As interest in natural means to improved health, wellness
and fitness grows, essential oils are gaining in popularity
in the United States. The healing powers, on both
physiological and psychological levels, have been utilized
in Europe and the rest of the world for some time. Natural,
pure essential oils used in aromatherapy have a very diverse
range of healing properties - as diverse as the hundreds of
plants from which they are distilled. The effects range from
antibiotic (without incurrence of resistance as with
pharmaceutical drugs), to antiviral (the power of which
modern medicine has yet to replicate), to anti-inflammatory
and analgesic, with many having ‘homeostatic’ properties -
meaning they support balance in many of the body’s systems.
Here’s brief look at ten essential oils commonly used in
the home health care kit - the list and descriptions are not
meant to be exhaustive; rather, let them stimulate your
interest in furthering your knowledge of these oils, their
applications, and the vast potential of the many, many other
essential oils available today.



