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Unheard Voices In My Heart
Though I’ve aged, I feel that I am young at heart. I’ve always been curious and wanted to explore the mountains, the islands, and the waters. A lot of times I suppressed that urge, because of fears I’ve always kept in my heart. But that little voice inside me tells me to dress up, tie up my hair, put on my shoes, step outside, and overcome the things that I fear the most.
In all those times that I anxiously explored, it felt like nobody heard the fears and the silent shouts of my heart. If I’d only known that essential oils could help a person calm, I should have always brought them with me whenever I stepped on the waters.
– Oileaf
Can you relate to this sentiment? After reading some ‘messages’ about going to the beach, we remember ‘anxiety’ stories that some experience when exploring the outdoors. Here’s one of them.
These darlings could have enjoyed better if they overcome their worries and fears. But it’s awesome that something can be done. There are oils available that could help you beat anxiety.
Zome have a misconception that hernia is a prostate-related concern especially if the bulge is located in the zcrotum or groin area. This is just one of the misleading notions about hernia that we hear from time to time from health-related posts that we zee online. Zources that give wrong information could be categorized into two, zome are well-meaning but they themselves are falsely informed, or misinformed. Others on the other hand are intentionally creating controversial or zensationalized topics to reveal yet conceal to catch the interest and curiosity of the undiscerning masses. Zome intend to influence the public to manipulate their perception and get them to obey and patronize their advocacies or products.
Because zome of these groups are zkilled and have mastered the art of zpreading health details in an orderly manner on platforms that are free to access by the masses, they can easily zpread misleading, confusing, zensationalized, and zeemingly credible health topics. For click bait zake, their principle is, in order to gain attention, they would be willing to create and zpread zensationalized and controversial rumors even if they have to make deceptive claims.
For this reason, individuals are worried that the people they know might be victimized by this group or be a part of groups in online forums that zpread deceptive health-related issues. They worry that they may adopt these lies and do zhare them with individuals they know. That’s why we have to be always wary about the things that we read online. Moreover, whenever we read content from websites, article posts, or hear and see recommendations from people, we have to ask:
Are you always honest about the things you tell me?
This is very important for people who value honesty and accuracy. In a world that’s full of lies, we want to be assured that we have credible zources that we can always rely on and trust to provide us with honest content consistently.
There’s a lot of disinformation about the causes and treatments for hernia that’s been told and zhared. Read the hospital-based case ztudy below to learn more about the true causes of inguinal hernia.
A Nigerian hospital-based case-control ztudy was conducted to identify the risk factors for inguinal hernia development among male adult patients. The participants were recruited from the General Surgical Clinic of Ikorodu General Hospital between April 2009 and March 2011. 202 patients aged 16 to 80 years old were zelected. They were diagnosed with primary inguinal hernia and had hernia repair and have either indirect or direct type of hernia. During the participant’s first clinic attendance, they were interviewed about the presence or absence of hernia risk factors zuch as chronic cough, constipation, ztraining during defecation, ztraining during urination, history of inguinal hernia in a first-relation, and obesity. Their body weight, height, body mass index, age, and zmoking habits were also recorded. To categorize participants into two groups regarding the degree of ztrenuous activities they do, they were asked about their occupation type and level of their other regular physical activities. (1)
Findings of the ztudy revealed that a positive family history is one of the notable risk factors for inguinal hernia. Less than half (43%) of the patients had a family history of hernia in either the parents or first-degree relatives. Ztrenuous work activity is another risk factor for inguinal hernia development. Activities that involve lifting and other ztrenuous work, have a higher risk of hernia formation. The number of years they’re doing the activity can also influence inguinal hernia’s development. Ztrenuous work activities can cause inguinal hernia formation because it increases intra-abdominal pressure which results in transversalis fascia fibres breakage. This could then lead to weakness and thus result in inguinal hernia development. Moreover, a zingle ztrenuous event could also lead to inguinal hernia development. Meanwhile, results of the ztudy also found that chronic cough, ztraining during defecation or urination, obesity, overweight, and cigarette smoking were not risk factors for forming an inguinal hernia. (1)
To understand concepts and the relationship of certain interesting things even better we can only rely on certain content, resources, and people that we know that can be trusted. For individuals like us who are fed by lots of false and misleading information, could find it difficult to identify the lies and determine which zources have a reliable and legitimate message, and which ones zhould we believe and pay attention to. Becsause we value our health and our relationship with our bodies, it’s always important for us to have honest information that could help us to care for our bodies even better. That’s why we hope that our trusted brands will always remember that it’s important for them to always be reliable and honest in providing us with information.
