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Why "Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade" Oils?

There are many so called essential oils available on the market today easily obtainable through amazon.com and other sources, and spanning a wide range of prices.  But it's extremely important to understand that one should never attempt to use commercial, sub-therapeutic grade oils in the ways recommended for dōTERRA CPTG essential oils, because anything less than certified pure, therapeutic grade oils will not effect homeostasis, and therefore healing, and can even do harm, collecting in the body as toxins, and causing adverse side-effects.

A wonderful book, a tome really, on the nature and benefits of essential oils, entitled The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple, by David Stewart, Ph.D., D.N.M., explains in great detail and from several different angles, why the grade and purity of essential oils makes all the difference.  First let's take a look at the various processes used to distill essential oils:

"With careful distillation at atmospheric pressures and minimum temperatures, the extracted essential oil is very close to that in the living plant except that only the lightest molecules… come through the distillation process...

"By strict definition, essential oils are always a produce of steam distillation.  Even though the temperatures of steam extraction of a properly obtained essential oil are not excessively high… the heat can cause chemical changes in the oil that produces ingredients not present in the original plant.  These safe called 'artifacts.'  Chamazulene, the blue color in blue tansy, yarrow, helichrysum, and German chamomile, is an example of an artifact.  However, chamazulene is a good artifact with therapeutic benefits that have been thoroughly studies and well documented...

"When oils are obtained by high temperature, high pressure distillation, (as is done for commercial perfumes and food flavorings), there are many artifacts and many of the subtle healing constituents of an oil are destroyed.  Chemical solvents are also customarily used in extracting commercial grade oils that contaminate the oils with unnatural residues.  Such oils are not therapeutic grade."

Next let's talk about vibrational frequencies:

"There are a variety of sources of vibrational frequencies within the molecules of essential oils.  In fact, there is a whole spectrum of frequencies within every organic molecule and the larger, more complex it is, the greater the spectrum...

"Visualize chemical bonds like rubber-bands stretched between pairs of atoms which can be strummed like a guitar string to produce a musical tone.  Each bond between each pair of atoms in a molecule can produce different pitches producing a spectrum of frequencies like the spectrum of the 88 diatonic tones that comprise a piano keyboard spanning seven octaves,  Strumming the bonds of a molecule is exactly how our bodily cells and organs access the vibrational qualities of an essential oil…

"When the pitch of middle C (257 hz) is played or sung, you can tell what instrument sounded the tone and/or whose voice was the singer…

"This is because the frequency we hear as pitch is not the only frequency present in the sound.  A single vibrating piano or harp string actually sends forth a spectrum of pitches ranging from the fundamental (257 hz) to a range reaching up into the kilohertz range of thousands of cps.  The additional pitches other than the fundamental are called 'harmonics…'

"When you have many frequencies emitted from the same source, our ears usually identify a fundamental as pitch and hear the rest as harmonics that color the tone…

"When you have a mixture of hundreds of varieties of molecules each capable of a variety of frequencies, it could be chaos…

"Amazing as it may seem, the hundreds of varieties of molecules in a typical therapeutic grade essential oil do not form an incoherent mass.  They do not produce chaos.  Their many frequencies are tuned in mathematical precision like the logarithms of a musical scale to make music for our bodies, minds, and soils.  When natural compounds are blended by God to create a healing oil, the molecules, imbued with God's word, respond to one another and adjust their frequencies into the coherence of a finely tuned instrument.  The molecules of a therapeutic grade essential oil form a harmonious, coherent, functional family designed and intended to serve us and heal us according to the highest will of their creator and our creator who is one and the same--God.

"Now do you understand why modifying a therapeutic grade oil by removing some of its constituents, by adding synthetic ingredients, or by adulterating it with solvents can upset or destroy the subtle and delicate harmony that God has so lovingly prepared for us"

"Now do you understand why a non-therapuetic grade oil might carry dissonance, incoherence, and disharmony in its molecular makeup and, thus carry no healing power and, perhaps, carry harm?

"Now do you understand how and why a compound that is potentially harmful when acting along can behave beneficially within the balanced environment of an essential oil as it adjusts its vibrations to play in harmony with the rest of the family of compounds that define that oil?

"Think of therapeutic grade essential oils as symphonies of molecular music composed by God to sing health and harmony to us, his children."

