Essential Oil Quick Start Guide

Everything You Need to Know to Start Using Essential Oils Safely and Effectively

Here's a true story:

​Back in May 2017, a woman in Florida thought she was preparing a nice bath for herself.



She added some essential oils to Epsom salts, let this sit for 30 minutes, and then added it to her bathwater. She then got into the bath herself​. And that's when she got a nasty surprise. ​



"It gave me burns on my back," she wrote. "Normal brand essential oils, and coconut oil took the red burns away, but did I do something wrong?”



​​The right way to use essential oils in the bath ​Many popular aromatherapy blogs will ​tell you that essential oils with Epsom salts are a perfectly legit way to make an aromatic bath, and that you won't ever get burned.



Clearly not, as the above story illustrates. ​That's not to say that essential oils cannot and should not be used in the bath.



​For example, a study from 2007, performed at the University of Miami, looked at the stress-relief effects of lavender essential oil.



The researchers prepared a special bath with lavender bath oil for young moms to bathe their infants in. They also had a control group of moms and kids, who got a non-scented bath oil.



There were no side effects from the lavender bath oil, even though infants are more sensitive to essential oils than adults. In fact, compared to the control, the lavender bath kids slept better and cried less, while their moms had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.



In other words, essential oils can be used safely in the bath — if they are diluted or dispersed properly. What's more, they can have wonderful effects, as the study above shows.



3 steps to becoming an essential oil witch or wizard

So what to do? How can you cut through the essential oil hype and dangerous misinformation that's floating around on Facebook and Pinterest? Well, one option is to ​read my new book, Essential Oil Quick Start Guide. It will teach you just 3 things:

1 The basics of safe essential oil use

2 ​ 57 scientifically proven uses for 5 popular essential oils

3 ​ How to start using oils in your own life, including 32 blends, recipes, and treatment protocols

Let me tell you a bit more about each of those points. First, this book will get you up to speed on the basics — what essential oils really are (and why that matters), where to buy them, how to store them, and how to use them safely and effectively. For example, you’ll learn:

​ The real reason why essential oils are so expensive

​ 7 (+1) recommended companies to buy essential oils from, and 12 scam companies NOT to buy from

​ Why price is not an indicator of essential oil quality, and what the price CAN tell you

​ The truth about "therapeutic grade" essential oils

​ Why you probably should NOT go by the aroma of an oil when trying to determine quality

​ The good and the bad about organic essential oils

​ Why GC/MS testing is ​not conclusive when it comes to determining the quality of an essential oil

​ The full story on the essential oil MLM companies Young Living and doTerra

​ Why you should run fast and far from oils that are "FDA approved"

​ How buying oils on Amazon can get you involved in a class-action lawsuit

​Watch out for these brands

​Speaking of buying oils on Amazon, here's something a tad shocking.



If you check out the bestsellers in the Essential Oil category on Amazon, you'll quickly come across companies that are scamming customers with low-quality or synthetic products:



​​Spot the fakes — they are rampant on Amazon, even among bestsellers

​In fact, ​3 of the current top ​5 bestselling essential oil offers on Amazon fall into this category — namely, Art Naturals, Radha Beauty, and Healing Solutions. ​We know this because Dr. Rob Pappas, an expert in essential oil chemistry, has tested oils from these companies. He found that the oils he tested were either not what was listed on the label, or were actually made up of synthetic chemicals and not natural essential oils.



In short, stay away from these companies, and get your oils from reputable providers.



Anyways, getting back to the book. It will also teach you the following about essential oil safety:

​How a quick visit to real-life "Hogwarts" can help you avoid the number 1 essential oil safety mistake

​ The pins-and-needles way to test if your oils really have gone bad

​ What top aromatherapy experts say about using essential oils with kids under the age of 2

​2 essential oils that shouldn't be used at all with kids under the age of 3

​ Why it's not a good idea to frequently inhale essential oils straight from the bottle

​2 adverse side effects that can happen with inhalation — and how to deal with them

​ 3 popular brands of essential oil diffusers that received negative reviews in a recent survey

​ The little-known essential oil diffuser that’s been endorsed as the top choice of multiple aromatherapy experts

​ A rare but alarming situation in which diffusing essential oils can cause a skin reaction

​2 reasons to stay away from essential oil vaporizers

​ 5 arguments against using essential oils undiluted — and a situation when undiluted use can make sense

​ Which dilution ratio to use, depending on the oils you're using, the application you have in mind, and the age and health of the person who will use the oils

​ 3 alternative carriers that can be more convenient and more therapeutic than using fixed plant oils

​ The trouble with using drops as a measure in essential oil recipes, and how to get around this

​ Why vodka or other drinking spirits won't do a good job diluting essential oils

​ How to deal with adverse skin reactions to essential oils (yes, they do happen) using just soap, water, and oatmeal

​ How to use essential oils safely in the bathtub — without getting greasy and without risking skin burns

​ Which essential oils are phototoxic, and 4 ways to deal with such oils

​Phototoxic oils, by the way, are no joke. On March 25, 2017, a woman named Elise N. applied an undiluted essential oil to to her wrists and neck prior to a hot yoga class. One hour later, after the yoga class, she went tanning in a tanning bed.



Over the next few days, she developed nasty blisters akin to a chemical burn. What she was experiencing was a phototoxic reaction — a combination of the essential oil and the UV ​rays from the tanning bed. As a result, she suffered second and third degree burns wherever she had applied the oil. Three weeks after the incident, her skin was still sore, red, and had open areas where the burns had been most intense.



