Cold & Flu Season Protect Yourself With Essential Oils

                                                                                

                                                       COLD AND FLU SEASON                                                Protect Yourself with Essential oils

 Take precautions during the cold and flu season. Viral infections are dangerous.  A healthy defense system may prevent a full fledged attack.  The trigger points that stimulate our immune system to over-react to a pathogenic invasion can cause excessive amounts of fluid to settle in our lungs, nasal and ear cavities.  This condition is the perfect environment to breed infections. 

 Alternative approaches to counteract this inflammatory response is hot and spicy lemon and raw honey drinks are comforting antidotes. Also, Essential Oils work wonders as part of your daily routine to avoid getting sick. Of course, if you are sick, these pointers will help speed up recovery. 

  

Peppermint Essential Oil, opens air passages, inhale over a bowl of hot steaming water 5 drops of Peppermint Oil.  Put a towel over your head and lean over the bowl of steam. Use as often as necessary to clear the sinus passages.  Make ½ a gallon of peppermint tea and add lemon and raw honey to taste, heat or drink cold. Peppermint has a cooling and drying action with an antispasmodic effect on the respiratory system.   For achy muscles, place 30 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil in an ounce of carrier oil.  Massage the oil into your sore muscles and chest. Peppermint has been used as an anesthetic and will relieve aches and pains associated with a cold or flu. Avoid Peppermint Essential Oil if you are pregnant.   

Lemon Essential Oil is an antiseptic, antibacterial that has a tonic action on the lymphatic system and may prevent the onset of a cold or flu. Dilute Lemon Essential Oil in a carrier oil of your choice. Use 30 drops to an ounce of oil. Add to your bath and rub the floating oil all over your body.

5 Trees Essential Oil Blend, contains antibacterial and antiviral constituents. Wipe clean your counters and fixtures with 5 Trees Blend to knock out germs in your kitchen, bathroom and living areas.  5 Trees Essential Oil Blend is a broad spectrum antibacterial and anti-viral blend of the world’s strongest germ busters.  Use in a vaporizer, nebulizer, diffuser, or mister to keep the air you breathe free and clear.   

Lavender Essential Oil, an antibacterial has a natural antiseptic and detoxifying action.  Put some Lavender Essential Oil in your bath to help you feel better and enjoy it's comforting and relaxing effects.  Try it as a dry inhaler (drops on a handkerchief), in a diffuser, vaporizer, and mister bottle.  There’s nothing better than Lavender to help you recover quicker from an illness than a hot bath with Lavender Essential Oil and great massage to detox the lymphatic system after fighting an infection. Lavender's alterative action strengthens the weaker systems in your body so your recovery time and energy is restored at a faster rate. Lavender's adaptagen action restores our health and eliminates fatigue; lending itself very useful and effective in all your skincare product. The more products with Lavender Essential Oil the better for your well being.  Also, for tender skin put some Lavender Essential Oil on a handkerchief or tissue to keep your skin from becoming chapped, it is an anti-inflammatory and proliferates new skin tissue. 

Refreshing Skincare with Aromatherapy and Nutrient Oils

Plants & People Have Skeletal an Anatomical Comparisons

The Skeletal Structure of Plants Pair With Vitality!

 Root Esssential Oils have an affinity to all the reflexology connectors in the feet, which trigger all the vital  organs in our body. Root essential oils are  grounding, stabilizing, and strengthening just like the roots of the trees and feet of people.  Essential oils placed on the feet, is a jolt and an alarm to nurture and calm the central nervous system ans the immune system.  Little finger let chords at the end of nerves trigger a pulse which travels by the nerve chords to the organ the nerves are connected too as targets.  Our roots spread far and wide to  strengthen and nurture the whole body. 

Here are some of the characteristics and actions of our blends and single essential oils...

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 Moontide Aromatherapy is grounding for the emotional ups and downs. Strengthening, it helps you focus and relive stress. It is balancing and calms the central nervous system, which protects you from chronic skin conditions and dis-ease.

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 Wood Essential Oils:
    Opens consciousness, traditional use for rituals, meditation, and yoga. Develops strength and endurance. Works with the immune system to ward off pathogenic, microbial organisms.

    Flower Essential Oils:

     Many floral oils have an affinity with the reproductive system. The are warming and comforting for the heart and emotions. The open the endocrine system, balancing the flow neural pathways.

    Leaf Essential Oils:
     Have a strong affinity for the Respiratory System.

        Leaves support the Lungs.