There's more in this fascinating and highly informative book that will have to wait for another day, but for now, just take a moment to contemplate the symphony of your body's many trillions of cells singing in harmony with all of God's glorious creation!  What a wonderful world!

dōTERRA's Essential Oil Usage Guide A-Z

A
ABDOMINAL CRAMPS	Try:	DigestZen, Basil, Clary Sage
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically to abdomen
ACHES	Try:	Marjoram, Deep Blue, Birch
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
ACNE	Try:	Melaleuca, Lemongrass, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to affected areas daily
ALLERGIES	Try:	Breathe, Lavender, Eucalyptus
	Usage:	apply topically to back of neck or under nose and on bridge of nose
AMNESIA	Try:	Frankincense, Peppermint, Rosemary
	Usage:	apply topically to forehead, temples, base of skull and behind the ears or take internally in a capsule or diffuse into the air and inhale
ANEMIA	Try:	Lemon, Lemongrass, Helichrysm
	Usage:	apply to bottom of feet or insides of wrists
ANXIETY	Try:	Serenity, Lavender, Elevation
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or massage onto back, feet and hands
APPETITE SUPRESSANT	Try:	Grapefruit, Slim & Sassy
	Usage:	add to water and drink or diffuse into the air and inhale
ARTHRITIC PAIN	Try:	Deep Blue, Frankincense, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
ASTHMA	Try:	Breathe, Eucalyptus, Peppermint
	Usage:	diffuse into the air or apply to bottom of feet, or take internally in a capsule
ATHEROSCLEROSIS	Try:	Lemon, Lavender, Rosemary
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
ATHLETE'S FOOT	Try:	Oregano, Melaleuca, Lemon
	Usage:	apply to area between toes and around toenails
AUTISM	Try:	Balance, Vetiver, Frankincense
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale
B
BACK PAIN	Try:	Deep Blue, Eucalyptus, Wintergreen
	Usage:	massage into back as needed
BEE STING	Try:	Roman Chamomile, Lavender, Melaleuca
	Usage:	apply topically to sting or bite several times daily until symptoms cease
BELL'S PALSY	Try:	Peppermint, Helichryum, Rosemary
	Usage:	massage on front and behind ear and painful areas until symptoms subside
BLEEDING	Try:	Helichrysum, Geranium
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
BLEEDING GUMS	Try:	Cinnamon, Peppermint, Wintergreen
	Usage:	gargle several times daily or apply topically to gums several times daily
BLISTERS ON FEET	Try:	Lavender, Roman Chamomile, German Chamomile
	Usage:	apply topically to blistered area
BLOATING	Try:	DigestZen, Peppermint, Clary Sage
	Usage:	apply topically to stomach area and to bottoms of feet or take internally in a capsule
BLOOD CLOT IN VEINS	Try:	Cypress, Helichrysum, Clove
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area and to bottoms of feet or take intenally in a capsule
BOILS	Try:	Clove, Thyme, Oregano
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
BONE PAIN	Try:	Wintergreen, Helichrysum, Cypress
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
BONE SPURS	Try:	Wintergreen, Cypress, Marjoram
	Usage:	apply topically over affected area
BRONCHITIS	Try:	Breathe, Eucalyptus, Thyme
	Usage:	apply topically to chest and neck area, gargle hourly or diffuse
BRUISES	Try:	Cypress, Helichrysum, Deep Blue
	Usage:	apply topicallyy to bruised area
BUNIONS	Try:	Deep Blue, Basil, Cypress
	Usage:	apply to affected area or joint
BURNS	Try:	Lavender, Malaleuca, Geranium
	Usage:	apply gently to affected area
C
CALLOUSES	Try:	Oregano
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
CANDIDA	Try:	Melaleuca, OnGuard, Pepperming
	Usage:	apply topically to chest and on bottom of feet or take internally in a capsules several times daily
CANKER SORES	Try:	Melaleuca, OnGuard, Oregano
	Usage:	apply directly to canker sore or gargle
CATARACTS	Try:	Clover, Lavender
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically to temples
CAVITIES	Try:	OnGuard, Melaleuca, Peppermint
	Usage:	apply topically to botooms of feet or take internally in a capsule
CELLULITE	Try:	Rosemary, Grapefruit, Lemon
	Usage:	massage vigorously on cellulite locations daily especially before excercising or add to water and drink throughout the day
CHAPPED SKIN	Try:	Roman Chamomile, Sandalwood, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area as often as needed
CHICKEN POX	Try:	Lavender, Melaleuca, Sandalwood
	Usage:	dilute with a carrier oil and dab lightly on spots
CHRONIC FATIGUE	Try:	OnGuard, Pepperming, Basil
