Hey everyone, welcome to the program. Today, I want to talk about essential oils and share my experiences with them. I first discovered essential oils when I had a digestive problem and tried cardamom essential oil, which provided great relief. Intrigued, I studied aromatherapy and became an aroma therapist. In fact, I may soon be releasing my own line of essential oils.

Essential oils are derived from various plant parts, such as grasses, roots, tree bark, and flower petals. They can be steam distilled or cold pressed and are highly concentrated and aromatic. While some people use essential oils for their pleasant fragrance, they also have medicinal properties. The most common way to experience essential oils is through inhalation, either by smelling them directly or using a diffuser. Inhalation can be beneficial for relaxation, reducing anxiety, and promoting better sleep.

Enjoy the show.

If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. If you have any questions, submit them to hello@drsamberne.com or you can now text me! Text ‘Join’ to 1-844-932-1291 to join the community and ask your questions!

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

essential oils, vetiver, oil, great, aromatherapy, carrier oil, drops, number, skin, cooling, lavender, peppermint, farmers, plant, teach, hot, questions, couple, bottle, area

00:05

Hey everybody, its Dr. Sam and I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. So if you want to get in touch with me, you can send me an email at Hello at Dr. Sam berne.com. Or you can text me now 1-844-932-1291 Send me your questions. Before we get to today’s show, I want to announce my membership program. This is an opportunity for you to get exposed to my exclusive content and resources, things you won’t see on my social media or website. The reason why I’m offering this membership program is to give you valuable information to empower you to make informed decisions about your vision and your wellness. You’ll receive personalized support and coaching, goal setting, and I’m going to make you accountable so that you achieve your goals. Also, with the membership, you’ll have the convenience of 24/7 access without having to pay for weekly appointments. We’ll be offering a private Facebook community so we’ll be able to share with each other. And you’ll be able to come to my live q&a and ask me questions. So if you’re interested, you can go to my website, drsamberne.com. And sign up now. Okay, now to the show.

02:09

Hey, everybody, welcome to the program. Today, I want to talk about essential oils. So in this podcast, I want to give a little bit of advice on how to use essential oils where they come from. And so let’s just jump right in. I got exposed to essential oils many years ago actually had a digestive problem. And I was at a health fair. And there was an aroma therapist there and she said Why don’t you try this cardamom essential oil. And I said okay, so I put a couple of drops in some water.

And I said, Wow, this feels great on my stomach. I love this. So I bought a bottle, and I was using it after my meals and within a few weeks, my acid reflux and all my digestive discomfort discomforts went away. So I started to dive a little more deeply into aromatherapy actually studied it, I became an aroma therapist. I’ve taught aromatherapy I’ve sold essential oils. By the way, there’s a little secret out there that I am now talking directly do some farmers. And I may be releasing a line of my own essential oils and the next few months.

So just watch for that. And if I do that, I’m going to start teaching as well. So that’s kind of on the down low, but it’s probably going to happen fairly soon. So the essential oils can come from many different plant parts, grasses, roots, tree bark, flower petals, just to name a few of the plant parts. You can do steam distilled or cold pressed this is how you can access the essential oils, they’re highly aromatic, they’re very concentrated, they’re volatile, and they are very complicated in terms of their chemistry.

Some people will use essential oils just to make their space smell better, you can use the essential oils to cook with to clean with. And I want to talk a little bit about the medicinal qualities of the essential oils. So there’s a lot of applications ways that you can expose yourself to the essential oils.

So basically, what it is is that you want to introduce yourself to the essential oil and one of the best ways to do that is through your nose. So by smelling the essential oil, you are meeting the essential oil and the essential oils meeting you. So depending on how that goes. Then the other thing that you could consider is putting it in a diffuser and it will be diffused in In your personal space, that sometimes can work well.

If you’re in a high anxiety environment, or you’re stressed, or you’re having difficulty sleeping, you can use essential oils, like lavender, that can create a level of relaxation and ease, not only for you, but also for your pet. Well, since this is a introductory, you know, the thing that comes up around the central oils, is can you put it directly on your skin? Can you put it on your body. And there are a couple of schools of thought with this. Certainly, when I teach essential oil classes, we take a look at if the essential oil is more cooling, or if it’s a warm or hot oil. So let me give you an example.

Let’s say we were going to explore putting an essential oil on our skin. And we had two essential oils there. One would be vetiver, which comes from grasses is very cooling. It’s also very sticky and very thick. And then on the other end of the spectrum, let’s say we have a bottle of hot oregano oil. So notice I say hot. So you wouldn’t want to put that directly on your skin because you probably burn yourself. One of the things that I teach when we do our classes is to do a what we call a test patch, meaning you pick an area of your body that can handle the essential oil, I like to use this area here. So I might take a little bit of that vetiver and put it here and see what my skin’s response. Now if I start getting a lot of redness, or irritation or itchiness, it’s going to be in an area that’s very safe, you can always use something like coconut oil, or hobo oil right away. And that will neutralize any response.