        

Eucalyptus Essential Oil,
 A broad spectrum anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti fungal. Clears air passages and soothes the lungs.

                               Fruit Essential Oil

   Nourishment for our mind and emotions. Sunshine in a bottle, similar to Vitamin D.

  

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               Resin Essential Oil:  Frankincense, so many attributes. Removes fatigued and the ill conditions which show up in the skin, painful joints and muscles, and stressed out central nervous system which causes the mental fatigue. I add Frankincense and Patchouli to the Ultimate Tonic Blend and Ultimate Tonic Lotion. It is calming and relaxing. You can feel the anti-inflammatory compounds working in your skin. All of a sudden your arms are not as tense.

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CREATION PHARM ESSENTIAL OIL GUIDELINES FOR GENERAL USE

    ESSENTIAL OIL GUIDELINES FOR GENERAL USE

   For our brand of Essential Oils, Creation Pharm, we want to be sure you understand the general guidelines and safety precautions for using essential oils. The number 1 rule for essential oil blending with a carrier oil is to use 10 - 20 drops of essential oil to 1 oz. of carrier oil. Start with 10 drops to an ounce and test the product first for aroma, than do a patch test on your skin. If all systems are clear? Proceed according to the potency you are trying to achieve within this range. For use as  a bath oil. Sit in the bath then add the essential oil. Start with 10 drops, blend with bath water and rub on body. If all system are clear, proceed to add up to 10 more drops.                               

Keep out of reach of children and pets.  Do not use on babies or pets.

Do not ingest essential oils.  Keep essential oil out of ears, eyes, nose and open body parts.  If essential oil gets into the eyes, immediately flush with cold milk or vegetable oil to dilute. Consult medical attention if stinging persists. If on your skin, dilute with lotion, cream, or vegetable oil to dilute.  Wash with soap and water, repeat if necessary.

  If ingested call National Capital Poison Control Center – 1-800-222-1222
  If ingested by a pet call Animal Poison Control Center at 1-888-426-4435.
  $50.00 charge on credit card for Animal Center.

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 Keep away from flames, heat and ignition sources.  Essential oils are volatile and will ignite.

 

Lavender Collection

                             LAVENDER COLLECTION

 Lavender, a versatile herb, recognized universally as a tonic, an adaptive and a alterative.  An alterative, calms and relaxes or lifts energy when your reserve is low. After an illness restoratives, renew your energy.

When we are stress out, irritated, exhausted, or sick, the immune system works overtime trying to protect our organs from the toxic effects of stress hormones. The skin, the largest cleansing organ in the body, takes on its fair share of the toxic chemicals we release from stress. 

CLEANSE - HYDRATE - MOISTURIZE - PROTECT - HEAL - BALANCE -  SLEEP -  ENJOY 

   

Enjoy the diversity of our 'Lovely Lavender' Collection

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Aromatherapy Nurtures Youthful Vibrant Skin at Any Age

Healthy Youthful Skin With Aromatherapy

Cellular regeneration is the key to healthy, youthful skin. Some key components for cellular regeneration within the skin, are solar energy cells. Solar energy cells, are known as, the “Bonghan corpuscles”. A Korean researcher, in the year 1917, discovered the Bonghan corpuscles. The Langerhans cells, in the pancreas, are closely related to the solar energy cells, and are the seat of photosynthesis in humans. The light mediated process, known as photosynthesis in plants, is the same photosynthesis that is metabolized in humans. Essential oils is the result, of the mediation from the sun light, developed in plants, and the vitality of our metabolism, for the regeneration of new cells. Essential Oils, play a major role in the regeneration of new cells, providing amino acids, antioxidants and oxygen to maintain the health, elasticity, and the bounty of youth. Essential oils stimulate our circulation, adding oxygen to our blood, energizes the cells, and boosts metabolism, allowing regeneration to take place.
Using essential oils, for anti-aging, to combat wrinkles, works at different speeds for different people. The umbrella of protection, our skin receives from essential oils, I personally consider our “Skincare Guardian”.
There are many anti-aging essential oils to combat wrinkles. You can use a single oil or choose from the list and make your own personal essence. The fonder you are of the aroma, the more you will enjoy using essential oils.
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Lavender Essential Oil

Clary Sage Essential Oil 

1) Clary Sage
2) Geranium
3) Lavender
4) Orange
5) Patchouli
6) German Chamomile
7) Myrrh
8) Frankincense
9) Lemon
10) Hyssop
11) Carrot Seed
12) Lime
13) Rosemary

Spring Into the Season

Indulge in  springs' colorful  plants this season.

