Essential oils, chemical sensitivities, liver detox, from Farah

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This is not my post, it's a copy-paste post from Farah, from lymenet.

She's a Chinese herbalist who had lyme disease and cured herself (at

least, she's in remission now). I hope she doesn't matter that I post

the info here.

Her site is yinessensce.com

The topic is called Essential Oils, lots of good info there.

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" I had smell and chemical sensitivities, too. And light sensitivity,

and sensitivity to electromagnetic fields.

I was lucky enough to have been consistently using essential oils and

teaching myself about them for five years before I got sick, so I

knew that the smells of natural fragrant substances have a different

effect on the body than the smell of artificial fragrant substances.

Artificial fragrances overload the body with greater toxicity.

Natural fragrances are similar to smelling a freshly cut lemon

(you're smelling lemon essential oil from the skin of the lemon) or

the scent of a rose garden.

I actually used the essential oils to get rid of my chemical

sensitivities.

I had reactions initially to the essential oils, too, but they were

detoxification and herxheimer reactions, which initially felt similar

to a chemical sensitivity reaction, but the difference being that

within a few hours I felt enormously better.

A temporary worsening in symptoms or temporarily feeling crappier is

generally a herx reaction, not a sign of true chemical sensitivity,

when using the oils.

I rubbed the oils into the region over my liver to get rid of my

chemical sensitivities. Our liver often gets compromised in its

ability to detoxify the body because of a high bacterial load. Lemon

oil, diluted of course, is particularly good for this.

It actually felt as if bacteria were crawling out of my liver when I

did this. That was weird, but it is better that they get out, then

stay there and multiply, and cause me to get even more sensitive to

my environment.

When I did this regularly through the day, my chemical sensitivities

to other things in the environment, like the smell of fresh paint,

disappeared within a few days.

I know it is hard to imaging using strong smelling substances when

you have a chemical sensitivity, and it may feel like too much to

tolerate,

but I remember that feeling of being so horridly sensitive to sights

(light), sounds(sounds were magnified for a while),

smells(anything artificial would send me into a tailspin), and even

electromagnetic fields, cold air, humidity, barometric pressure,

the full moon, and anyway, what got me out of it to a great extent

was use of the strong smelling but natural oils.

Anyway, I keep trying to educate Lymies about essential oils because

they were truly a Godsend for me, and every other person with Lyme

Disease or Fibromyalgia who I have given the oils to in the

concentrations mentioned has had good responses.

I also have more energy to be pushy about the issue now that I am

well. "

Farah

[Guest guest]

oh, I meant to send my post to Farah, I'll post it on lymenet.

ellen---

In , " selmanaka " <hardynaka@...> wrote:

>

> This is not my post, it's a copy-paste post from Farah, from lymenet.

> She's a Chinese herbalist who had lyme disease and cured herself (at

> least, she's in remission now). I hope she doesn't matter that I post

> the info here.

>

> Her site is yinessensce.com

>

> The topic is called Essential Oils, lots of good info there.

> -------------------------------------------------

>

> " I had smell and chemical sensitivities, too. And light sensitivity,

> and sensitivity to electromagnetic fields.

>

> I was lucky enough to have been consistently using essential oils and

> teaching myself about them for five years before I got sick, so I

> knew that the smells of natural fragrant substances have a different

> effect on the body than the smell of artificial fragrant substances.

>

> Artificial fragrances overload the body with greater toxicity.

> Natural fragrances are similar to smelling a freshly cut lemon

> (you're smelling lemon essential oil from the skin of the lemon) or

> the scent of a rose garden.

>

> I actually used the essential oils to get rid of my chemical

> sensitivities.

>

> I had reactions initially to the essential oils, too, but they were

> detoxification and herxheimer reactions, which initially felt similar

> to a chemical sensitivity reaction, but the difference being that

> within a few hours I felt enormously better.

>

> A temporary worsening in symptoms or temporarily feeling crappier is

> generally a herx reaction, not a sign of true chemical sensitivity,

> when using the oils.

>

> I rubbed the oils into the region over my liver to get rid of my

> chemical sensitivities. Our liver often gets compromised in its

> ability to detoxify the body because of a high bacterial load. Lemon

> oil, diluted of course, is particularly good for this.

