Buying a copy of Essential Oils Desk Reference has been a tremendous help in using the oils. I also had dusty bottles for a few years until a good friend began educating me on how to use them. Feel free to email me personally, and I can look up any problems in my book and share recommended oils and/or treatment. Also try http://www.oils-testimonials.com . There are a lot of recommendations there from others who have personally used the oils with success. My email is russellbunch@provalue.net.

And thank you for the kind words. I do get tired, but feel very blessed. Never thought I would have so many children, but can’t imagine life without all these wonderful people under my roof!

My name is Allison and I have a 4 year old boy and a 9 month old baby girl.
I just read your response to the Nourishing Days website about colds, and I am interested in how you use the YL oils with your children, if you don’t mind my asking. Do you dilute it and where do you get the essential oil glass bottles? I have some also from young living but they are just sitting there getting dusty and I want to begin using them on my children and myself, especially since my son will begin preschool in the fall and I know that the first year is when they are exposed to so many colds and viruses.

Thank you for any advice and help in this matter. You are my hero, rearing so many children! What a blessing. How do you keep from getting tired?

In appreciation,
Allison

I wanted to add what we have just recently been doing that has helped so much. You mentioned eucalyptus essential oil, which is great, but we have also been using a lot of other essential oils for ailments. I personally use Young Living oils because I know they are the best quality available, although they are more expensive.

We have used the RC and Raven blends for respiratory issues. My daughter would get a cough and not stop for weeks. The RC helped shorten the intensity and duration of her bouts significantly. Peppermint oil will open your sinuses up incredibly when breathed from the bottle or off a steamy pot of water. Lavender will take the heat and pain out of a burn in seconds!

I also use a neti pot for clearing sinuses, wit and without oils. While that is difficult with a small child, my 7 year old has learned how to use one.

I have been so excited to learn about essential oils and their biblical applications. I have prayed for more effective natural applications and have been AMAZINGLY happy about how the oils have increased healing in many areas of our lives, and especially with our 7 children.

Hope that will be a help to some of you!

Question on glycerin. Do you know what exactly it is and what it does to a body? I would very much like to make my own herbal tinctures but I am wary of glycerin. It doesn’t strike me as “real food.”