May 2026

What are Essential Oils?

 So much has been written about essential oils it's hard to tell where to begin! I suppose I want to begin by setting up a few safety guidelines and debunking a few myths. My goal is not to write extensively on essential oils here as we really focus on emergency or first aid uses for the home. We also use them to help center the nervous system, but my goal is not to teach a course on essential oils. There are some very good schools for that and I will list them with links to their sites. I am not affiliated with them. I am just very familiar with their work and trust them above most for their integrity in business and in transferring knowledge of the plants and medicinal uses and applications. I will put them in the Our Favorite Supplies Section.

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May 2026

Essential Oils and Children

 We all want our children to be healthy. And if you are like me you want to avoid over doing the pharmaceutical medications when they are not feeling their best. Let me make a very clear and important piece of opinion here; modern medicine has it's place in our lives. However often times they are over used and misused. There are times when we need these medicines to treat serious illnesses and help the body to reach a stage where the natural options can do a better job at correcting the problem. Natural medicines are meant to help us stay well and need to be used properly and along with clean eating, plenty of exercise and morally objective life choices. The goal should be to not get so I'll that we now have to use the pharmaceutical medications.

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Essential Oils

We will not get super technical here as there are fantastic schools available now that you can get an amazing in depth education and certification from. Rather we will share our favorite oils and uses for them. You will be presented with a profile for each oil and we will share traditional uses for them and a few safety guidelines.

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