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Posted 8/16/2015 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
anyone on this forum use essential oils to treat symptoms of lyme? Im not sure if it necessarily cures it, but I did meet with a doterra consultant here where I live and im 50% convinced. Im thinking of purchasing 1-2 oils at a time. I heard they are powerful. Any opinions/reviews/experiences?
Posted 8/16/2015 7:48 PM (GMT 0)
My neighbour has asked me if I have tried them...she went to a 'party' and heard about them being used for Lyme treatment.

I use essential oils now when i go for walks - I have a spray bottle - of Lavender and Geranium - with water and witch hazel - I spray my lower legs and feet before the walks.
Supposed to be a repellent.
Sorry, kinda off topic.
Posted 8/16/2015 10:14 PM (GMT 0)
I can't speak to the effectiveness of doTerra, but I can speak to the effectiveness of Young Living. I mentioned in another post that I began using them before I was diagnosed with Lyme and the oils, in combination with my diet change, got me from being house bound to 80% of normal. I've also had significant experiences with friends and family using them for things unrelated to Lyme.

I do believe essential oils work, but I also think not all brands are equal.
Posted 8/17/2015 6:19 AM (GMT 0)
I've used essential oils to heal significantly from Lyme and Cos. I tried a bunch of different ones and settled on a 1:1 ratio of Thyme and Lavender diluted in a carrier oil and applied topically. I went through a bunch of 15ml bottles of them over a couple years and made great progress. Thyme is the more antibacterial of the two although I feel they are synergistic. I think they also are great at also ridding your system of mold, which conventional antibiotics generally worsens. People hear "aromatherapy" and think scented candles or something but the oils are actually quite powerful.

I order all mine from Original Swiss Aromatics which has been around since '83. They aren't an MLM company though so they aren't as widely known. The owner Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt has written some great books on essential oils. They seems to maintain ties to a lot of artisanal distillers around the world so their stuff is top notch.

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Posted 8/17/2015 6:36 AM (GMT 0)
doTerra and Young Living are two of the most talked about providers, as far as I know, at least when it comes to Lyme. (Not to diminish any other suggested carriers.)

I've used doTerra's Oregano and, I forget, the one that's for immune boosting. I herxed a bit off of the oregano oil, not much of a noticeable effect from the other - though, again, I think that one's more just for support, rather than to act as a killer.

Think they'd be a good compliment to other healing efforts - though, yeah, definitely wouldn't trust as your sole method of lowering bacterial load.

Me, myself, I didn't see enough of an improvement on them to drop the $100, or whatever I was spending, something like that, every month. Maybe when I make more money, if that day comes, I might incorporate them again?

Actually, now that you remind me, they've got a lemon oil, which I've heard good things about, for detox, cleansing, and I think it's one of their cheaper products. Might check that out.

Anyway, yeah, I've heard of some healing pretty well with them though. Not a lot, but a few. But, everybody's different, right? Give it a shot, see how it goes. You could be one of the fortunate that responds really well to 'um.

Look into the "Lyme bullets," a mixture of some of the oils - forgot which ones exactly.
Posted 8/17/2015 3:32 PM (GMT 0)
A group of Lyme patients here got together to do EO treatments and I heard one of them got better on them, after doing the meds and other things for several years. They use the doTERRA brand. I haven't heard how the others are doing, so maybe they got better too and are living their lives now.
Posted 8/17/2015 4:42 PM (GMT 0)
On one hand I think the MLM marketing of doTerra and Young Living is a big reason why more people have come to learn about the oils and actually try them, which I think is a really good thing.

However my preference is that essential oils should really be treated more like wines made from a specific region in small batches rather than an commodity product or a trademarked proprietary blend.

For example here are all the types of Lavender available from the site I order from:
originalswissaromatics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=%235004
originalswissaromatics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=%23125
originalswissaromatics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=%23175
originalswissaromatics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=%23124
originalswissaromatics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=%23720

I found Lavender Fine (true Population Lavender, grown from seed not clones) to be the most effective for myself.

My ideal essential oil buying experience would be like a farmer's market with some kind of 3rd party rating system to ensure purity. Some prefer the YL/doTerra vertically integrated model where you just get a consistent product without worrying about where it came from, which is just a matter of preference I guess. The downside of the MLM marketing is that more of your money is going to the people above you in the pyramid rather than the farmers and distillers of the oil.
Posted 8/17/2015 6:06 PM (GMT 0)
I was one of the people using YL oils to battle lyme a couple years ago. A couple drops of thieves oil under the tongue each day, combined with the lyme bullets (several drops of: thieves, oregano, cinnimon, and I can't remember what else, those were the primary three) really helped me feel better after about 30 days.

Then I noticed heart palpitations whenever I did the lyme bullets. BAD heart palpitations. Must've been something in the "hot" oils. So, I stopped all EO's for a while.

Now, I just do a couple of drops of thieves oil under the tongue. I think the lyme bullets were too much for me, or at least for my heart. But, the couple drops under the tongue really do decrease my neck stiffness after a couple of days. I guess that's one less symptom to have to deal with.

I need to get back in the routine of thieves oil.
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