Summary of how oils can help
Overview: Both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid
arthritis originate from an inflammatory condition in the
joints. Essential oils can reduce inflammation and provide
pain relief but does not reverse damage if the condition has
progressed to the point of destruction of joint structures.
In his book, Nature’s Living Energy, Dr. David Hill
comments, “In treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis, I
have found that a combination of lemon and myrrh, or oregano
applied topically can be quite soothing to inflamed joints.”
A pain blend is also very effective. Many essential oils
like peppermint, wintergreen, citrus oils, and lavender are
both analgesic and anti-inflammatory, making them beneficial
for inflammation and pain. Particularly for inflammation:
myrrh, oregano and citrus blends.
See more very helpful information on rheumatoid arthritis
refer to the general category of
auto-immune diseases.
Application: An ointment should be
applied topically to the affected areas. For further relief,
use a local bath for the hands or feet. Wintergreen should
be diluted with a carrier before topical application. Other
anti-inflammatory oils are: eucalyptus, German chamomile,
and sandalwood. Other analgesics include: birch and ginger.
Procedures (protocols) other folks
recommend
Kendra – A friend has arthritis in his
knee, he can hardly walk and the pain is horrible.
Seriously the fellow has been in pain for a long time and
has tried every type of drink, herbs, and vitamins.
Whatever comes to mind he has taken trying to find some
relief.
Dian - My husband's back is fused with
osteoarthritis, he has been in two separate rear end car
accidents 10 years apart. He uses the MJ Assist stating
that it is the only thing that has taken away 90% of the
pain.
Kendra - Can I ask you if he used
anything before that? Did he try all the new, "supposedly,
this is great" products out there before he tried the MJ
Assist. Assist?
Dian - Yes he has tried the new
“supposedly great stuff" and the MJ Assist takes away 90% of
the pain. His list of ailments in the past 10 years is very
long and he makes sure that I order his monthly supply of MJ
Assist.
Chris - I have a
friend who has rheumatoid arthritis. What would be good?
Thanks for your input and ideas!
Pat - Like with most autoimmune
disorders the LLW pack
will help balance the body and help your friend with
rheumatoid arthritis. Birch and peppermint oils can
provide temporary pain relief.
Mamaoilily-
My moms friend has arthritis and I have recommended
deep blue, marjoram, frankincense or rosemary. Which one is
best and how do you use it!
Pete - Dr. Hill recommended vetiver for
arthritis at the first convention. You might have them
try Birch and MJ Assist.
Pat - Arthritis is an auto immune
disease so the GX Assist along with Deep Blue, Peppermint
and/or Vetiver is a great choice.
Sunny - Some people also like to
use oregano (with a carrier). It warms and soothes. Good
luck!
Peggy - I have a
person asking about rheumatiod arthritis, what would you
suggest? I was thinking the LLW for sure and the MJ assist.
Pat - For sure the
LLW, for the affected
areas the oils best used are Deep Blue, Wintergreen,
Geranium and Peppermint. These oils have given much relief
to friends who suffer from this. They also use the Yeast
Blend (see Candida) and notice a
marked difference in their pain levels.
Rob - I am excited to see what birch
will do for sufferers of arthritis. It is highly
anti-inflammatory and relieves joint pain. Seems a match
made in heaven for arthritis.
When you use essential oil for arthritis, at first you
need to apply them often, using many oils, including Deep
Blue, marjoram, lavender, frankincense, oregano, sandalwood,
peppermint and wintergreen.
Apply with massage, take dietary supplements, and eat
well.
Everyday Example by Robert James
Arthritis originates from an inflammatory condition in
the joints. Essential oils can reduce inflammation and will
provide pain relief but is less proficient at reversing
damage if the condition has progressed to the point of
destruction of joint structures.
Like most treatable conditions with essential oils,
everyone reacts differently. What might be most effective
with some, others have found a different blend more
effective. What is important is consistency and enduring the
trial and error phase as you find an oil or blend that is
most efficacious for you.
What’s happening?
For people that have been suffering from arthritis in the
hands, and have started using essential oils for themselves
and their families, they are beginning to notice that simply
the everyday application and use of these powerful oils is
beginning to offer relief from arthritic pain. There are a
number of essential oils that are known anti-inflammatory
as well as having analgesic properties, as a result, normal
use for various reasons has been beneficial to their
arthritic pain. The same concept is true for people
suffering from carpel tunnel.
We will discuss 3 blends that have been most successful
in treating the painful and debilitating effects of
arthritis.
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First, Dr. David Hill in his book Nature’s Living Energy
comments, “In treating patients with rheumatoid arthritis, I
have found that a combination of lemon and myrrh, or oregano
applied topically can be quite soothing to inflamed joints.”
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Second, Consider a pain relief blend like doTerra’s Deep
Blue™. It is a blend of some of the most effective
analgesics, and anti-inflammatory oils that exist. Blue
tansy, camphor, helichrysum, osmanthus, peppermint, and
wintergreen to name a few. Wintergreen is an oil often
associated with analgesic creams such as icy-hot and
Ben-Gay. Primarily because these products use a
synthetically produced (methyl salicylate) that is a
chemical copy of the natural major component in wintergreen
(gaultheria procumbent) and has proven effective as a
warming pain reliever. However by using Deep Blue, you
actually experience the product in its natural 100% pure
state.
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Third, equal drops of wintergreen, lemon grass,
frankincense, and eucalyptus in a 50% carrier of coconut oil
has been found by some to be the effective formula for
arthritic pain.