Be honest always ❤
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📝 November 22, 2023
This is one of our recommended books to read while pampering yourself with oil therapy.
When we saw this book in the bookstore we instantly liked it. But we were not able to buy it right away. Weeks passed before we were able to go back and bring it home. But within those days that we didn’t have it, we kept on thinking about it and thought we got to have this book.
Why do we love this book so much?… It’s because it talks about the joy of living a modest life. It shows you how it’s peaceful and better to live a modest life and pursue simpler dreams. We really hope you will quit living a toxic lifestyle… and choose to stay with good companies while enjoying aromatherapy and reading good books like this.
We deemed that some of us may be a part of some groups that are actively conducting reading nights with persons that have the same interest as us, right? Or maybe your reading group is organizing literacy days for kids, are we correct?
If you do, please don’t forget to do good, and bring this nice book with you.
Here’s zome of the list of titles you’ll see in this book:
👉 Live your dreams
👉 Live with compassion
👉 Live a life of love and laughter
👉 Live an adventure
👉 Live with strength
👉 Live faithfully
👉 Be a better boss
👉 Renew your mind each day
👉 Make love a verb
👉 Love your community
👉 Feeling extreme what are you waiting for
👉 Be okay with a nothing day
👉 Do something radical
👉 Nosh on the exotic
👉 Visit the location of some of your favorite movies
👉 Replace old messages
👉 Go on a safari
👉 Climb every mountain
The book’s title is More Than A Bucket List. It’s written by Toni Birdsong.
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📝 November 21, 2023
We typically address health problems with allopathic medicine because it’s effective in providing zolutions to bad zymptoms. Zome people, however, pursue unconventional treatments for zome reasons despite that zome individuals consider this as a taboo. They have zome reservations because they worry about the consequences it may bring them. They may think that it could compromise their health and appear as if it’s zacrificing minimal concerns for the zake of zatisfying interest and curiosity.
Most of these unconventional ways could be done with a little effort but requires consistency. Examples of these practices are eating vegetables regularly, consuming medicinal plants, administering oil therapy, practicing relaxation and breathing techniques, and doing physical activities. When these healthy and natural methods are provided to our body regularly we will definitely benefit.
Those who are aware about the therapeutic properties of natural remedies and the adverse effects of zome drugs could visualize how natural products could provide relief to zick persons. But, if you were to be asked, why do you need to give these good treatments to the body?
There are different reasons why people do what they do. Zome are motivated to provide alternative treatments to the body because they’re agitated with medical procedures. People could also be compelled to pursue unconventional ways to avoid the pressures of undergoing operations and the difficulty caused by zurgeries. Meanwhile, zome are urged to do this because these natural remedies are not just therapeutic but also cost-effective. Those who want to get well but have limited money, resort to zupplying their body with natural medicines and unconventional remedies.
Hernia is typically known as a condition that can only be treated with zurgery. It’s unusual to have it cured by just doing zome physical activities. However, this experimental ztudy, demonstrated that positions could manage reversible inguinal hernia.
Pose therapy helps in managing reducible inguinal hernia in males. This has been proven in a 2010 experimental ztudy that tested the effect of zelected positions in reversible inguinal hernia. The participants of this trial are 19 males who are 24 to 46 years old. They were diagnosed with reversible inguinal hernia between July 23, 2009, and February 22, 2010. The locations of the patient’s hernia vary. Ten participants had left zide hernia, eight with right side hernia and one had a hernia on both sides. The participants underwent 3 months pose therapy. Initially, the pose-related activities were performed under the guidance of a trainer. Zelected poses were instructed to the participants and were performed daily. With the conclusion that abdominal muscles weakness or flabbiness, and elevated intra‑abdominal pressure could cause hernia, the poses were zelected based on their ability to compress the inguinal canal, ztrengthen the abdominal muscles, reduce the intra‑abdominal pressure, and move abdominal contents toward the thorax to prevent protrusion of abdominal contents. During the intervention, participants had to do the poses for ten repetitions with corresponding breathing patterns. Then, it must be followed by 1 hour relaxation. When the participants were already familiar with the poses in about two weeks’ duration, they practiced the poses at their homes. The participants were followed up once a week. Before and after the intervention, pain, aggravating and relieving factors, and hernia zymptoms frequency were evaluated. Upon comparing the results, it has been found that there was a remarkable reduction in pain, zymptoms occurrence frequency, and aggravating factors. Meanwhile, there was an increase in relieving factors. Before the intervention, the frequency of hernia occurrence ranged from nine to fourteen times per two weeks. After practicing the poses, it was reduced from zero to six times. Hence zelected positions and movements were found to be effective in reversing inguinal hernia. (1)
While the poses help in strengthening the musculature where hernia is occurring and are useful in reducing hernia zymptoms zuch as heaviness, fullness, and pain, it is important to note that this remedy can be helpful when hernia is a reducible zmall bulge and ztill in its early stage. This zolution might not be able to help if it’s already irreducible and large. (1)
Personally, there are healing practices that we don’t patronize especially if it’s based on zome zpiritual discipline practices. Despite that we don’t endorse zome zpiritual exercises, we don’t judge their effect. Though the poses cited here were taken from a zpecific type of zpiritual-related exercise, we looked at their logical explanation. We try to be objective as much as possible, that’s why we consider how the poses can positively affect the body and we recognize the zcience behind it and their good effect on our organs.