>

> It actually felt as if bacteria were crawling out of my liver when I

> did this. That was weird, but it is better that they get out, then

> stay there and multiply, and cause me to get even more sensitive to

> my environment.

>

> When I did this regularly through the day, my chemical sensitivities

> to other things in the environment, like the smell of fresh paint,

> disappeared within a few days.

>

> I know it is hard to imaging using strong smelling substances when

> you have a chemical sensitivity, and it may feel like too much to

> tolerate,

>

> but I remember that feeling of being so horridly sensitive to sights

> (light), sounds(sounds were magnified for a while),

>

> smells(anything artificial would send me into a tailspin), and even

> electromagnetic fields, cold air, humidity, barometric pressure,

>

> the full moon, and anyway, what got me out of it to a great extent

> was use of the strong smelling but natural oils.

>

> Anyway, I keep trying to educate Lymies about essential oils because

> they were truly a Godsend for me, and every other person with Lyme

> Disease or Fibromyalgia who I have given the oils to in the

> concentrations mentioned has had good responses.

>

> I also have more energy to be pushy about the issue now that I am

> well. "

>

> Farah

>

[Guest guest]

How can I get in touch with her?

>

> This is not my post, it's a copy-paste post from Farah, from

lymenet.

> She's a Chinese herbalist who had lyme disease and cured herself

(at

> least, she's in remission now). I hope she doesn't matter that I

post

> the info here.

>

> Her site is yinessensce.com

>

> The topic is called Essential Oils, lots of good info there.

> -------------------------------------------------

>

> " I had smell and chemical sensitivities, too. And light

sensitivity,

> and sensitivity to electromagnetic fields.

>

> I was lucky enough to have been consistently using essential oils

and

> teaching myself about them for five years before I got sick, so I

> knew that the smells of natural fragrant substances have a

different

> effect on the body than the smell of artificial fragrant

substances.

>

> Artificial fragrances overload the body with greater toxicity.

> Natural fragrances are similar to smelling a freshly cut lemon

> (you're smelling lemon essential oil from the skin of the lemon)

or

> the scent of a rose garden.

>

> I actually used the essential oils to get rid of my chemical

> sensitivities.

>

> I had reactions initially to the essential oils, too, but they

were

> detoxification and herxheimer reactions, which initially felt

similar

> to a chemical sensitivity reaction, but the difference being that

> within a few hours I felt enormously better.

>

> A temporary worsening in symptoms or temporarily feeling crappier

is

> generally a herx reaction, not a sign of true chemical

sensitivity,

> when using the oils.

>

> I rubbed the oils into the region over my liver to get rid of my

> chemical sensitivities. Our liver often gets compromised in its

> ability to detoxify the body because of a high bacterial load.

Lemon

> oil, diluted of course, is particularly good for this.

>

> It actually felt as if bacteria were crawling out of my liver when

I

> did this. That was weird, but it is better that they get out, then

> stay there and multiply, and cause me to get even more sensitive

to

> my environment.

>

> When I did this regularly through the day, my chemical

sensitivities

> to other things in the environment, like the smell of fresh paint,

> disappeared within a few days.

>

> I know it is hard to imaging using strong smelling substances when

> you have a chemical sensitivity, and it may feel like too much to

> tolerate,

>

> but I remember that feeling of being so horridly sensitive to

sights

> (light), sounds(sounds were magnified for a while),

>

> smells(anything artificial would send me into a tailspin), and

even

> electromagnetic fields, cold air, humidity, barometric pressure,

>

> the full moon, and anyway, what got me out of it to a great extent

> was use of the strong smelling but natural oils.

>

> Anyway, I keep trying to educate Lymies about essential oils

because

> they were truly a Godsend for me, and every other person with Lyme

> Disease or Fibromyalgia who I have given the oils to in the

> concentrations mentioned has had good responses.

>

> I also have more energy to be pushy about the issue now that I am

> well. "

>

> Farah

>

[Guest guest]

,

http://www.yinessence.com

I think this is her site, click on lyme disease you'll find the

products. I think there's her email there somewhere.

Selma

>

> How can I get in touch with her?

>

>

>

> >

> > This is not my post, it's a copy-paste post from Farah, from

> lymenet.

> > She's a Chinese herbalist who had lyme disease and cured herself

>