Strained muscles

My wife carried a load of stuff from shopping (marketing) and somehow strained the muscles on her back. After applying deep relief roll-on and ortho ease, she felt better. A week later, somehow she strained her right arm again and this time she felt a lot more discomfort and even could not get up from bed.

Good thing we have the other oils. I decided to just use the single oil Wintergreen. Within minutes of applying, she said that she could feel the pain relieve. This time round, the application goes all the way down from the shoulder down to her ankles. In a couple of days, she could get up the bed as per normal. Therefore, it is good that we have different oils available. Sometimes we need to use the single oils and complement with the blends to produce better overall results.

Immediate pain relief and recovery

I was carrying a pail of water from the toilet and stepped on the door mat (not the non-slip type) and my foot slipped. The bottom of my big right toe scratched against the aluminium door frame of the sliding door. Within seconds, the blood vessels connecting the base of the big toe to the foot was swollen and turn dark color as if blood clot was happening.

Though I grimaced for a while in pain, I got hold of the Young Living lavender oil and applied a few drops. In a couple of minutes, I saw the swelling and the darkish blood vessel starting to reduce. I grabbed my iphone and took picture of the problem area.

Unfortunately, I did not capture the condition when the blood vessel was swollen and dark. My wife was frightened that I would have trouble standing since most of us will have lean on the big toe when we walk. Initially, I could not place the foot down completely. After that, I applied wintergreen and voila, within minutes, the pain is reduced significantly. We continued with our plan for afternoon tea.

For this minor incident, we learn again how beneficial to have the YL oils.

Bloatedness and complexion

Year 2010 ended nicely with the affirmation that Young Living therapeutic oils and products are truely remarkable and beneficial. When I first met Patrick on the first week of December, I was hoping that he would benefit from alternative ways to improve his health condition. On the christmas week, I saw Patrick and I was stunned for a few minutes when I saw him. The bloatedness of his face and arms are gone.

The sense of satisfaction and joy soon overwhelmed me. Indeed Patrick was deligent to use the different oils that are relevant for his health and also he acted immediately to recommend products to his family. Patrick was not on weight loss regime but was focused on improving his kidney condition and body imbalance. He said that the headaches he used to get are a lot less. I also saw that his complexion improved.

Without pictures, it is hard for you understand the impact but his friends could tell the difference.
Am I glad that in 2010, the time I spent learning about Young Living products have been worthwhile. The positive impact on others' life is so meaningful that words alone cannot describe.

Ingrown toe nail

One month ago on a saturday, Adrien used the YoungLiving Lavender essential oil on her ingrown toe nail that was inflammed and has pus inside. After removing the plaster, she put a couple of drops of Lavender into the problem area. The following night, she called me and said the inflammation in the toe is gone and is not painful.

She continued to put lavender over the problem area. The pus is gone and she toe is healed. Yesterday, I saw Adrien and she no longer has problem with the ingrown toe nail and also she sleeps well using the lavender oil.

Peppermint Essential Oil - A better choice

In early July, I heard on radio an american lady talked about taking herbal medicine versus pharmaceutical drugs. She highlighted cases that many americans take paracetamol (over here, we commonly called Panadol and the likes) excessively and resulted in liver poisoning

Of course we all heard before that we cannot consume paracetamol excessively. Out of curiosity I googled "poisoning from paracetamol" and found one such article from UK medical website.

Am I glad that I have a better alternative. Using the therapeutic grade Peppermint essential oil from Young Living. I am not advocating that people under supervised medication should not take paracetamol but for most of us who have conveniently taken the widely available panadol for the slightest thing, a healthy alternative is available - just a drop on your palm and spread the oil on the temple of the head; rub over the wrist; breathe in the vapor. You will feel so refreshed.


Some people are curious as to why YL therapeutic grade oils can be applied and can be ingested. You can see that the supplement facts on the 15ml bottle when you peel the label out. I have taken pictures. Items that can be ingested or eaten and FDA approved has the supplement facts. Due to size constraint, you may not see the supplement facts on 5ml bottles.

Peppermint                            Thieves

Thieves oil - catch bacteria. Nice catch

Ellyna used the THIEVES oil in a couple of situations and shared with me.

1.     She has found out that after she put a couple of Thieves essential oil into the Ningxia Red and drinks it in the morning, her body has been able to withstand the onslaught of chemicals when the periodic mosqutio fogging operation took place. In the past, her body would act up, and sinus like condition would appear. It could be quite bad and would affect her the whole day. Now, she feels that her body's ability to withstand such environmental pollution has improved. Using the Thieves and Raven oils, she recovered very fast. That enable her to focus on her work.

2.     Ellyna chatted with a friend whose mother was unwell. When she was there, Ellyna felt that she was getting headache from a sick person. Again, rubbing the thieves oil on the feet and breathing the oil, she felt relieve very quickly. The headache was gone.

In another separate case, a person appear to be feeling unwell. After applying Thieves oil on the feet and then drinking water with a couple of drops of Thieves oil in it, she recovered very quickly and could feel the warm sensation coming from the feet.

So what is the Thieves oil?

History of Thieves

Young Living’s Thieves essential oil blend was created based on the historical account of four thieves in France who protected themselves from the Black Plague with cloves, rosemary, and other aromatics while robbing victims of the killer disease. When captured, they were offered a lighter sentence in exchange for their secret recipe. Young Living’s proprietary Thieves oil blend includes clove, cinnamon bark, rosemary, lemon, and Eucalyptus radiata and has been specially blended to offer the same kind of defense. Thieves has been university tested and found to be highly effective against airborne bacteria.

Studies conducted at Weber State University in 1997 showed a 99.3% kill rate against the airborne microorganism, micrococcus luteus after diffusing for 20 minutes!

Big savings with 1 oz (30ml) of Ningxia Red versus grocery bills

The antioxidant potency of Ningxia Red is so strong that drinking one ounce every day infuses the body with more free radical defenses than could be consumed through diet alone.

One ounce of Ningxia Red has the same antioxidant level as any one of the following:

34 large onions
100 oranges
814 blueberries
22 medium carrots
10.85 pounds of spinach
55.33 pounds of almonds
59 broccoli florets
73 medium strawberries
93 apples
130 tomatoes

On the practical side, it is quite hard to stomach these items at one go as compared to one serving of the Ningxia Red. Furthermore, the grocery bill will be much higher and surely it is wise to drink Ningxia Red.


Ningxia Wolferrby (Lycium barbarum)
17 Trace Elements, 4 Major Minerals, 6 Glyconutrients, 18 Amino Acids, Essential Sugars