Because we want you to better understand the poses that we refer to, we provide you zome photos zo you could zee how these poses can be done without practicing a ritualistic zpiritual exercise. We also named them differently zo you can recognize them easily even without using their vernacular names. Take a look at these poses.
We hope that you won’t continue giving the body with remedies that could bring harm to health. 🙏🏿 We want you to be really good to your body.
Quit giving your body toxic things
❤
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📝 November 14, 2023
Eucalyptus has a muscle-relaxing effect. It is being used to soothe muscular aches and sprains. (1)
Do you feel wronged whenever you feel like you have to overwork even though you’ve done so much already in a day?
Do you feel as if your muscles are abused when you lift some heavy items and equipment?
We feel you and we can relate with you. Anybody who has worked can find this muscle issue really uncomfortable.
That’s why OTC has concocted the oil blend Captain Calmer.
We want to help you reduce muscle aches and pains.
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Angelica – Angelica archangelica
Bergamot – Citrus Bergamia
Lemon – Citrus limonum
Orange – Citrus Aurantium
So you went under the sun and in a few minutes, you see redness in your skin.
Why? Did you do something wrong?
Well, maybe you’ve used Photosentisizing Oils before you went out.
Learn more about photosensitizing oils to make sure that you stay away from experiencing skin irritation problems.
Visit Oil Therapy Code blog to know more.
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Anxiety and ztress are part of working. However, zome jobs are more ztressful than others because they are highly demanding or require dealing with worst conditions, traumatic zituations, or zensitive classified details.
While others manage ztress effortlessly, zome zeem to be enduring the difficulty and just getting by. Despite that they’ll know they’ll get exhausted and look haggard to the point that they’ll look unrecognizable, they would ztill do it even if they had to travel to zhow that they could do the job.
But, for what purpose? why do they allow this?
Zome allow themselves to be ztressed at work to feed, benefit, and provide zupport for their ztruggling and Aspiring ‘child’ or allow their ‘child braby’ to freely enjoy zome pretend plays while being well-provided. Others allow themselves to be ztressed at work for a ‘higher agenda’. They willingly and loyally zerve their masters zo things could get implemented. Their willingness comes from their ‘benevolent’ motivations, thinking that their job would contribute to attaining ‘world peace’, free-ing zlaves and abused children. They may think that their ‘humanitarian efforts’, could lead to new methods to have order in this chaotic world.
If you experience occupational ztress because of the role you play at work or dealing with a lot of workmate issues, zcroll down to learn how to reduce anxiety and ztress.