The first spring flowers in bloom are yellow, purple, and blue. 

            Daffodils are yellow

                                  Hyacinth's Purple and Blue

 All color is stored in the green leaves and stems of trees, plants, and shrubs. The sun generates green first, chlorophyll, which is the immune system for all varieties of plant life. Chlorophyll is healthy for our immune system as well. All color illuminated from plants  is generated and fueled by the sun, air and water. Which are 3 elements necessary for our own well being. 

We have so much in common with the plant kingdom. Plants are the perfect food to sustain our lives. Nutritionally the chlorophyll, vitamins, minerals, and lipid fluid is readily accessible for our bodies; raw, cooked, juiced or dried we absorb all the elements contained in the plant. This includes their color, essential oils, proteins, carbohydrates, etc. Anti-oxidants are part of the immune system of the plant, of which many are stored in their color. 

Scientists have researched the health benefits color stores as a food source, also the vitaly stored in plants  from the sun, and its effect on people. Color is created by light, stored as energy, which is the vitality of the plant, and our vitality and energy source as well. Different colors contain different antioxidants, nutrients, and elements to help our immune system fight disease.

 Yellow infused oils, essential oils, and yellow flower hydrosols  can be utilized by our body for holistic benefits, to alter our moods and enhance our health. Yellow essential oils; lemon, citrus, lemongrass, ylang ylang, citronella, lemon eucalyptus all have a synergistic  effect. Calendula oil is a superior oil for the skin, and the flowers can be added to soup, sauces, stews, salads, and tea.

Yellow is the perfect match for early spring tonics. Over the winter our organs become sluggish. The first foods that pop out out of the soil are considered tonics, they stimulate the organs and cleanse toxins that build up over the long, dark, cold winter months.  Asparagus, ramps, green onions, mustards, self heal, plantain, and of course the first  yellow flowers of the new year.

Yellow, can be used for conditions of the stomach, liver, and intestines. It helps the pores of the skin and aids scarred tissue in healing itself. It also has a very enriching effect upon the intellect and the brain.

Yellow, is stimulating to the nervous system and the intellect. These rays have an alkalizing effect which strengthens the nerves, and are awakening, inspiring and vitally stimulating to the higher mind, aiding self-control. Typical diseases treated by yellow are constipation, gas, liver troubles, diabetes, eczema and skin troubles, and nervous exhaustion. It is an excellent color for nervous or nerve-related conditions or ailments. 

Yellow can be used for  the pores of the skin and aids scarred tissue in healing itself. It also has a very enriching effect upon the intellect and the brain. Gives us clarity of thought, increases awareness, and stimulates interest and curiosity. Yellow energy is related to the ability to perceive and understand. 

Calendula oils yellow hue is outstanding in its field. It softens the skin, permeates and breaks down scar tissue, and over a period of time diminishes the size and softens the cords. I have my own testimony to this fact. Calendula aids in the production of new skin tissue, heals burns, cuts, scrapes and bruises.

Our Super salve, Sunshine lotion, Tanning cream, Anna's Skin Renewal Cleansing Lotion, Calendula/Chamomile cream, all contain calendula oil. We grow our own calendula flowers and prepare the flowers for oil infusion. Calendula Oil, unscented is also available.

Essential Oils are absorbed through our skin and ol' factory system. I am not recommending them for internal use.  They are for room diffusers, blending with carrier oils for the skin and massage, aromatherapy misters, and bath oil.

Lemon (Citrus Limonum):

   Sore Throat, Nervous Conditions, Digestive Problems, Gallbladder, Anxiety; as a  Tonic, Astringent and Antiseptic.      

                                   

Lemongrass (cymbopogon citratus):  

  Headaches, Infections, Sore Throats, Respiratory Problems, Fevers: as a Tonic and Antiseptic.

Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata):                                  Anxiety, Depression, as a Sedative and General Tonic. A balancer for mood swings and regulates the production of oil produced by the oil glands; slows down over active oil glands and stimulates sluggish oil glands.

Orange (Citrus auranrium):  A spring Tonic, Constipation, Nervous Conditions, Depression,                                                     Anxiety, Muscular Spasms, Sedative and Antiseptic.

