Can essential oils replace pills? 5 Natural Recipes to Treat Cold and Flu

Dear reader, we present to you our beauty columnist Inessa Tsarkova!

Inessa is an active nutritionist, gastroenterologist, therapist, naturopath and aromatherapist, health coach, integrative medicine doctor with a holistic approach. And now he will share with us his knowledge in the field of both physical and mental health, nutrition and much more.

Friends, do you know how plants protect themselves from viruses, bacteria, fungi and other diseases? How do animals heal themselves in their natural environment? Besides life, what medicines did nature actually give us?

Inessa Tsarkova

There are no diseases that cannot be treated – There is just a lack of will. There are no useless herbs – There is just a lack of information.

Ibn Sina, scientist, physician and philosopher

It turns out that the plants that give us oxygen and food every day also produce special substances called essential oils, unique biological activators created by Mother Nature. Michael Bassey Johnson, a talented filmmaker, playwright, and nature lover, once wisely observed: “The man who found the plant discovered the medicine.”

Humanity learned to extract essential oils in concentrated form 5000 years before the creation of the first tablets. They were used by ancient healers in China, Persia, Egypt and India. Doctors of all times described in detail the effect of essential oils and used them to heal patients. Thus, the famous scientist and healer of antiquity, Ibn Sina, described in detail the properties of essential oils in his work “The Law of Medical Science”, paying special attention to the essential oils of mint, chamomile, rose, cinnamon and dill. And the ancient Greek physician Dioscorides (the famous doctor of Nero’s army) created a five-volume work “On Medicinal Substances” in which he described the medicinal properties of more than 500 plants. Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine, used essential oils as one of the main tools for treating patients. His famous saying “Doctor cures diseases, nature heals” inspires doctors even today. Essential oils are the only medicine mentioned in the Bible. This is what the wise men brought to the newborn Jesus (oil of frankincense and myrrh). Their value was so great that they were given as gifts to kings and the most important people.

Today a new wave in the use of essential oils begins. Moreover, their application is based not only on the knowledge of ancient civilizations, but also on the results of the latest scientific data, studies of quantum physics and the structure of the human body.

What are the benefits of essential oils?

Essential oils have many advantages over traditional drug therapy. Some of their unique properties are their high volatility, lipophilicity (ability to dissolve in fats), and microscopic molecular size; In this way, they can easily and quickly enter cells and their structures. Being natural carriers of energy information, essential oils are able to heal disturbing processes in a living organism and tune them to the “ideal sound”, just like a tuning fork. Their unique composition is a kind of “antivirus” in the programs of our cells.

Another unique property of essential oils is associated with the discovery of quantum physics. It turns out that the molecules of our cells are based on energy that has a wave nature with a special vibration frequency. It is this frequency that determines our state. It decreases during illness, stress and negative thoughts, disrupting our body’s “factory settings”. Essential oils can renew energies as they have the highest vibrational frequency, raising the vibrations to the level of health and happiness.

Therefore, plants and animals can protect and heal themselves with the help of these nature wizards. What about people?

“Nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge until a person copies a blade of grass. Thomas Edison once said: Medicines made from chemicals will never have an advantage compared with the products of nature, the living cell of a plant, the result of the sun’s rays, the mother of all life.

Treatment options in humans have gradually changed. As we learned earlier, throughout history, human beings used plants and plant extracts, until one day the transformation of medicines into modern chemical tablets began. How did this happen? In the 16th century, Swiss physician Paracelsus decided to create a type of medicine that the patient could swallow quickly without feeling the bitter taste of most medicinal potions. To do this, he first moistened the medicinal powder, then compressed and dried it. And three centuries later (in 1839), his colleague, the Frenchman Mote, created the first gelatin capsules for the same purpose. And a few years later, mass production began. The creator of the first modern medicines is thought to be English engineer William Broquedon, who developed and later patented a method of forming tablets under pressure in matrices. They then quickly spread, first to the UK and the USA, and then to the whole world.

What are the advantages of essential oils over pills?

It should be noted that the active ingredients in the first tablets were the same plant extracts, but they were gradually replaced by artificially created synthetic analogues of natural medicines. Their popularity and widespread “love” for doctors and patients was due to their ability to act quickly, eliminate external symptoms of the disease and relieve suffering. However, they did not affect the underlying triggers of the diseases. Thus, acute diseases gradually became chronic.