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically to muscles and joints
CHRONIC PAIN	Try:	Pepperming, Deep Blue, Wintergreen
	Usage:	massage into affected area as needed or take internally in a capsule
CLOGGED PORES	Try:	Lemon, Wild Orage, Melaleuca
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
COLD	Try:	OnGuard, Thyme, Melaleuca
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or gargle or take internally in a capsule
COLD SORES	Try:	OnGuard, Lemon, Melaleuca
	Usage:	apply to cold sores as soon as it starts and repeat several times daily
COLIC	Try:	Marjoram, Ylang Ylang, Bergamot
	Usage:	dilite with a carrier oil and apply topically to stomach and back
COLITIS	Try:	Pepperming, DigestZen, Helichrysum
	Usage:	massage over lower abdomen area or take internally in a capsule
CONCUSSION	Try:	Frankincense, Cypress
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule
CONGESTION	Try:	Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Pepperming
	Usage:	diffuse or gargle, massage onto forehead, nose, cheeks, lower throat, chest and upper back
CONJUNCTIVITIS	Try:	Melaleuca, Lavender
	Usage:	apply around (but NOT in) the eyes or apply to bottomrs of feet several times daily
CONSTIPATION	Try:	DigestZen, Marjoram, Lemon
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically to stomach or feet
CONVULSIONS	Try:	Lavender, Clary Sage, Balance
	Usage:	apply topically to corn several times daily
CORNS	Try:	Lemon, Grapefruit, Oregano
	Usage:	massage into neck and chest or gargle or diffuse into the air and inhale
COUGH	Try:	Lemon, Breathe, Melaleuca
	Usage:	massage into neck and chest or gargle or diffuse into the air and inhale
CRAMPS	Try:	Rosemary, Cypress, Marjoram
	Usage:	massage on cramped muscles several times daily or take internally in a capsule
CROUP	Try:	Marjoram, Thyme, Sandalwood
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically to chest and neck
CUTS	Try:	Lavender, Melaleuca, Bergamot
	Usage:	dilute with a carrier oil and apply to affected area
CYST	Try:	Oregano, Thyme
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area as needed
CYSTITIS	Try:	Thyme, Lemongrass, Clove
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply a warm compress over bladder
D
DANDRUFF	Try:	Cypress, Lavender, Rosemary
	Usage:	dilute and massage into scalp. Rinse after 60-90 minutes
DEHYDRATED SKIN	Try:	Geranium, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
DENTAL INFECTION	Try:	Wintergreen, Birch, Helichrysum
	Usage:	apply on gums and around teeth
DEPRESSION	Try:	Elevation, Citrus Blss, Lavender
	Usage:	add to a warm bath or diffuse into the air and inhale
DIABETES	Try:	Coriander, Basil, Balance
	Usage:	take a couple drops of coriander internally in a capsule morning and evening and apply a couple drops of Balance topically to feet in the evening
DIABETIC SORES	Try:	Lavender, Balance
	Usage:	apply topically to back, feet and over pancreas or diffuse into the air and inhale
DIARRHEA	Try:	Peppermint, Ginger, DigestZen
	Usage:	dilute and apply topically to affected area several times daily
DIZZINESS	Try:	Cypress, Pepperming, Basil
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale as needed or apply topically to temples, back of neck and shoulders
DRY SKIN	Try:	Geranium, Chamomile, Lemon
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
E
EAR INFECTION	Try:	Malaleuca, Purify, Lavender
	Usage:	apply to cotton ball and place over ear
ECZEMA	Try:	Helichrysum, Thyme, Geranium
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area as needed
EPILEPSY	Try:	Frankincense, Clary sage, Sandalwood
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or take internally in a capsule or massage
EXHAUSTION	Try:	Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Lemon
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically to back and feet
F
FAINTING	Try:	Peppermint, Sandalwood, Rosemary
	Usage:	inhale directly
FATIGUE	Try:	Lemongrass, Basil, Lemon
	Usage:	inhale directly or diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically on temples and behind ears as needed
FEVER	Try:	Peppermint, Lavender, Eucalyptus
	Usage:	apply to forehead, temples and back of neck ot take internally in a capsule ir diffuse into the air and inhale
FLATULENCE	Try:	Peppermint, Lavender, Ginger
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically to abdomen
FLU	Try:	Breather, OnGuard, Oregano
