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Monthly Archives — July 2008

Helichrysum: Now In Stock!

Gary Young, founder and president of Young Living Essential Oils, and his team of sourcing specialists, have scoured the globe testing samples of helichrysum from dozens of distilleries. They identified an international source that could provide an ongoing supply of helichrysum while meeting our stringent therapeutic-grade standards.
Young Living’s therapeutic-grade helichrysum provides a defense against harmful [...]

How Do You Know Your Helichrysum is Good?

by David Stewart, PhD

Helichrysum is a universal essential oil, high in antioxidants, with numerous applications. It is also expensive to produce. Useful oils that are expensive to produce create a temptation on the part of oil suppliers to cheat in various ways. They can take a real oil and dilute it with a colorless, [...]

Keeping it Cool With Peppermint

Peppermint is one of my favorite summertime oils. Whether working outside in the heat, soothing tense muscles and headaches, or added to water as a refreshing drink, peppermint is a must for summertime living.On hot summer days when I am working outside, I add a drop of peppermint oil to my glass water bottle. The [...]

Everyday Oils

At Young Living, we believe essential oils to be nature’s living evergy. Derived from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes, and seeds, essential oils have been found to possess natural constituents that can heal the mind, body and spirit. Whether used aromatically, applied topically, or taken internally, essential oils have the ablility to calm, energize, balance, [...]