how we're using essential oils to combat sickness

we have a little bit of a cold floating around this house. nato had to get the flu shot for work (or else they put you in a moon suit from october to march . i call it the suit of shame). anyway, the next day he felt like a truck ran over him. and now he has a cough and feels sluggish. of course. i have a little bit of tickle in my throat and am not taking any chances. we're not getting a lot of sleep in this house with the newborn, so it's time to get aggressive!

let me tell you our routine for when we get sick or start to feel something coming on.
like i said, we get pretty aggressive about it, because aint nobody got time for vomiting their brains out/cleaning up other people's vomit/cleaning up vomit then having to vomit.

here's what we're doing besides praying(insert emoji hands):
(when placed on the skin we apply with a carrier oil, like coconut oil)
we put lemon oil on the sides of the throat. we drink a drop in our hot tea.
we put thieves oil on our feet. on the the little toes(you can reference the foot reflexology chart to see why) every hour if possible that first day. we will also put it up and down the spine. we alternate with lemon oil and frankincense on there too.

we put a drop of thieves in the mouth so that it hits the back of the throat to aid in ridding bacteria in the throat.


we put RC on the chest. eucalyptus would also work here.
we diffuse RC and Purification and Thieves by the bed when we sleep and during the day.
we put 3 drops thieves, 3 drops oregano, 3 drops citronella in a capsule and take twice daily.
i'm pretty obsessed with oregano. it has long boasted of antibiotic properties.

we also kill vitamin C and take well over the recommended amount.
we double our juice plus and multi vitamins.
i continue to go on walks...i think moving and extra vitamin D from sunshine is also important.
and trying to drink more water than usual and less sugar.

ok that's what we do! i'm not a doctor, so always use these things with caution.

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