                       

  

By Anna Sangemino

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Made with Michigan Hands: Creation Farm Herbal Skin Care

Made with Michigan Hands: Creation Farm Herbal Skin Care: A natural skin care business is literally working from the ground up when it comes to its products.  Creation Farm Herbal Skin Care products is based out of Benzie County but is having an impact well beyond northern Michigan.

Whole Plant Extracts In a Shampoo bar and Vitality Lotion Tonic Conditioner.

For personal satisfaction I use the Shampoo bar soap, 'All In One' for bathing, shaving, and shampooing. I am not particular about which shampoo bar (usually Rosemary for brunettes). When I am ready to rinse out the lather I add the Vitality lotion tonic to my scalp and hair. 


I work my fingers through the hair to detangle and strengthen the hair shaft. By feeling the hair I make sure I do not feel any conditioner (it will have a sticky feeling). If there is a sticky area, simply rub the shampoo bar on the hair and rinse again. Your hair will feel like hair not cream rinse. As you hair begins to dry, or if you blow dry, spray the hydrosol on your hair, it will hydrate your hair and scalp, and continue to spray your hair with your favorite hydrosol. 

It helps keep your hair moisturized, shiny, and static free. To set or hold the hair to style, use the Vitality lotion tonic for treatment. A light coating on your hand then apply to the hair for manageability and style. I am pleased with the vitality whole plant extracts reserve.

Clary Sage Vital Benefits

                                                                 

  Clary sage is an impressive essential oil in and intimate sense a companion for women.  It is a good tonic for the womb during painful periods and spotty menstruation. During menopause, clary sage oil can help reduce hot flushes, palpitations, night sweats, irritability, as well as dizziness and headaches.  Avoid alcohol consumption if serious about trying an alternative approach that requires clary sage oil, they have adverse reactions with each other.  Clary sage hydrosol has a very low percentage of the essential oil, and does not test the same for adverse reactions with alcohol.   Clary Sage Hydrosol contains all of the water from the plant.  The water of the plant is actually the vapor which is steam and all the constituents such as vitamins, minerals, phyto- nutrients and active chemical constituents are all released from the steam, it is cooled thru the cooling chamber and condensed as a water when bottled.  Clary water is loaded with all the chemical components of the plant in minute amounts.   

Anna's Skin Care Blog: Clarifying Hydrosol Toner

Anna's Skin Care Blog: Clarifying Hydrosol Toner

Creation Farm launced a new store in Charlevoix Michigan

 Here we are at 325 Bridge St., across from the park and Round Lake which is a harbor for
Lake Charlevoix  and Lake Michigan.  Our main feature botanical skincare and aromatherapy.

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Ultimate Tonic Lotion with Frankincense & Patchouli

 

Ultimate Tonic Lotion

Patchouli and frankincense have been used as a tonic for the skin for thousands of years. This herbal synergy, designed to tone the skin and reduce the signs of aging, effectively restores healthy skin tissue. The lotion is beneficial to use for dry, sensitive skin, for preventing wrinkles, stretch marks and reducing the appearance of scars. The potential benefit of this blend is to help stimulate cell turnover and dissolve cellulite by restoring healthy skin, it aids in residual salt and toxin removal from the body. This lotions aromatherapy has positve physiological effects for relaxing the mind of negative thoughts and to calm turbulent emotions. The virtue from this lotion is clarity of thought and concentration. The Ultimate Tonic Lotion is great for men and women. Enjoy, The Skin Care Guardian

Twilight Potporri - The Sleeping Cupid

Twilight Potpourri – The Sleeping Cupid


Coriander has a warm stimulating effect on various functions within our body. While you are resting or in a deep sleep your hormones and enzymes are stimulating your brain and nerve functions, by fighting depression and boosting your spirit. Coriander can stimulate positive energy while secreting aphrodisiacs. It arouses and increases libido as well as cures temporary impotency, frigidity of both male and female, erectile dysfunctions and loss of interest in sex.

CHAMOMILE

Chamomile oil restricts the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms, which is why it is used as an antiseptic. Chamomile tea is a good mouth wash for dental problems.
Chamomile oil reduces muscle contractions. Chamomile helps protect hair from the harsh external environment. Chamomile oil prevents the excessive build up of oils in the scalp leaving your hair lighter, shinier, and cleaner for a longer period of time. Chamomile is a natural skin enhancer. Chamomile is widely used in sun screen lotions and make-up removers. Chamomile oil balances the oil production of the skin, it helps reduce acne, also provides a natural glow to the skin. Chamomile oil repairs skin tissue and helps in cell regeneration and calms down inflammation in the skin that causes redness.
Chamomile
Chamomile, you are a sweat delight,
but your kick with an alarming bite.
Are you worth the astringency?
The taste of the tea at this ratio is so bitter for me!
Get passed it, you will be so relieved, the pain will ease.
Draw a bath, add chamomile oil, relax and breathe.

