What EOs help with hot flashes? Clary Sage, Bergamot, and Ylang Ylang Clary Sage is great for almost any female issues requiring hormone regulation. We mentioned this oil last week with Jasmine as an oil that’s great for stimulating the birthing process. Clary sage affects the hormones of the body because it contains natural phytoestrogens, which…
Hang on with Hong Kuai
I have never in my life heard of Hong Kuai. If you asked me what it was, I’d guess that it was a city in the far east. Nope, not quite. It’s the name of one of the largest and oldest species of trees in existence. These gentle giants can live up to 2000 years…
January Q & A Show
Welcome to our first Essential Oil Q & A show! I’m so excited because throughout the month of January all our oil loving listeners submitted their questions about specific needs they had from oils. And there were so many questions, we couldn’t get to all of them during the show! That is a fantastic problem…
Jazzed about Jasmine
Jasmine flowers only bloom at night and thus have to be harvested at night or their fragrance will evaporate by morning. And much like rose oil, it takes 1000 jasmine flowers to make a pound of Jasmine essential oil. It takes 22 pounds of rose petals to make one 5 ml bottle of rose essential…
Love and Ylang Ylang
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! In honor of the most love focused day of the year, we’ll be talking about one very lovely essential oil today! Oh, Ylang Ylang eo, how I love thee, let me count the ways… This oil is so versatile in the systems it supports. It is an anti-depressant, sedative, hormone balancer,…
For the Love of Northern Lights Black Spruce
Northern Lights Black Spruce is grown primarily in northern Canada and parts of Alaska where the typical temp is around -40. You Florida listeners where WAPN is located, I don’t want to hear any whining ever again about the cold. Northern Lights Black Spruce is on the milder, sweeter side scent wise in the evergreen…
Balsam Fir, Beyond the Christmas Tree
Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Christmas Tree… Balsam Fir is one of the most used trees for Christmas anywhere in the United States. I bet a ton of you, myself included, had a variety of this tree in your living room decorated and smelling amazing and didn’t even realize it. Well, now you’ll know a bit…
The Highness of Idaho Blue Spruce
Idaho Blue Spruce has the highest frequency of all essential oils. Studies show that it sits around the 428 range. What is a frequency, you say? In simple terms and at the physical level, frequency is the measurement of how quickly foundational cells are circulating and regenerating within the body. The greater the movement within…