Essential oils cure the snow shoveling blues

We just had a huge snowstorm with over 2 feet of snow. I had to shovel the driveway for over 6 hours the past few days to clear all of the snow. Shoveling snow is a great and intensive workout. However, my old body was not ready for that much work. Needless to say, my back was feeling the effect of all that labor along with my calves, arms and shoulders. When I came in after a long period of snow shoveling, I had a painful cramp in my calf muscles. I immediately put on Cypress and Lavender which helped reduce the muscle tightness. When I went to bed after the first night I put on my usual back pain oils (Basil, Cypress, Aroma Seiz and Peppermint) and woke up with just some minor aches. I went out again in the morning and finished up the remainder of the driveway as well as a pathway to the middle of the street. I put on all of the oils again the second night and the back ache was gone. I usually have some major back pains after doing that much shoveling; this time with the application of essentail oils, I was able to shovel for a much longer period of time with limited back problems.

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Sore knees and muscles from sports activities

It has been a busy week with my two high schoolers. Swim season and Basketball season has started and we are experiencing a lot of sore muscles and other aching body parts. My daughter, the swimmer, immediately comes home from practice and gets some oils to put on her sore muscles. Usually she uses a blend called panaway which helps with muscles soreness. My son had some problems with his knee. I think a lot of his knee pain is growing pains. Our reference book idicated that Spruce, Cypress, and Helichrysum may work on sore bones and joints and so we applied them with some peppermint. After two days of applications, my son said the pain has gone away. It is amazing how these oils are working on the kids and also how they are embracing their useage. They are learning that the body can heal itself with the proper treatment and that you do not need drugs when you are experiencing some pain.

We are still putting Thieves on our feet at night to fight off a lot of germs that are going around. We know a lot of people that have been experiencing a stomach virus. Lets hope that the oils plus good nutrition and rest keeps us well this winter.

Dr Mom and Dr Dad

Peace and Calming for night time

My youngest son had a hard time falling alseep last night. I got out the essential oil blend Peace & Calming and rubbed it on his feet. He snuggled up with me and went right to sleep. He likes to have oils applied to his feet, and he also likes the citrus aroma of Peace & Calming.

Last week we also applied a lot of Thieves oil blend on our feet before we went to sleep. My oldest son was coming down with a cold, so we used Thieves to help our bodies fight off the germs. It worked wonders as my son no longer has the sniffles and cough and no one else in the family caught the bug.

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Muscle Pain

My son started his basketball season two weeks ago. He is a freshman in High School and has been playing basketball since second grade. Now that the "real" season has started, they are practicing very hard for two hours a day. Yesterday, he was complaining that he had a lot of leg cramps in his calves and in his thighs. I pulled out my essential oil handbook and read that Cypress, Marjoram, and Lavender were good for charlie horses. I had my son rub these oils into his sore areas, and then we also used Aroma Seis and finished it off with Peppermint. I use Aroma Seis a lot for my back pain; this oil blend works well with me. I always apply Peppermint on muscle problems because it helps the other oils penetrate deeply. I also love the smell and feel of Peppermint. I will have my son apply Aroma Seis and Peppermint on his sore muscle areas every night before he goes to bed until the soreness goes away.

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Introduction to Dr Mom and using Essential Oils

Hello World. I have experienced the wonderful world of aromatherapy and its many uses for family health issues. I want to share this with you in hoping that aromatherapy and essential oils will help you and your family feel better. I have been using essential oils for the past five months on myself, and it has had a significant impact in treating my chronic back pain. I am now using various oils on my family to treat a multitude of aches and pains. The use of essentail oils is a natural treatment that allows your body to treat itself without having to rely on medications and antibiotics.

With this blog, I would like to share with you my familes uses of essential oils and how they are helping us without having to rely on "modern medicine". I would love to hear back from you as to what you think about aromatherapy and how it has helped you in your families everyday treatment.

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