If you're planning on using popular oils such as lemon or bergamot, you have to get informed about how to do that safely. And that's something this first section is all about. Once we get those safety basics down, the second section will then go over ​5 common oils: lavender, blue chamomile, peppermint, orange, and tea tree.



Why only ​5 oils though?

​Two reasons. First, there are hundreds of oils out there, and it can be overwhelming to try to master (or buy) a lot of them right away. Also, these ​5 oils cover many of the uses that most essential oils are good for. We'll go over many of these uses, and you will see the scientific research that backs each use up, including references to the actual scientific papers. Based on this research and a few simple rules for blending, we will then go through sample essential oil recipes and treatment protocols. In this section, you will find:

check ​A twice-a-day protocol to treat conjunctivitis and blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelid) using tea tree, lavender, and blue chamomile oils

check ​ How to relieve eczema using a gentle essential oil blend and a special carrier

check ​ Why using an unusually high concentration of lavender and tea tree oils makes sense when treating mosquito bites

check ​ How to deal with sunburn using a popular antioxidant and anti-inflammatory essential oil and a special soothing carrier

check ​ 2 scientifically proven essential oils you can use as a first aid for headaches

check ​ A simple massage oil blend to use for aching joints

check ​ How to use tea tree oil for inflammatory conditions involving the release of histamine, such as hives and rashes

check ​ An essential oil to try as a treatment for rosacea caused by demodex mites

check ​ A very concentrated blend of lavender and tea tree oil to use against athlete's foot, jock itch, and ringworm

check ​ How to use essential oils to help wounds heal more quickly, both directly and by combating bacteria

​Wound healing, seriously?

​You might think I'm exaggerating with all of these uses of essential oils.



But like I said, everything all the uses I report in Essential Oil Quick Start Guide are based on scientific settings and clinical studies. And since I just mentioned wound healing, let me use that as an example.



Back in 2002, a physiotherapist and a medical doctor working together treated several patients who had chronic skin wounds, using a mixture of lavender and blue chamomile essential oils.



They compared this to treating several other patients through conventional means. One of the patients even had multiple wounds, so they tried both conventional treatments and essential oils on separate wounds on the same patient.



What were the results?



Four of the five wounds treated with essential oils healed, and at the time the study was reported, the fifth wound (a grade IV ulcer) treated with essential oils was progressing towards healing.



Importantly, essential oils did better than the conventional treatments. Based on this, the authors concluded that "essential oils have a promising role to play in the treatment of chronic wounds.” And this is just one proven use of these 5 popular essential oils. Here are some more that I cover in the book:



check ​ How to create and use an essential oil mouthwash to treat thrush, aka oral candidiasis

check ​ A ​3-part essential oil blend to use at first sign of cold sores

check ​ An anti-acne essential oil blend using a special carrier (hint: it's not aloe vera juice!)

check ​ How to use undiluted essential oils to treat warts

check ​ A scientifically proven way of using lavender to treat canker sores

check ​ An essential oil "shampoo" that's been shown in clinical studies to reduce dandruff by 40%

check ​ 3 different ways to use lavender essential oil to get to sleep more quickly and to stay asleep during the night

check ​ How to deal with an overactive stress response with a Vicks-style inhaler with lavender and orange oils

check ​2 common essential oils for stronger, faster-growing hair

check ​ How using lavender oil can reduce menopause symptoms — such as hot flashes — by 50%

check ​ A homemade blue chamomile preparation that can help reduce hyperpigmentation

check ​ How to reduce nausea on the go using a portable essential oil inhaler

And if that’s not enough, you’ll also find scientifically backed recipes for using essential oils to treat:

​ Unexplained itching

​ Muscle soreness and spasms

​ Nerve pain

​ Head lice

​ Scabies

​ Staph infections

​ Toenail fungus

​ Depression, irritability, and mental exhaustion

Don’t sit back and relax — you’re not done

That’s a lot of information for just five oils. When you get through all this stuff, are you going to know everything there is to know about essential oils? Not at all. You will just have a good foundation. And in the third and final section, I'll show you how you can build off this foundation to start actually using essential oils in your life, and how you can learn more about them at your own pace. We'll cover topics like:

​Why science papers and expert aromatherapists are NOT the final verdict when it comes to essential oils

​ What to do if you try essential oils — and they don't work for you

​ How some essential oils can accentuate — or dampen — other essential oils

​ How long you'll have to wait before seeing the effect of essential oils for various uses

​ A quick look at several other popular essential oils — and the unique health benefits they carry, such as improving memory, helping you quit smoking, or improving hair growth

​ What functional groups such as esters, terpenes, and alkenes can tell you about the activity of an essential oil

​ How related products, such as hydrosols, absolutes, and CO2 extracts, differ from essential oils

​ Why you should beware of essential oil soundbites that travel around Facebook groups

​ 5 high-quality blogs that regularly cover topics on essential oils from a scientific perspective

​ How to find and access late-breaking scientific research on essential oils

​ A place online where you can interact with and ask questions from top-level essential oil experts

​Two problems you might have with this book

​In case this all sounds interesting to you, you can get your own copy of Essential Oil Quick Start Guide for $10 ​by following the instructions below. However, there are two important things you first need to know about this book:

1 ​ Essential Oil Quick Start Guide is an ebook sent to you in PDF format

2 ​ It only clocks in at 91 pages, and 10 of those are references to scientific papers that support the points I've made throughout the book