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or diuuse into the air and inhale or apply topically to chest
FOOD POISONING	Try:	Rosemary, DigestZen, OnGuard
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule severals time daily and apply topically to stomach area
G
GASTRITIS	Try:	Peppermint, DigestZen, Lemongrass
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically over stomach area as needed
GINGIVITIS	Try:	Clove, Melaleuca, Peppermint
	Usage:	Gargle many times daily or as needed
GUM DISEASE	Try:	Melaleuca, OnGuard
	Usage:	apply topically to bottoms of feet
H
HAIR LOSS	Try:	Thyme, Rosemary, Lavender
	Usage:	dilute 5 drop in 20 drops of a carrier oil and massage into scalp each night
HANGOVER	Try:	Lavender, Peppermint, Rosemary
	Usage:	add to warm bath or apply  of neck and over liver
HEAD LICE	Try:	Geranium, Lavender, Lemon
	Usage:	dilute and apply to entire scalp, then shampoo and rinse 30 minutes later. Repeat daily for several days
HEADACHE	Try:	Pepperming, Lavender, Wintergreen
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and apply topically to forehead, temples, back of neck and behind ears
HEARTBURN	Try:	Peppermint, Ginger, Lemon
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically to chest
HEATSTROKE	Try:	Peppermint, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to forehead and back of neck, chest and back
HICCUPS	Try:	Chamomile, Lemon, Cypress
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or massage into chest and stomach area
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE	Try:	Lavender, Marjoram, Eucalyptus
	Usage:	do a full body massage daily or diffuse into the air and inhale or take internally in a capsule
HOT FLASHES	Try:	Balance, Peppermint, Clary Sage
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically to back of neck
HYPERACTIVITY	Try:	Lavender, Vetiver, Serenity
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or inhale directly
I
IMPOTENCE	Try:	Ylang Ylang, Clary Sage, Sandalwood
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically to temples, wrists and back of neck
INDIGESTION	Try:	Ginger, Orange, Peppermint
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply topically over stomach area
INFECTION	Try:	Clove, Thyme, Oregano
	Usage:	dilute with a carrier oil and apply to infected area or diffuse
INFLAMMATION	Try:	Wintergreen, Peppermint, Eucalyptus
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area or take internally in a capsule
INSECT ALLERGIES	Try:	Lavender, Eucalyptus, Melaleuca
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
INSECT REPELLENT	Try:	TerraShield, Eucalyptus, Lemon
	Usage:	dilute with carrier oil and apply to exposed skin as needed
INSOMNIA	Try:	Serenity, Lavender, Chamomile
	Usage:	add to a warm bath, rub on feet and behind ears and diffuse into the air
ITCHING	Try:	Peppermint, Oregano, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area as needed
J
JET LAG	Try:	Peppermint, Bergamot, Rosemary
	Usage:	apply calming oils like Lavender and Geranium to bottoms of feet at night and invigorating oils like Pepperming and Eucalyptus in the morning
JOINT PAIN	Try:	Wintergreen, Birch, Deep Blue
	Usage:	massage into affected area as needed
L
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE	Try:	Lemongrass
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule
LEG CRAMPS	Try:	Clary Sage, Cypress, Lavender
	Usage:	massage into legs
LICE	Try:	Eycalyptus, TerraShield, Rosemary
	Usage:	massage into the scalp and apply topically to bottoms of feet severals times daily
LOSS OF APPETITE	Try:	Ginger, Wild orange, Lavender
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or take internally in a capsule
M
MEASLES	Try:	Lavender, Rmona Chamomile, Melaleuca
	Usage:	apply on spots several times daily or add to bath and soak for at least 30 minutes daily
MENOPAUSE	Try:	Clary Sage, Frankincense, Roman Chamomile
	Usage:	aply topically to abdomen, bottoms or feet and back of neck
MENSTRUAL PAIN	Try:	Clary Sage, Rosemary, Peppermint
	Usage:	massage into abdomen, lower back and shoulders or apply a warm compress over uterus area or take internally in a capsule
MIGRAINE	Try:	Helichrysm, PastTense, Sandalwood
	Usage:	apply topically to forehead, temples, base of skull and behind the ears or inhale directly as needed
MOLD	Try:	Cinnamon, Oregano, Thyme
	Usage:	diffuse into the air where mold is present
MORNING SICKNESS	Try:	Ginger, Lavender, Peppermint
	Usage:	apply topically behind ears and over navel hourly or diffuse into te air and inhale
