Burn treatment II

My second story is based on personal experience from what I learned from the first. A friend was burned badly by hot metal scraping her arm. It was a third degree burn, as the skin was charred black. It was about two inches long and a half inch wide, just above the crook of her arm, posterior to the bicep.

She …

Burn Treatment I

I am an herbalist, in Minneapolis, MN. Most of my experiences with wounds and essential oils, are when they’ve been combined with herbs. My first experience with a variation of this burn treatment was while I was in Seattle, attending Bastyr University’s Herbal Sciences program.

One of my classmates was a part-time magician for children’s parties. One of his tricks included …

Minor cuts

I used Purification oil on cuts on my hands and they healed with in 2 days, much faster than they usually do.…

blemish on face

I had a blemish on my face that was red and hard for about a month. It did not respond to aloe vera gel or hydrogen peroxide, so I tried a drop of cypress oil on it twice per day. Within two days the hardness was gone and the redness disappeared. I was amazed at how quickly it changed …

SURGICAL TOOTH INFECTION

After I had my tooth removed, the pain remained for weeks. The dentist thought that there was an infection in there, so he gave me antibiotics. After two rounds of antibiotics there had been no change in the pain. The pain was about 5-6 out of 10. I begain using Thieves oil directly on the gums where the tooth was …

warts

I noticed a wart on the inside of my left ankle. I applied Aveda’s Active Composition which contains Wintergreen 3 times a day to the wart. The wart disappeared within 2 weeks…

surgery scar

In 2004, I had an appendectomy. Once I returned home, I created a 1% blend of Lavender, Carrot Seed, and Helichrysum in a base of Sweet Almond Oil. I applied this oil to the scar twice a day for 3 weeks. When I returned to the surgeon’s office for my follow up appointment, the nurse commented on how quickly the …

burns

I have gotten a sunburn several times in the past. I always use a lavender blend and amazed how quickly the pain disappears, usually within 24 hours.
The redness always disappears within 3 days.…

Rollerblading disaster - scrape

In 1992, I was rollerblading in the countryside for the first time. A hill approached that I was not prepared for and I ended up sliding off the road into the drop scraping my left shin (about 6 inches long and 2 inches wide). I applied a lavender massage oil twice daily to the wound. I noticed that the healing …

Leg scrape

My healing touch practitioner was gardening, filling a wheelborrow full of black dirt when the tire blew and the force threw her onto her patio.  As her patio consists of cement paving stones, her fall resulted in a 4 inch by 2 inch scrape on her leg that became infected.  She put “Elemi” on it and overnight the …