Essential Oils & Flu virus

September 27, 2009 – 10:41 am

A recent article in The New York Times highlighted how cinnamon oil can kill common & hospital acquired infections like streptococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.  MRSA has received a lot of press attention because it is resistant to known antibiotics as the bacteria is constantly changing and antibiotic research cannot keep up. Flu virus is also constantly changing - hence the need to create new vaccines every year that may or may not be the exact match to the virus that is circulating at the moment.

In nature nothing is stagnant – it is constantly evolving and perfecting itself. The constituents of the essential oil that give it the cherished antiseptic/antiviral propeties are also evolving making it easy to see how an essential oil would be able to kill these mutating bacteria & viruses. 

What wonderful tools we have in essential oils that through daily application and use we may be able to protect our health.  I personally use a blend called Thieves (also mentioned in the NYT article) that contains: Clove, Cinnamon, Lemon, Eucalyptus Radiata & Rosemary. This recipe (with lemon added) goes back to the Middle Ages where thieves would rob plauge riddled dead bodies and not get sick by protecting themselves with aromatics.   

So my choices are:  I can be injected with a  vaccine that has known side effects and unknown results;  hope I don’t get sick from those around me;  or use essential oils everyday which have the ability to protect my health naturally and safely.

My choice?  I guess you alreday know what it is.  What is your choice going to be?

Warmly,

Maria G. Turchi, NCTMB,
Certified Raindrop Practitioner
Certified CARE (Center For Aromatherapy & Reseach & Education) Instructor