How do Essential Oils work?

Essential Oils are subtle, volatile liquids that are distilled from plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, bushes and seeds. These oils are the life force of plants. They represent to plants what blood represents to humans – life! Essential Oils and human blood share several common properties. They fight infection, viruses, bacteria and fungi. They produce hormone like substances and initiate regeneration. Essential Oils have a lipid-soluble structure that is similar to that found in human cells and tissues. This makes them compatible with human protein and enables them to be readily identified and accepted by the body. Essential Oils are highly concentrated and far more potent than dried herbs. Herbs, when dried, only retain 3-5% of the essential oils (life force) of the plant.

Because Essential Oils are lipid-soluble and their molecules are so small, they act as an effective delivery agent to bring nutrients through the cell walls to feed the cell nucleus. They are even able to cross the blood/brain barrier. Without an adequate delivery agent to assist the cell to receive needed nutrients, the cell can become deprived of needed nutrition. Without proper nutrition, the cell wall thickens, making it harder to receive nutrients into the nucleus. When malnutrition occurs, the cell begins to deteriorate, creating a host for disease-causing pathogens. Essential Oils easily penetrate the malnourished cell wall, carrying nutrients in and waste out so that cells are restored to health. When applied topically Essential Oils will penetrate every cell in your body within 20 minutes. 

Essential Oils do not build up in the body. Because of their chemical structure they are metabolized, like other nutrients, into the cell and are gone from the body within 3 hours. The effects of one oil application can last for days. Essential oils stimulate the body to function at its best.