Essential Oils and the Flu
Breathing Free
Researchers at Weber State University have sprayed therapeutic grade essential oils within enclosed atmospheres in controlled tests to measure their effectiveness against various airborne, life-threatening pathogens. They have found that diffusing essential oils in a micro-fine vapor (within an enclosed atmosphere like a home), effectively destroys infectious pathogens…while at the same time boosting one’s immune system.
The Weber State study proved conclusively that essential oils are even more effective and reliable than such antibiotics as Penicillin and Ampicillin. A virus or bacteria will mutate to defend itself against vaccines and antibiotics, but no pathogen has ever been known to mutate when confronted with essential oils. Microscopic photo’s dramatically recorded the massive breakdown (lysis) of pathogenic life-forms taken during the tests.
Specific oils which proved most effective include cinnamon, oregano, thyme and two proprietary blends of oil formulated by Young Living Research Lab called ImmuPower and Purification. ImmuPower is a blend of oils containing frankincense, oregano, wild tansy, black cumin. clove, hyssop, ravensara and mountain savory oils. The Purification blend of oils is formulated using citronella, lemongrass and melaleuca oil.
Previously, Dr. Jean C. Lapraz, the famed French researcher, reported in 1985 that he couldn’t find a single bacteria or virus that could live in the presence of the essential oils of cinnamon or oregano. Today, from the Weber State study, we know of many other essential oils that are as equally effective.
Diffusing essential oils in your home is easy to do. Young Living diffusers disperse the oil in micro-fine or molecule size vapors which quickly saturate the air. Because the vapors are micro-fine, they can remain suspended for up to several hours. By using such a diffuser, everyone, pets included, will inhale the vapors as they breathe. As the vapors reach the interior of the respiratory tract, the chemical molecules of the oil go to work against invaders and penetrate into the blood stream. The whole body benefits as the oils work synergistically with the body’s defenses. Because essential oils are antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal in property, they not only kill viruses and bacteria, they help to reduce fungus and mold in dark damp places like basements.
References:
Weber State University, Essential Oil Research Study, 97/98
Aromatherapy, the Essential beginning, by D. Gary Young, Essential Press pub, 96
