Surprising Results with Essential Oils! Give it a Go!

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bookperson

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A little tangential, but I bought a cold essential oil diffuser from Whole Foods. In the instructions it says I should only use tap water as distilled or sterile will not work effectively. Do you think it is safe to diffuse tap water? As in, is there a risk of bacterial contamination with tap water?
 
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Epona

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Yup that sounds fine. Make sure it's sterile. Getting several smaller bottles of it would be better than getting a big bottle of it, just to reduce risk of airborne pathogen contamination. That's why syringes are so great, they come in 10 mL packages. But I assume if you are careful, you probably won't have a problem with contamination.
 
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TheSaltyOne

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I would not suggest using tap water. All tap water is different depending on what area you live in and you know that distilled water or sterile water would be completely clean but to each their own.

Update: I have tried a company called "Aromatics International" for my essential oils and I have been feeling great and getting the same results as I did before with the Young Living Oils from what I can tell. I chose this company because I have read good things about them. I was choosing between Aromatics International and Floracopeia. I added up Young Living, Aromatics International, and Floracopeia. Floracopeia was the cheapest and Young Living was the most expensive. Young Living ended up being a little over twice as much as Aromatics International after adding up the total cost for about 8 oils.
It has only been a week but once I started using them I began to feel a little better after having a cold recently. I will post again if anything changes or I get sick in the next week or so which would let me assume they don't work as well as Young Living, but so far so good. The company includes suggestions with each oil on what they treat and how they would recommend treating yourself as well as test results for the quality of each oil. They seem very legitimate and good quality. Also, the company is very nice and included a personal note thanking me as a customer (it's the little things lol).
 
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bookperson

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Thanks for the advice about the water. My diffuser says specifically not to use distilled water. Does anyone know where I can get (or how to make) sterile water? Also, has anyone used PlantLife EOs? I feel like EOs might be my big ticket out of the cycle of recurrent monthly pseudo/fungus flare-ups but I want to make sure I do it right. Sorry for all the questions!
 
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Helicopter Mom

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Hello all. I just wanted to give a quick update on how things have been going for my son (17 years old) since we started using the oils about a month ago. We diffuse either 'Breathe' (which is a proprietary blend of eucalyptus, melaluca, peppermint and a couple others) or 'On Guard' which is another proprietary blend that is more antibacterial in nature. I alterate those two, one week at a time. I set the diffuser to run all night (5 minutes on / 20 minutes off). IN addition to diffusing, I rub either 'Breathe' or 'On Guard' on his feet and chest at night. In the morning, he does a 'sinus buster' which is 3 drops each of melaluca, lemon and peppermint in a large cup of hot (not boiling) water. He just cups his hands around the mug and inhales the steam. This has worked WONDERS with his congestion and constantly runny nose. He also drops those same oils onto the floor of his shower at night and inhales them as he showers. He is feeling SO much better than he was before he started using them. We have formal PFT's coming up in a couple of weeks, so I'm very curious to see how he blows. All in all, VERY happy with the results so far.
Thanks to all of you for posting.
 
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Epona

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What a great idea to drop EOs on the floor of the shower!!! I'm gonna try that with the ones that are too irritating to nebulize, like cinnamon or lemongrass (though I do neb LG in small quantities).
 
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Helicopter Mom

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Hello all.
Another update regarding essential oils. I have been having him diffuse EVERY night (either "Breathe" or "On Guard" -one is a proprietary blend of eucalyptus/melaluca the other is an anti-bacterial). In addition, he will inhale the oils in a cup of steaming water and / or rub on his feet every night. He WAS nebulizing Lemongrass (1 drop with saline) AND melaluca/eucalyptus (1 drop of each with saline). Our CF doc told us NOT to neb the oils. Said it could be dangerous (due to buildup in the lungs) but he encouraged us to continue diffusing, inhaling, rubbing, etc. His formal PFT's (done just last Wednesday) were the best they've ever been, by quite a bit. So -overall I am very encouraged and happy with the results. We will keep on keeping on. I am also looking into some health supplements that are meant to balance the body's PH balance back to its normal, healthy level. Will keep you all posted on that, as well!
 
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cynsleigh

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Hey guys newbe here. I can't spend much money but I have to try every and anything to help my daughter. We have been told she has a "form" of cystic fibrosis but not the full blown kind. No one can seem to give her any meds that help. The only thing that does seem to help her is prednisone but we all know she can't be on that forever. Because she also has spina bifida and one kidney. I would love to try this for her but I just can't afford a lot. So does anyone know of a decent diffusser that would work ok for a bit less than $150? I am so losing hope. she is so sick always and is basically bed ridden. I can't seem to get any docs to help her. She's seem 12 different specialist. Most of them just shrug their shoulders because her case is so rare. But in the meantime until someone comes a long that can help i want to try and help her. Thanks guys
 
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Epona

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This is a very strange thing to hear. Have you seen a CF specialist yet? You either have CF or you don't. It's genetic. What do you mean by "it's not full-blown"? Does that mean that her sweat tests come out normal or borderline? There was another person on this forum who had CF-like symptoms, which I believe was probably some kind of disease of the chloride efflux channel meant to accomplish something similar to CF's preventative effect on dysentery.