MOTION SICKNESS	Try:	Ginger, Lavender, Peppermint
	Usage:	apply topically behind the ears and over navel or digguse into the air and inhale
MUSCLE PAIN	Try:	Peppermint, Deep Blue, Clove
	Usage:	apply topically to affected muscles
N
NAUSEA	Try:	Ginger, Lavender, DigestZen
	Usage:	apply topically behund ears and over navel hourly or diffuse into the air and inhale or under tongue as needed
NECK PAIN	Try:	Basil, Marjoram, Helichrysum
	Usage:	massage onto neck several times daily
NERVOUS FATIGUE	Try:	Helichrysum, Thyme, Peppermint
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topucally to temples, behind ears and on back of neck
NOSE BLEEDS	Try:	Helichrysum, Geranium, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to the bridge and sides of nose and back of neck as needed
O
OILY HAIR	Try:	Basil, Cypress, Thyme
	Usage:	add to shampoo when washing hair
P
PAIN	Try:	Peppermint, Wintergreen, Birch
	Usage:	massage into affected area
PALPITATIONS	Try:	Ylang Ylang, Wild Orange, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically on chest area
PARASITES	Try:	Oregano, Peppermint, Ginger
	Usage:	take internally in a capsule or apply warm compress over intestinal area
R
RASHES	Try:	Lavender, Roman Chamomile, Sandalwood
	Usage:	dilute with a carrier oil and apply topically to affected area
S
SCARRING	Try:	Helichrysum, Lavender, Frankincense
	Usage:	apply topically over wound daily until healed
SHINGLES	Try:	Melaleuca, Oregano, Sandalwood
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area, on back of neck and along the spine
SHOCK	Try:	Helichrysum, Peppermint, Melaleuca
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically on temples, under nose and on back of neck
SINUS CONGESTION	Try:	Sandalwood, Thyme, Eucalyptus
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale several times daily
SINUS HEADACHE	Try:	Rosemary, Melaleuca, Eucalyptus
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale severals times daily
SORE THROAT	Try:	OnGuard, Lemon, Melaleuca
	Usage:	gargle or diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically to throat, chest, and back of neck several times daily
SPRAINS	Try:	Wintergreem Lemongrass, Basil
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area
STOMACHACHE	Try:	DigestZen
	Usage:	apply topcally to stomach area
STREP THROAT	Try:	OnGuard, Oregano, Thyme
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or gargle or take internally in a capsule several times daily
STRESS	Try:	Grapefruit, Elevation Bergamot
	Usage:	diffuse ointo the air and massage shoulders, back and feet
STRETCH MARKS	Try:	Cypress, Geranium, Lavender
	Usage:	apply topically to affected areas a couple times daily
STROKE	Try:	Helichrysm, Cypress, Peppermint
	Usage:	apply topically on temples, forehead, behind ears and on back of neck or take internally in a capsule
SUNBURN	Try:	Lavender, Melaleuca, Helichrysum
	Usage:	apply gently to affected area
T
TEETHING PAIN	Try:	Clove, Wintergreen, Roman Chamomile
	Usage:	apply topically to affected tooth and gum or gargle several times daily
TENNIS ELBOW	Try:	Deep Blue, Eucalyptus, Peppermint
	Usage:	apply topically to affected area as needed
TENSION HEADACHE	Try:	Peppermint, Lavender, Marjoram
	Usage:	apply topically to forehead , temples, back of neck and behind ears
TOOTHACHE	Try:	Clove, Melaleuca, Purify
	Usage:	apply to gums or add to water to gargle  and swallow
V
VARICOSE VEINS	Try:	Cypress, Heluchrysum, Lemongrass
	Usage:	massage into affected area several times daily
VERTIGO	Try:	Ginger, Helichrysum, Geranium
	Usage:	massage on tops of ears and behind ears
VOMITING	Try:	Ginger, Peppermint
	Usage:	diffuse into the air and inhale or apply topically to stomach area
W
WARTS	Try:	Oregano, Melaleuca, OnGuard
	Usage:	apply topically to wart several times daily
WASP STING	Try:	Lavender, Purify
	Usage:	apply topically to sting
WHIPLASH	Try:	Deep Blue, Lemongrass, Marjoram
	Usage:	apply topically to neck, shoulders and back
WORMS	Try:	DigestZen, Lavender, Rosemary
	Usage:	apply topically to stomach area and on the bottoms of feet
WOUNDS	Try:	Lavender, Melaleuca, Rosemary
	Usage:	dilute and apply to affected area several times daily
WRINKLES	Try:	Frankincense, Helichrysum, Geranium
	Usage:	dilute with a carrier oil and apply topically to affected areas

*The above usages are extracted from doTERRA's Essential oil usage guide A-Z booklet.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.