The History, Science and Use of Essential Oils

For over 5,000 years, essential oils have brought health and healing to millions of people around the planet. doTERRA has worked day and night to obtain the healthiest and purest form of essential oils for families across the globe. It's more convenient than ever before to bring the power of mother nature into any home for health and healing in every aspect of your life.

What Are Essential Oils?

Essential oils are made of concentrated plant extracts that are composed of phytochemicals and potent plant materials. These powerful extracts not only help bring life to the plant but bring more life to human beings. It takes a massive amount of plants to make essential oils. For example, it takes about 5,000 pounds of lemon balm to make 1 pound of lemon balm essential oil! Not all plants produce essential oils. Plants that do produce them can be found in the flowers, leaves, roots, and stems.

How to Use Essential Oils

If you've ever been gifted a set of essential oils, you may have wondered whether you need to drink it, smell it, or cook it. Essential oil application can be a little confusing for a novice. Fortunately, getting the full benefit of essential oils only takes a few seconds and is incredibly easy to apply.

Here are the three ways to apply essential oils:

  • Through smell. This includes any way you can smell it through smell, such as wearing it as a fragrance or rubbing the oil on your hands. An oil diffuser is also a relaxing way to ingest through smell.

  • Topically. Essential oils are almost immediately absorbed into the body, so rubbing them into your skin is a gentle way to utilize them. We suggest using a carrier oil such as coconut oil or lotion. Essential oils are very aromatic and will evaporate much faster without the carrier oil, meaning you get a lesser impact.

  • Eat it. While you always have to make sure that it's safe to ingest an essential oil, many essential oils are great to take orally. When you consume it, your entire body will receive the benefit. You can also cook with them, which is a great way to include them in your daily routine and reap the benefits.

The Science Behind Essential Oils

Essential oils are no longer witchdoctor pseudoscience. The scientific evidence that has emerged on the benefits of applying essential oils in your life is tremendous, whether you want some higher quality sleep or have more severe health concerns.

Here are a few benefits of essential oils that science has started to show:

  • Increases cognitive performance and relaxes the mind

  • Induces relaxation and higher quality sleep

  • Reduces inflammation

  • Antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral effects

  • Improves performance in the workplace

  • Improves energy levels

  • Increases alertness and focus

Who would have thought that mother nature had such incredible abilities for every aspect of life? Science shows that essential oils can work wonders and they are a game changer for your skincare routine.

How doTERRA Takes the Lead in the Industry

doTERRA is arguably the leader of the essential oils industry. Their level of quality is hard to find. Many other essential oil brands are promoted as natural and safe, but you may find a list of unhealthy ingredients on the container. Many of them are laced with contaminants or synthetic chemicals that wreak havoc on your body. You’ll easily smell the difference between doTERRA and another brand, and will never look back.

doTERRA saw the standard missing from the essential oil industry, so they decided to create one themselves. With doTERRA, purity is a must, and they don't include any contaminants, fillers, or adulterations. Nothing but 100% pure essential oils.

What Can You Find at doTERRA?

doTERRA is incredible because it's your one-stop-shop for all of your essential oil needs. Even if you're a total newbie to essential oils and don't know the difference between basil and clove, here is the perfect place to start.

Here's a list of what you can find at doTERRA:

  • Single oils (concentrated plant extracts)

  • Proprietary blends (multiple essential oils in one formula)

  • Kits & Collections

  • Literature to educate yourself on essential oils and natural living

  • Wellness programs

  • Diffusers

  • Essential oil accessories (e.g., containers)

  • And much more!

doTERRA goes above and beyond the rest of the essential oils industry. They provide valuable oils that give you incredible health benefits and turn you into a masterful essential oils practitioner if you choose to.

How to Get Started With doTERRA Today

doTERRA has extracted and produced many of the highest quality essential oils on the planet. However, if you don't use it, you don't get the benefit. Plain and simple. Whether you are an expert or beginner, doTERRA has got you covered no matter what your essential oil needs are.

You can get started today by visiting doTERRA here. If you have any questions, you can contact Dr. Hilary here, as well!