What are her symptoms? How old is she? What meds is she on now?
 
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mom101

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Hi I was just curious on now being Sept. 2014 how have the oils helped you so far since you started using them? My daughter has CF and seems now to become ill all the time with infections.
 
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Mark_s83

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It has been about six months since your original post in which you claimed benefit from the essential oils. I am curious, are still feeling good and do you still recommend the oils as highly as you did in that post?
 
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TheSaltyOne

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Hey Guys!!! Sorry for the absence, I still fully back up the oils. I use them everyday and have great news.
My FEV1 as of 9-12-14 was 1.77 Liters which is 44% according to the system my clinic uses. If you guys read back on my post I was at 26% before back in February. I have also gained 35 Lbs!!!! They only down side I have with oils is if I do not use them for a week or so I start to feel ill and then once I start back up and stay consistent I am as good as new. It really is amazing to be honest and believe me we are still amazed. My clinic kinda just says "whatever you are doing, keep on doing it" and I tell them about the oils but they don't get too excited. Using them everyday isn't bad of course because that's what we do now with our treatments but geez I am tired of having to do treatments all the time. If you guys want see and support my progress I made an instagram account especially for my CF health tracking and now working out. It is called "DefyToBreathe". Of course I post my essential oils on there as well. So now you can go look and see I'm real and I really do what I have been saying lol.

Another great thing to share with you guys is that I started to learn app development back in March and now I have released my first app for Cystic Fibrosis for the iPhone!!!! You can see more about it if you go into the "adults" category of this site but it is called "My Fight Against Cystic Fibrosis" and it is pretty great. It was just released as of 10-1-14 and is getting a lot of praise so far. I would love your guys' support on it and of course I have included essential oils as a treatment option inside the app. It has so many features and only more to come. I designed it, developed it, and programmed it myself, so it is a lot more of a "friendly" feel and it has my direct email inside the app for anyone to provide feedback or make suggestions!
Please check it out and let me know what you think. Thank you guys for continuing this thread and helping others out too! This exact forum inspired me to create the app and I will further create a forum inside the app where all patients and contact each other (not necessarily using their real name) and be able to share their stories and experiences. It's really a great idea with a lot of potential. Help me make it happen guys!!! Thanks and Woooooo Essential Oils!!!!
 
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DebA

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TheSaltyOne, Thanks for sharing your wonderful information and honest experience with EO companies. My adult daughter with CF is struggling with chronic antibiotic-resistant, as well as micro bacterial infections, so needless to say I'm researching essential oils like crazy. I sent her some DoTerra oils to try. Not sure if they're helping, but praying so!

ps. I'm new to the blog. Intending to give your post a "thumbs up", I think it posted a "thumbs down" (a little computer challenged here!!:p). Anyway, here's a BIG thumbs up for your honest advice!! :D
 
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TheSaltyOne

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Awesome. I'm assuming you've read my "story" on the original post but if you ever need more advice on what I use, I don't mind emailing you all my notes on essential oils and CF. They've been working wonders!
 
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kristenj

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Hi Salty One! First of all just want to thank you so much for sharing your experience!!!! I've been using do terra oils for about a year but only topically. I also have an Aroma Ace and a Whisper diffuser. I haven't gotten enough nerve up to try diffusing yet because I have lung bleeds from time to time. Have you had any lung bleeds before, during, or after you've used the oils? Do you have any thoughts on this? The bleeds freak me out for sure and I'm nervous about breathing in something that may irritate my lungs even more. Basically, I just need to suck it up and try!!! I know one thing, I've been using On Guard on the bottom of my feet each morning (similar to Thieves) and I haven't gotten a cold in over a year. That being said, I've still had some fluctuations in my lung functions and had to do antibiotics here and there...but no yucky colds or viruses:)! Thanks again for all of your sharing! I'll be glad when you get your app for android! Take care!!!
 
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TheSaltyOne

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kristenj Hi, yes I have had lung bleeds but never from diffusing. My lung bleeds were from nebulizing hypertonic saline twice a day. I now only nebulize it once a day and have never had the problem again. Of course it may be different for you, but with me I have never coughed or felt tight or anything of that nature from diffusing the oils. It doesn't have an effect anywhere similar to something like hypertonic which is intended to make you cough.

The app for android is a big request lol. I'm looking into it, but just received an email saying that if I were to hire out to convert the app to Android the starting cost would be $70,000. So considering that, I'm trying to do it a different way without actually having to learn programming for android. It took me 4 months to learn iphone and that was doing it every day for at least 4 hours. So.. I will keep you updated on the Android availability. Fingers crossed :)
 
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kristenj

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Thanks! I'm excited to try now. I tolerated HS for years but it has really been too irritating for me lately. I cut down to 1/2 a vial of 3% 2× a day and that seems to be okay. I'm on Flovent too which has made me bleed before also. Anyway, quick question on your Thieves oil... What oils are in it? I'm curious how similar it is to my On Guard. Also, what is R.C. oil? As far as android goes, I am going to pray that someone or some company or CF related organization would SPONSOR YOU TO MAKE IT HAPPEN:)!!!
 
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