What Is Aromatherapy?

What is Aroma Therapy?


Aromatherapy: it's in the air! Simple aroma oils distilled from botanical can make the body feel better, boost the spirits, and ease the mind. Whether applied in a massage, used in a fragrant bath, or sprayed, these gentle, effective aroma therapies provide pleasing alternatives to synthetic based aroma's.

Aromatherapy:  The use of volatile plant oils, for skin care, psychological and physical well-being.

Aroma-therapy is the use of essential oils extracted from whole plants for whole people. Aroma or smell therapy, when inhaled the natural chemicals enter the ol factory system, and from there it is processed in an area of the brain call the brain stem. The brain stem travels from your head down the spine, visualize a tree the stem is the trunk and the branches are pathways leading to our limbs, and connect to organs. The brain processes the natural chemicals (essence) and delivers them to the nine systems in our body. Each system regulates the body to function correctly and remain healthy.

The Benefit of Physical Application

Oils, are applied to the skin and absorbed to the blood stream thru our sweat glands and hair follicles. The components of the various oils are believed to aid in a variety of health, beauty and hygiene conditions. Essential oils molecular structure is so tiny they can travel quickly and efficiently, an example would be applying essential oils to your feet, they will travel throughout your entire body within minutes.

The Benefit of an "Aroma"

Just smelling an essential oil can uplift your spirits and make you feel better. This is because the sense of smell is interrelated to an area of the brain which is primarily concerned with emotion and memory. The essence of essential oils is believed to offer whole body, holistic benefits.

BREATHE EASY - Eucalyptus, Fir, Pine
DREAMTIME - Tangerine, Lavender, Eucalyptus
ENERGY BOOSTER - Rosemary, Bergamot, Peppermint
FEEL GOOD - Lavender, Geranium, Lemon, Ylang-Ylang
HARMONY - Lavender, Geranium
IMMUNE BOOSTER - Sweet Orange, Eucalyptus, Juniper, Pine, Ginger
JET LAG - Grapefruit, Lemongrass, Eucalyptus, Ginger
JOYFUL - Lemon, Sweet Orange, Grapefruit
MENTAL CLARITY - Basil, Peppermint, Rosemary
MUSCLE RELIEF - Rosemary, Juniper, Lavender, Eucalyptus
REJUVENATING - Eucalyptus, Pine, Peppermint, Geranium
RELAXATION - Tangerine, Lavender, Lemon, Marjoram
SENSUOUS – Ylang-Ylang, Lavender, Ginger, Sweet Orange
STRESS FREE - Tangerine, Lavender, Geranium
UPLIFTING - Geranium, Marjoram, Ylang-Ylang

Essential oils are extracted by a variety of methods, and these methods are normally decided upon by the type of botanical material to be used and what oil is to be extracted.

Distillation converts the volatile liquid (the essential oils) into a vapor and then condenses the vapor back into a liquid - it is the most popular, and cost effective method in use today in producing essential oils.

Water Distillation:
When the condensed material cools down, the water and essential oil is separated and the oil decanted to be used as essential oil.
The water that is separated in this process is also used and is marketed as "floral waters" (also called hydrosol or sweet water) - such as rosewater, lavender water and orange water.
Water distillation can be done at reduced pressure (under vacuum) to reduce the temperature to less than 100 degrees, which is beneficial in protecting the botanical material, as well as the essential oils.

Steam distillation:
When steam distillation is used in the manufacture and extraction of essential oils, the botanical material is placed in a still and steam is forced over the material.
The hot steam helps to release the aromatic molecules from the plant material since the steam forces open the pockets in which the oils are kept in the plant material. The molecules of these volatile oils then escape from the plant material and evaporate into the steam.
The temperature of the steam needs to be carefully controlled - just enough to force the plant material to let go of the essential oil, yet not too hot as to burn the plant material or the essential oil.
The steam which then contains the essential oil is passed through a cooling system to condense the steam, which form a liquid from which the essential oil and water is then separate.

Essential oils I look at as a luxury. Because they require a great volume of plant material and a lot of energy to prep and process the material for such a minimal amount of essential oil.
But, in reality essential oils are essential to maintain a healthy life style.