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Here’s a quick review on how using essential oils can keep you 1 step ahead of viruses.

Yes, there is a little bit of chemistry, but I will keep it short.
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One of the great features of using essential oils therapeutically is the ease with which they get into our cells and our bloodstream.
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( Warning Chemistry bit) Because of their lipophillic (‘fat-friendly’) nature, essential oils pass through cell membranes, and make their way throughout our bodies when inhaled or used topically.•

When you put essential oils on your throat, they pass through your skin to the lymph nodes in your neck.
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When inhaled, diffused essential oils pe*****te the cells of your respiratory system – in the nose, sinuses, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs.
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A number of essential oils have been shown to have anti-viral activity, and these essential oils are rich in types of molecules called ‘monoterpines’ Linalool, the ‘sweet’ note in Lavender and a great many other oils is a monoterpine, which is effective at inactivating enveloped viruses (the virus which causes the flu each year is an enveloped virus).
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Researchers have found that essential oils ‘inactivate’ viruses in two ways: by inhibiting their ability to replicate and inhibiting viruses’ ability to fuse to cell walls and infect a host cell.
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What’s important to us here is that the oils act directly on the viruses themselves.
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Many oils have also been shown to positively support our own immune system, enhancing its ability to ward off infecting microbes – basically warding off illness from viral infection.
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Another important discovery is that true organic, natural essential oils are 10-times more effective at inactivating viruses in other words, Tea Tree essential oil is approximately 10 times more effective than terpinen-4-ol alone (the compound in Tea Tree thought to be the most active antiviral constituent).
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This has been the case for each oil studied, and has been shown to be true when essential oils have been researched for their antibacterial properties as well.
As there is no single essential oil that is most effective against all viruses, blending several highly-active antiviral essential oils together can provide a better formula.

By inhaling these essential oils from a diffuser, we can get an active amount of these essential oils throughout your respiratory system, and even in our bloodstream.
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When diffusing isn’t convenient, you can also put several drops of the oil on a scarf or on each wrist, and rub these on the neck, under the chin, for absorption by our lymph nodes.

They also smell good which is always an added bonus!