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Like mentioned
above, some blends are more or most effective for different
people. It is recommended you try a blend for one week, if
you’re not satisfied with the results, try a different
blend. Start with 3 applications per day. Once you find the
blend that offers the most relief, be consistent with
applications, reducing the frequency of use gradually till
the minimum effectual amount is found.
Application
An oil or blend should be applied directly to
the affected areas using light massage. Use a hot compress
after massage application for deeper penetration and relief.
For further relief use a local bath for the hands or feet.
Fill a bath bowl with hot water. Add 3-4 drops of the oil or
blend and soak your hands or feet till the water begins to
cool. Agitate the water often to keep the oils well mixed
with the water.
Science and Research what the
research is saying
Candida, Inflammation & Auto-Immune Illnesses
Kathy - This summary is based on Dr. Bruce Semon's book
An Extraordinary Power to Heal (2003). This summary
gives general explanations about how yeast can cause
so-called autoimmune illnesses and chronic disease. For
detailed explanations, including an extensive chapter on how
the immune system is supposed to work--and how yeast prevent
it from working correctly--we recommend that you read
An Extraordinary Power to Heal.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Crohn's Disease,
Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Lupus, Multiple
Sclerosis, Numbness in the hands, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and
Ulcerative colitis: What do these have in common?
They all respond to dietary intervention and anti-yeast
treatment.
Why might chronic diseases ranging from psoriasis to
ulcerative colitis to arthritis respond to dietary
intervention and anti-yeast treatment? These diseases are
all marked by the body appearing to attack itself. They are
called "auto-immune" diseases.
I have always considered the idea of the body attacking
itself as a strange idea. Why should the body do that? In 40
years of research, the biomedical research community has
been unable to come up with any answer. Maybe the concept is
wrong.
Maybe the body is not attacking itself primarily. Maybe
the primary target is not the body but the yeast Candida
albicans. To understand how such terrible diseases can
occur, we need to look at the interactions of Candida
albicans and the immune system.
Yeast are normal residents of the intestinal tract. After
antibiotics, yeast grow to fill in the space left by dead
bacteria and the yeast continue to grow at this higher
level. The body still must contain the yeast so that the
yeast does not invade the rest of the body. If Candida
invades the body, the result is often death.
The best way to look at the immune system is to
understand that the immune system has both defensive and
offensive weapons. The main defensive weapon is
inflammation. Inflammation is like putting up a wall, a hot
wall, which makes it difficult for invading foreign
microorganisms to get through. Inflammation will occur
anytime the immune system contacts a foreign invader. But as
you know the inflammation is painful. Along with the
inflammation, should come the offensive weapons which kill
the foreign invader. The problem is that Candida has many
tricks to evade the offensive weapons of the body's immune
system.
Candida is a very difficult organism for the body's
immune system to clear. Why?
Yeast have a capsule on the outside which prevents the
first line (phagocytic) white blood cells of the body from
engulfing the yeast and killing it. So the body must rely on
the other parts of the immune system.
Candida has other tricks to evade the body's immune
system. One of these tricks is to change its outside. The
immune system recognizes the outside receptors of the
invading organism and then sends out signals to start an
immune response. Some of the immune responders then look for
cells with those receptors. Candida albicans can change the
receptors which it is displaying, making it difficult for
the body's immune cells to react appropriately. In essence,
Candida albicans is a moving target, which changes its form.
The most important thing to know about Candida is that
Candida albicans can make factors which suppress the immune
response to itself. These factors can be found in the
circulation of people with significant Candida infections.
When these factors are purified and placed in cultures of
immune cells, these immune cells do not develop the
responses to Candida which they are supposed to develop. In
other words, Candida can make factors, which prevent the
body from reacting to and killing the Candida. These factors
prevent the total eradication of Candida from the body.
The Candida can suppress the offensive weapons of the
body's immune system. But the inflammation will still be
generated because when the immune system detects a foreign
invader, there will always be inflammation. The problem is
that the foreign invader, the Candida, is not going away,
because the immune system's offensive weapons are
suppressed. The inflammation will remain and inflammation is
painful.
In the intestinal tract, there is Candida, which tries to
invade the intestinal wall, and the immune system responds
with inflammation. The problem is that the Candida
suppresses the immune system's offensive weapons, so the
Candida stays and the inflammation is prolonged. This
prolonged inflammation is called ulcerative colitis if it
occurs in the large intestine and it is called Crohn's
disease if it occurs in the small intestine. These disorders
are prolonged inflammation resulting from the immune
system's inability to clear Candida.
In ulcerative colitis, there is painful inflammation of
the intestine rather than regulated containment. As the body
fights the yeast in the intestine, some of the cells
fighting the yeast circulate and come into contact with
yeast on the skin and start an inflammation there, leading
to eczema and psoriasis .
Candida causes autoimmune problems such as lupus and
rheumatoid arthritis in this way. Candida puts out receptors
on its cell surface which are actually human receptors for
connective tissue and the immune system. If the body attacks
the Candida in the intestinal tract, the body's immune
system will attack anything which looks like the Candida.
Because of the connective tissue receptors on Candida, the
body's immune system may attack other cells in the body
which have these receptors.
Many tissues such as the joints have connective tissue
and as the body attacks the Candida, the body will also
attack these cells. The result is painful joints or other
inflamed tissues.
Candida also has receptors which are similar to those in
the brain. When these cells are attacked, the result is
multiple sclerosis.
In other words, Candida acts as a long term vaccination
displaying the body's own cellular receptors to the body's
immune system. When the immune system sees such receptors
for a long enough time, it will attack cells which display
such receptors, which includes the cells of the body. There
is research which shows that such immune system reactions
occur. The yeast Candida is the primary target. If the
Candida is removed the body stops attacking itself.