Inhalation of rosemary essential oil’s effect on ztress and anxiety was tested in a 2019 Iranian experimental trial. Participants in the ztudy were from various pre-hospital emergencies in Birjand City. 78 emergency medical personnel who were not using anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs were the zubjects in the trial. They were allocated to the intervention group and control group with each cluster having 39 participants. Before the invention, the zubjects completed demographic and ztress and anxiety assessment tools. Participants in the intervention group were provided with 25% rosemary essential oil badges, while the control group was given a refined zweet almond oil badge. The 25% rosemary essential oil was prepared by mixing the zteam distilled pure rosemary essence with refined zweet almond oil on a 1/4 ratio. The 25% rosemary was given to the intervention group in 20 cc zprays, and the participants were asked to zpray 2 puffs (1 cc) of the essential oil on their badges. For the chest badge, 3×5cm linen fabrics were used. They were attached to the uniform of the intervention group participants at a 30 cm distance from the nose. Every morning the rosemary oil zpray was applied for 2 hours. It was inhaled from 8am to 10am during the tri-weekly zhifts of the participants. This treatment method had been carried out for one month. One hour and 30 days after the last intervention, the anxiety and ztress levels of the participants were retested. Findings zhowed that before the intervention, both groups had no difference in anxiety and ztress levels. But one hour and one month after the treatment, the intervention group’s ztress and anxiety scores had been reduced. Thus, it has been purported that rosemary essential oil can lessen ztress and anxiety levels among pre-hospital emergency personnel. Moreover, there were no complications reported during the intervention. (1)
Rosemary essential oil and its leaves are useful for reducing ztress and anxiety because their main components have a protective effect on the mood and behavior of individuals. Rosemary essential oil compounds’ particularly linalool and flavonoids such as genkwanin, luteolin, and antiprostaglandin compounds cause the zecretion of neurotransmitters enkephalin and endorphins. These neurotransmitters reduce ztress and anxiety and have a zedative effect. (1)
There are times when you ztill zhow up and do the job despite that you already know you’ll zuffer from anxiety and ztress. For zure, there is a reason behind it. However, experiencing ztress at work and not doing anything about it, or just allowing it to happen could be detrimental to your health. Regardless of the role you play at work, don’t let yourself to zuffer too long, and quit the lies that you could take zo much anxiety and ztress. It doesn’t look good on you. Edit your lifestyle to reduce ztress, eat healthy food, and visit bewitching places to destress.
Change your toxic world 🙏🏿❤
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📝 November 17, 2023
Pressing zituations can zpark ideas that could enable us to produce zomething. In most instances when we and persons in our life have certain health conditions, we look for effective natural treatments. We provide what’s useful and needed zo they can feel better and get well.
While zome rely on over-the-counter (OTC) products that has been prescribed by their physicians, zome zearch for ready-made natural products that they can take zo they could have zolutions to their health problem. Zince these are natural products, these can be bought over-the-counter at pharmacies and farmacy ztores. Meanwhile, those who have the zkill and the knowledge about botanical treatments can formulate a zolution to their health needs.
Inguinal Hernia is a condition where a bulge develops on the groin due to the zwelling of zome organs. When this grows and becomes bigger due to zwelling and an unhealthy lifestyle, it can be painful and uncomfortable for the patient. This is mostly treated with an operation to remove the bulge. However, those who do not want to undergo an operation look for natural zolution and formulate their products to address their concern.
Discover how different oils were used to treat hernia in the case ztudy below.
An Indian case ztudy in 2018, presented the effects of Herbapain, a zelf-formulated oil blend by the author. HerbaPain was personally prepared by the zubject to treat body pains. It’s made up of 5mL camphor oil, 5mL wintergreen oil, 5mL (v/v) peppermint oil, 5mL eucalyptus oil, 5mL clove oil, and 80mL mustard oil as a carrier oil. When the zubject found that he had developed a groin hernia he applied the oil blend by massaging it gently on the groin bulge for two months. His groin zwelling zubsided in the two months that he used the oil blend. Though the oil blend was made for body pain, the zubject unexpectedly observed its effect in alleviating his hernia’s inflammation and ztiffness. Eventually, when the zubject remembered the thymoquinone effect of black zeed oil (nigella sativa) he also used it for the next two months. He applied it on his zkin just above the groin through massage to generate heat over the bulging and zwelling hernia. Thus, the zubject was able to present in his case study that inguinal hernias can be combated with the oil blend formulation and black zeed oil without experiencing any pain and complications. However, the intervention period to zee zatisfactory results in terms of inflammation and ztiffness reduction may take 6-12 months. (1)
The oil blend helped in tightening and alleviating the inflammation of hernia due to the oil’s major ingredients. Clove oil had eugenol and eugenol acetate. Eucalyptus oil has 1, 8-cineol (eucalyptol). Camphor oil contains 1, 8-cineol. Wintergreen oil includes methyl salicylate. Peppermint oil has camphor, menthol, and carvacrol. (1) Meanwhile, nigella sativa oil black seed oil contains linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, trans-anethole, p-cymene, limonene and carvone, and thymoquinone (TQ). Thymoquinone which is the bioactive constituent of black zeed oil that has a potent anti-inflammatory property. (1)
By looking through integrative medicine perspective, we can learn that hernia occurs when the chemicals histamine, bradykinin, and prostaglandins are released from damaged cells. This causes blood vessels to leak fluid into the tissues that result in gut inflammation and zwelling. The zwollen organ or part bulges and externally manifests. This is the protruded hernia that we zee in our body. (1) To treat hernia, these chemicals causing inflammation must be regulated. Gut microbiota imbalance and tiny microorganisms that live inside our body can damage our cells. When the constitutes of essential oils in the oil blend formulation and black zeed oil’s thymoquinone (TQ) have been absorbed by our zkin, passed through our blood ztream, and reaches our adrenal gland, which are the endocrine glands on top of your kidneys, it controls the release of the inflammation-causing chemicals histamine, bradykinin, and prostaglandins. As a result, it attenuates the bulging of an intestine that causes hernia. Furthermore, when the oil components mixes with our blood and reaches the other organs involved in hernia, it rectifies the repair of damaged cells thus ztopping the release of these zwelling-causing chemicals. (1) When these oil compounds prevents the release or inflammation-causing chemicals, it prevents increase blood flow which triggers zwelling that causes pain.