I kind of doubt that vetiver is going to give you that reaction. Because it’s such a cooling oil. It’s a yin essential oil, as we say. But if you want to play it safe, you can always put your essential oils in a carrier oil. My favorite one is a hobo oil. But there are many of them out there on the market that you can do. And depending on the concentration, you can just do a few drops of the essential oil and say an eight or 16 ounce bottle. And you know you can shake it up a little bit. That certainly is pretty safe to do. I know some people like to bathe with the essential oils. So you could say take a few drops of lavender, put it in your bath as you’re heating it up, that would probably feel really relaxing. And so if you stay within those parameters and take a look at you know is it a hot oils and a cool oil, be really careful if you’re going to enter the domain of putting it on your skin.

Now if you take my classes, we practice applying them and using them in a variety of different ways. But for now, using a carrier oil, you can also put it in a spray bottle and spray it diffusers another way like when I had my digestive issue. And I use the essential oil cardamom and I put it in an eight ounce glass of water a couple of drops and I sipped it, that was no problem whatsoever. So with aromatherapy, another thing that’s very important is to know the source, where are these plants grown? Who are the farmers that are collecting the plants? What’s the process that’s used to extract the oil from the plant, and then how many hands middle people do the essential oils touch before you can buy it in the store?

Obviously, you want to try to get it as directly from the farmer as you can, or to have a minimal amount of hands in the middle middle areas, because the more people that touch it, you know, again, it may lose some of its medicinal value. Now that being said, there’s always the question do we want to go with say one of the famous companies that’s multi level marketing, I’m not going to name them, you know who they are. And many of those companies do have a very consistent effect of what the essential oil will do to you. And some of those companies are actually reputable. They’re really good. So I don’t I wouldn’t dissuade you from going that way if that’s what you want to do. A couple of other tips about where to buy essentials, what kind of essential oils to buy. You could certainly go to your local farmers market and talk to some of the herbalist there and the farmers they might be able to clue you in on a small farm, maybe it’s been there for a couple of generations.

And, you know, you can stay away from the multi level marketing. That happens with a lot of these aromatherapy companies. Now, look for a small company, a boutique company, somebody who tests the oils regularly. And, you know, if you do those things, you probably can find some really high quality medicinal oils. So in the last part of the program, today, I want to list some of my favorite essential oils, and what I use them for, so this may be helpful to you. Number one is lavender. And that is used for relaxation, reducing anxiety. Number two, Clary Sage, this is a great essential oil for hormone balance. Number three is laurel leaf. This is a great essential oil to help balance your lymph system.

Number four is frankincense. Being an eye guy, it’s great for your vision, you can put a drop right here before you meditate or up here. Number five is vetiver. I talked about that at the beginning of the program. This is a super relaxing, essential oil, it smells so great, you could actually use it as deodorant if you wanted to. And it’s a pretty sticky, gooey, so you have to learn how to use it and get it out of the bottle. One of the places I get my vetiver is from Haiti. And it’s very special, very medicinal. Obviously, there’s tea tree oil, which is anti viral, you could actually brush your teeth with it.

And eucalyptus Eucalyptus is great for respiratory health. One of the things I like to do is put a couple of drops on my fingers, or my place it over my nose. And I’ll just breathe maybe four or five breaths, that just opens up all my nasal and respiratory centers. And I can breathe better, I can think better. And then my last one is peppermint. So peppermint is a very cooling essential oil.

12:08

So on a hot day, you could put a couple of drops on your body, one of the techniques I use is get a wet handkerchief, put a couple of drops of peppermint on that wet handkerchief, put it around your neck, and it’ll cool you down pretty quickly, especially if you’re gardening, or you’re hiking or you’re doing some whitewater rafting than all those things this summer. And it’s been pretty hot here in New Mexico. So having that in the afternoon, cools me down, you know, within a few minutes. Peppermint is also a great digestive aid. So you can put a couple of drops in some water incipit.

That’s also great. So those that’s a good start. Again, if you’re going to use essential oils, I probably would consider using a carrier oil just to start with. If you want to do a test patch on the cooler oils, again, using this part of your arm would be a good way to go. There’s lots of ways that you can apply them, you can smell them, you can you can drink them again in water, you can cook with them. And you can also put them on your skin one of the safe places you can put them on your skin is the soles of your feet. Usually you’ve got calluses, a couple of drops.

I know kids like this. So you can put a couple of drops on the soles of their feet like a lavender before bed. And that will help help them sleep, especially as we head back to school and my all those things. So that’s kind of the crash course it’s an intro. Keep watching my content because I hope to be able to release my line of essential oils. I’d love to start teaching again. I found that to be really fun, and maybe even invite you here to New Mexico and do a real live class and not just zoom. So that’s our show for today. I’m gonna get back on the trail. Thank you so much for tuning in. Take care

14:08

Thank you for listening. I hope you learned something from the AI clarity podcast show today. If you enjoyed the episode, make sure to subscribe on iTunes or Spotify and leave a review. See you here next time.