Essential oils carry the "life" of the plant, much like our blood does for us.  These liquids are taken from flowers, seeds, leaves, stems, bark and roots of herbs, bushes, shrubs, and trees. They are often extracted through steam distillation. 

Essential oils contain healing properties in a very potent, concentrated form.

There are many, many uses for these oils!  The use of essential oils recognizes the uniqueness of each individual.  Using them can be powerful in helping us to deal with a variety of physical and emotional problems. 

Freshly cultivated and steam distilled, therapeutic essential oils are life: to the body, mind, and spirit. Grade A therapeutic oils have emerged as a key solution to the challenges facing us today.

They are gifts from the plant kingdom, revered for centuries for their restorative properties, found to be useful in our modern lifestyles.

Highest-grade essential oils deliver positive benefits to the body through smell, direct absorption into the skin, and through normal digestive processes. They are antiseptic, calming, stimulating, soothing, and bring balance to all systems of the body.

For the best results, use therapeutic-grade essential oils and essential-oil enhanced products!

Many people think that when they buy an oil that is labeled as "pure" they are getting good oils. This is not necessarily true. Unfortunately, not all essential oils are created equal. No matter how good they smell, their quality may be very low!

Most of the essential oils on the market are much lower quality than we would expect.

Levels of essential oils:

GRADE A/ THERAPEUTIC - These are the cream of the crop. Great care is taken at every step of the process. Seeds, not hybrids, are grown in organic soil without chemicals. Distillation by steam at low pressure and low temperature for the right amount of time in upright containers with no chemicals are ever used in the process.  (Many companies will distill at higher temperature for a shorter time. This will destroy the quality of the oil.) They must have testing done that does not come from their own lab. Then, and only then, can they have the words "Grade A" or “Therapeutic” on the label.

 GRADE B/COMPLETE - This means the oil was distilled at low heat and low pressure so that all the therapeutic properties are there. They have not been rectified or purified, stripped or redistilled.  Essential oils are often redistilled to make a small amount of oil go farther. But, when you redistill the oil you lose the therapeutic properties.

 GRADE C/PURE/NATURAL - Not diluted with a lesser quality essential oil. Most often has fillers and other chemicals added to it. In the U.S., all you need is 5% of essential oil in the bottle in order to label it "100% Pure."  Natural means that the oil was not adulterated with vegetable oils, propylene glycol, SD Alcohol 40 or other specific chemicals.