Sunday, May 6, 2012

A Day of Essential Oils

Yesterday was a day that I was very grateful for essential oils in my life. At work I had two coworkers that I was able to help since I had my oils with me. For one I gave her "deep blue" for a headache and to another I gave "lavender" for her irritated/itchy hand. In both cases the oils seemed to help them feel better.

Later in the evening I was eating with a friend at Denny's and had what I'm thinking was an allergic reaction to something in the food I ate. Previously I had periodically noticed a weird feeling in my mouth when I would eat this particular item at the restaurant but ignored it since it wasn't that bad and assumed I might have bitten my lip on accident.

Last night however, after I started to get the weird feeling, my lower lip started to swell (causing the friend I was with to say I had Angelina Jolie lips) but I wasn't sure what oil would be best. I decided to try "lavender" since it is a calming oil and rubbed that on the inside of my lower lip, where the swelling was occurring. After touching the area with my tongue and realizing that lavender isn't the best tasting oil, I put some "peppermint" in the same area for the taste, also hoping it might help calm the swelling since it can be cooling. After a short while, the swelling in my lip started to recede. During that time my friend enjoyed the smell of my breath so that was a slight plus. ;)

Though I am appreciative of the oils in being able to help me in this experience, I don't think I'll be ordering the same thing at Denny's anymore. ;)

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