The action of modern drugs is based on binding to certain receptors of the cell membrane, changing its functions. However, drugs not only change the functioning of the membranes of diseased cells, but also affect healthy cells, causing changes in their functioning and, as a result, various disorders. Side effects of modern drugs are associated with this. The negative impact of modern drugs on the organs of detoxification and cleansing of the body (liver, kidneys, stomach and intestines) is also depressing. This is especially clearly expressed during long-term treatment of chronic diseases. Additionally, it is dangerous to take multiple medications at the same time as they interact internally and enhance each other’s effects (including unwanted ones). And there may be many of them. For example, allergic reactions or poisoning reactions, a harmful effect on the organ cells themselves and imbalance in the microbial kingdom, the development of dysbiosis.

Essential natural oils, unlike synthetic drugs, can recognize and act only on sick cells and their enemies, without disrupting the work of healthy cells and without causing any harm to the beneficial microbiota (you can read more about their role in the treatment of colds) responsible? in our article titled). The uniqueness of the action of natural essential oils is also that they simultaneously act “in a fan” on different parts of the pathological reactions in the body, affecting infectious agents (viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi and parasites) and improving recovery. functioning of immune cells. It also improves the functioning of detoxification organs, improves hormonal health, relieves inflammation, harmonizes the nervous system and relieves spasms. They also affect our main “computer” – our brain. Essential oils pass through the shortest path (through our olfactory organs) in 20 seconds and affect the root of all disorders, that is, the limbic system of our brain. After all, it is he who is responsible for our emotions and behavior, how we will evaluate the information received, what decision we will make and how we will behave. Essential oils can change our perception of reality, we begin to feel, think and behave differently. Thus, our mood, our health and ultimately our life gradually change.

How to choose essential oils?

My dear readers, not all essential oils have such beneficial effects. It is important to choose pure, food grade, pure, CPTG and food certified CPTG essential oils for wellness applications. I talked about these types of essential oils in my article “From lavender to rosemary: a great guide to aromatic oils”. These natural remedies can be used externally, internally and aromatically (in the form of inhalation).

Since they are essential oils, it is very important to do sensitivity testing first and follow dosages. – powerful plant extracts.

I suggest preparing for the cold and cold season armed with proven natural recipes and plans. Here are a few of my favorite recipes that use essential oils to treat colds.

1. At the first signs of a cold, mix a teaspoon of honey with 1-2 drops of lemon or any citrus essential oil, dissolve in a glass of warm water and drink several times throughout the day (one glass every 1.5-2 hours). ).

2. For quick relief from runny nose: Add a drop of lavender and tea tree essential oil to 1 tablespoon of unrefined vegetable oil such as flax or sesame. Drip this mixture every 2-2.5 hours.

3. To gargle: Add 4 drops of tea tree oil to a glass of warm water (gargle as often as possible).

4. At night, rub 1-2 drops of thyme essential oil diluted with carrier oil on your feet.

5. For any cold symptoms, a mixture of laurel, peppermint, eucalyptus, tea tree, lemon, cardamom and camphor cinnamon essential oils will help. It is important to boil the water first and then add the oil.

5 general rules for a healthy body

My dear readers, remember five important general rules that will help our body recover and strengthen the immune system:

– daily gratitude practices and the ability to “let go” of negative thoughts, resentments, fears, and feelings of guilt;

– get a good night’s sleep and do not forget about gymnastics, physical activity and walks in the fresh air, which should be easy, joyful and regular;

– drinking hot water throughout the day (I wrote about its benefits in my article “How hot water helps maintain beauty and health”);

— Saturate your diet with antioxidants, healthy fats and fiber. Limit animal products (primarily meat and dairy products), products with sugar and lectins (read more about them in my articles “Why you should not eat industrial sweets? Simple and quick recipes for healthy desserts”, “Lectins: training program on invisible enemies”) health, weakness and youth”);

– and do not forget to please yourself with something every day, find sources of inspiration and praise yourself for any achievements (even small ones).

Famous British doctor, bacteriologist and author Dr. These words from Edward Bach may also inspire you to follow these rules: “The medical school of the future will not deal with diseases, drugs, and chemicals just for the sake of good. It will aim at understanding the true causes of physical problems in order to alleviate the individual symptoms of our diagnoses, which are essentially secondary, but to understand this, to achieve harmony of mind, soul and body, leading to the alleviation and healing of diseases. . “Among the many medicines of the future, the beautiful plants and herbs given to us in nature’s pharmacy, divinely endowed with healing powers for the human mind and body, will also find wide use.”