Being extremely concentrated, essential oils contain virtually all of the plants healing nutrients, oxygenating molecules, amino acid precursors, co-enzyme A factors, trace minerals, enzymes, vitamins, hormones and more. Because therapeutic-grade essential oils are far more concentrated than the fresh or dried herbs they are 50 to 70 times more therapeutically potent than the herbs and plants they are derived from.
Unlike dried herbs, which lose 90% – 95% of their healing nutrients and oxygen molecules, therapeutic-grade essential oils do not.
Best of all, 100% pure, therapeutic food grade essential oils are freely available and safe for cooking and home use. I only trust, use, and recommend Young Living Essential Oils.
There are approximately 60 drops of essential oil per teaspoon while this may not seem like much it is important to remember… “one” drop of peppermint oil equals about 28 cups of peppermint tea.
I have been using fresh and dried herbs for cooking and medicinal purposes for over 30 years. When I learned that essential oils were far more potent I began to understand why my fresh and dried herb remedies took weeks or months to work… it’s because they contained very little essential oil. It’s the essential oil part of the plant that contains all of the healing properties, not the green leafy parts, or the root, or the bark. The essential oil part is amazingly fragile and is volatile, meaning they dissipate into the air and that doesn’t provide me with any benefits when I’m not feeling well.
So while this was great news, I still needed to spend a little time understanding how to substitute the essential oil for the dried or fresh herb.
Please Note: 98% of all essential oils in the world are not safe to ingest. This article only refers to the use of Young Living (YL) Essential Oils, they are the purest and most superior essential oils I have encountered.
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Evelyn Vincent
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