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Friday, June 22, 2012

Pure Summer Cooking with dōTERRA®


Add any of these CPTG (certified pure therapeutic grade) essential oils to your favorite recipes!

 black pepper


Black Pepper Essential Oil
is extracted from the plant Piper nigrum of the Piperaceae family. The oil is made from the unripe fruit of the plant, while white pepper for household use, is made from the same fruit, but the berry is picked when fully ripe and the outside layer (pericarp) is removed before drying. The unripe, sun-dried peppercorns (fruit) are used for the extraction of the oil, using steam distillation which produces a yield of nearly 2%.

This warm and spicy essential oil helps to increase warmth of the body and mind, relieving sore muscles and joints, boost the immune and digestive system, stimulate the kidneys and disperse bruising by increasing circulation to the skin.

Cilantro Essential Oil cilantro

The essential oil of cilantro is extracted from the leaves of the plant by a steam distillation.

The oil itself is an antioxidant that helps control free radicals. It has long been known that cilantro also helps in cases of indigestion. Like other essential oils such as eugenol (the essential oil of clove) it has bactericidal and fungicidal properties. It may also have a chelating effect on heavy metals. (That is it will leach heavy metals out of the system.)

Tangerine Essential Oil 
 Tangerine is a wonderfully sweet, fresh and citrusy essential oil and is thought to promote happiness, and help with nervousness and anxiety. For support of the nervous system, use in the diffuser to surround yourself with the aroma. The aroma is very popular with children, and can have the same relaxing effect as for adults.

Tangerine essential oil is also thought to help the digestive system, reducing flatulence - possibly related to its anti-anxiety effects. In addition, tangerine can be beneficial to the skin, used traditionally to help stretch marks and have a    positive effect on cellulite. 

Tangerine has also been show to be antimicrobial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, carminative, digestive, diuretic, hypnotic and a laxative.  

Basil Essential Oil
Basil

Basil oil is a good tonic for the treatment of nervous disorders and stress related headaches, migraines and allergies. It is used to clear the mind and relieve intellectual fatigue, while giving clarity and mental strength.
It has a beneficial action on the respiratory tract and is often used for asthma, bronchitis and sinus infections. It furthermore is also effective in cases of constipation, nausea, vomiting and cramp, and is also good when used for menstrual problems.
It helps to minimize uric acid in the blood, thus relieving gout. It is useful in arthritis as well and when used on the skin, it helps to control acne. In general it refreshes the skin and can also be used on insect bites.

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