Aromatherapy

In recent years, alternative medicine has become increasingly popular as individuals search for an all-natural and more holistic approach to the way personal health care is managed. A study by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine indicates that between 50 and 60 percent of the population is using alternative medicine as a means to address health-related concerns. This includes everything from the integration of essential oils into daily life to incorporating yoga, tai chi, massage therapy, and meditation into standard living practices.

According to Dr. David Hill of Young Living Essential Oils, “People are finding that these alternative methods are working and it’s driving interest.” This trend is raising concern among Western medicine practitioners, who have seen a reduction in patient visits. In an effort to understand the movement, leading medical practitioners and researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other leading medical facilities have partnered with Young Living Essential Oils to study the use of therapeutic-grade essential oils through ingestion, topical application, and in aromatherapy. Learn more about using Young Living’s oils… read some of the scientific articles…

Michelle Perkins of Opelousas General Health System (OGHS) recalls one patient who directly benefited from the use of massage therapy in daily treatment. Sixteen-year-old Brittany Soileau of Port Barre, Louisiana, was celebrating a friend’s birthday when a truck struck Brittany and dragged her forty feet before hitting a parked car and coming to a stop. Her injuries included a broken pelvis and hip, broken left ankle, lacerated kidney, bruised bladder and lung, four broken ribs, and a broken nose. All the bones in her face were fractured as well.

In addition to the extensive traditional medical attention Brittany received, Mark Moses of the hospital’s Complementary Healthcare Awareness Team integrated daily massage with Young Living’s essential oils. After being in a coma for twelve days, Brittany woke up and remembered having her hands massaged while she was in the coma.

Jackie Harbour, Director of Intensive Care Services at OGHS, says, “With all of our high technology and capabilities and our intervention to save her life, she remembered the massage therapy we used as part of her care. Brittany was suffering from tachycardia (elevated heart rate) and we recognized that she would be a good candidate for this therapy and I called Mark.” The daily massage therapy appeared to calm her and significantly lower her heart rate.

Stories such as these are not uncommon where alternative medicine is concerned. “People are not only using these modalities, but these modalities are working,” says Dr. Hill. Young Living Essential Oils has made it a priority to educate the public about the benefits of nature’s living energy—essential oils—and inspiring individuals to live lives of greater wellness, purpose, and abundance.

Numerous massage therapists incorporate Young Living’s oils into their practice to help patients with various conditions including general discomfort, feelings of anxiousness, aggravated muscles, and weakened immune systems. Those who have not found total success with Western medicine often turn to therapeutic grade essential oils to help relieve symptoms that are not addressed satisfactorily by traditional means.

Young Living has fostered the idea that the earth has provided a good life for all mankind and that the answers to our medical needs can be found in the natural world that surrounds us. Because of this, Young Living celebrates the essence of essential oils in integrated medical treatment as well as in day-to-day living.