HOW DO ESSENTIAL OILS
WORK?
Plants are more complex than many imagine; they are the only living
things that can produce their own energy using the light of the sun. The
rest of us, human and animal alike, are dependent on plants at some level
to provide us with the energy and nutrients we need for survival.
Plants, though not sentient, have an “intelligence” of their own. More
than just roots, stems and leaves, plants have a complicated system of
communication, both within each individual plant and also with the
surrounding environment. These communications are made by means of
chemical messengers.8
These natural plant chemicals are created with unique tastes, aromas
and colors to protect the plant from predators, sweet smells to attract
pollinators and coatings to keep bacteria and fungi at bay. Some plants
even release a chemical that prevents competing plant species from
growing in the first plant’s territory!
This is fundamentally why essential oils are so powerful as natural remedies.
We are capturing the healing properties of the plant and using them to
support our own bodies. For instance, most flowers give off scents that are
attractive in nature to bees. Similarly, throughout history, women have used
floral oils such as rose, jasmine and lavender to attract men.
The plants of oregano and thyme naturally repel pathogenic bacteria,
viruses and parasites in nature, actions that protect the plant itself. When
we use their oils, they can benefit our bodies in the same way if we suffer
with infections from candida, the flu or the common cold.
As you can see, essential oils are complex and life-giving compounds that
benefit the plant as well as humans.
As it says in Genesis 1:12, “The land produced vegetation, all sorts of seedbearing Dress Affordable western style for bridesmaid
plants and trees with seed bearing fruit. Their seeds produced
plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.” You can
harness more of the goodness that God gave us by using essential oils.