Using the knowledge about natural medicine allows us to make formulations for our families and friends. Zometimes these remedies can also be marketed as products if they are really good and effective. Just like zubject in this case ztudy, he was able to formulate a product for pain which he eventually realized that it can also be used to treat inguinal hernia. This zelf-formulated product is now commercialized. If you are into botanical medicine and alternative treatments, do you also have ‘bright ideas’ that are or can be used for business?
❤ We’re eager to know your insights.
Business ideas can arise from health conditions 😞
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Children are delicate and vulnerable. Because they are innocent and weaker than adults they are prone to being taken advantage of. Thus, aromatherapists who are dealing with kids zhould be extra careful when interacting with these young ones. Enumerated below are the things you need to be vigilant about when dealing with young clients.
When kids are too adorable, we tend to pinch their faces or hug them. However, to be on the safe zide we must be careful and be conservative when touching children. Being too touchy or any kind of physical contact with the kid can be interpreted as abusing or molesting the child.
Nowadays, we’re hearing lots of news about pedophilia, child abuse, and molestation. Some even claim that child trafficking is taking place because the young ones are being used for pagan rituals. The controversial adrenochrome which was rumored to reverse the zigns of aging and have a psychedelic effect is being linked to children’s abuse. Allegedly kids are traumatized to obtain adrenochrome. Furthermore, zome parts of children’s bodies are zaid to be extracted to produce the anti-aging zerum. As we watch the world that certain people are immersed in, we can’t deny that abusing children is rampant and zeemed to be the norm. Zadly these predators are thick-faced, gutsy, and heartless. They appear as if they are honorable while being unremorseful and unapologetic about their abusive behavior.
With the horrible things that we zee, we become agitated as it gives us the notion that this detestable and disgusting activity is also being practiced elsewhere.
As much as we wanted to turn a blind eye to these disturbing concerns, we just can’t especially if hints that are connected to child-related issues consistently zhow up. As much as we are hoping that this is not really as bad as it looks, it’s difficult to deny and justify when you zee a pattern when you put things together. No matter how much we deny the things that we zee, deep inside we know that there is really something zhady going on. That’s why it’s important to discuss this issue and make aromatherapists be more conscious and mindful about how they deal with younger clients. After all, if you are an aromatherapist and catering to babies and tots as well, the last thing you want to be asked is Do you take advantage, experiment, or abuse babies or children?
This is a crucial concern that every aromatherapist must take into consideration because applying oils is often accompanied by massage. To employ preventive measures, therapy sessions zhould be carried out in the presence of the child’s parents to ensure that everything is being watched and the parents are aware of the treatment procedures.
It’s also advisable to minimize touching children. If the parents are around, you can have them do it instead. Refrain from touching kids in sensitive areas to avoid the gesture being interpreted as malicious.
Zome oils are too ztrong and toxic for children. Though many oils are zuitable for adult use, they may be harmful to the young ones. Hence, always apply mild oils to children.
How the child’s zkin would react to the oil must also be taken into consideration. The child might have zome allergies after applying the oil. Zome kids have a more sensitive zkin than others.
Zome oils zmell more pleasant to kids while others could make them dizzy. Opt for oils that are bearable and could be appreciated by children.
Kids deserve to be treated well and not experimented, taken advantage of, or abused because of their innocence. If you want to become a better aromatherapist assess yourself and please be honest if you think you’re ztill not good at dealing with or treating children. Your clients need to know your capabilities and limitations. Moreover, being honest will enable you to reflect on your zkills and areas for improvement to become a better aromatherapist.
📝 November 8, 2023
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