the medicinal use of plants from watching animals and as we evolved we managed to stay alive due to this powerful sense of smell. Our strong sense of smell is an evolutionary connection to health. This is still true today….if it smells bad, stay away or throw it away. Unfortunately today we are not as connected to the natural environment and plant based living. We have become out of balance with Mother Nature. But here’s the good news, essential oils can help fill that gap.

Essential oils are often referred to as the life force or soul of the plant.  It’s been found essential oils are the immune system of the plant, producing more scent when under stress to keep insects and other predators away.  (Michael Scholes, Labofflowers)  Myself and many others consider essential oils distilled from plants to be some of the most important medicines of the 21^st century’ and are perfect allies to help bring us back into balance.

Mental Health

Hello to everyone out there in blog land,

I came across some interesting information I thought I might share with you guys. For more reading on this subject click on the link below.

Dementia and Alzheimer's disease have risen from the 24th leading cause of death in the United Kingdom to the 10th in the last 20 years. Dementia is now one of the top 10 (and fastest rising) causes of death. Not including the untold human cost, dementia costs the UK economy £23 billion a year. -The Lancet, March 2013

Here are stats for US

Between 1999–2000 and 2005–2006, the US death rate per 100,000 for dementia increased from 559 to 695 (24%) but doubled from 135 (92,927 deaths) ... www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118887

Touch of Earth's Mindfulness blend contains 3 oils that have historical folkloric application as well as studies for prevention of dementia. They are Rosemary off., Peppermint and Lemon Balm. This is a great blend to diffuse or put on forehead and/or wrists. Always dilute essential oils when putting on your body, especially the face area.

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