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So, why is this young living oil stuff life changing?

Well I’m so glad you asked! Allow me to explain!

The first thing we should discuss - in my opinion - is the business end of these essential oils, we’ll get into the many, many health benefits in just a moment.

So here’s what makes Young Living such an incredible investment for your present and future. When you sign up as a member of Young Living and purchase the premium starter kit (which by the way is $300+ dollars worth of product all wrapped up in a $160 box as well as a complimentary oil diffuser), you become eligible to receive commission whenever someone you sign up under your member number purchases from Young Living…and then if those people sign people up under them, you get commission on that as well, it’s practically never-ending.

The term for all this is network marketing, and I’m sure that the words “Amway” or “Mary Kay” come into mind, but unlike these other companies, Young Living doesn’t force you to hold inventory. Whatever your people purchase will be sent straight to them from Young Living, and you’ll receive a commission on it that only grows and grows as more and more people sign up under them, and so on.

To get an idea of the potential profit, here’s what Young Living ranks their distributors.

Did you see that last rank? If you manage to tell enough people and get them as hooked on these products as you will be, you could be making a total of $262,864 PER MONTH. So in other words, your annual income once you hit Royal Crown Diamond could reach over $3.1 MILLION.

Needless to say, you’ll never need to work another day in your life if you make this your full time job for a few years. And once you hit Silver Rank, your income is willable. In other words, if something happens and you die, your family won’t be left out in the cold, they will still continue to receive checks because the people you had under you are still purchasing and continuing to increase their own profits.

How many companies do you know that will do that? And how many companies do you know that you can invest a mere $160 dollars and start a business?

That’s just the tip of the iceberg regarding business, but now let’s go into the health benefits of these products and why it’s worth it just for you to use what they have for sale.

Young Living is all about essential oils, and you may think “well I see these at the health food store all the time,” you’re wrong. Those retail oils only need to contain a measly 10% of oil to be eligible for sale, which is why they’re so cheap. For a long time my family used those oils thinking we were helping our bodies heal naturally…well, we were kinda…but not nearly as much as we thought we were.

These Young Living oils are 100% PURE OIL, there’s no extra stuff to mess with its purity or effectiveness. For instance, Panaway Oil can help relieve any pains you have…ask me about the time I crashed face-first into a light-post and the Panaway took the pain away almost instantly.

Digize Oil, while not the most pleasantly smelling oil, supports the digestive system, the heart of all health-related situations. 

Thieves oil is probably the most versatile oil of all, and can be used for anything from shampoo to kitchen cleaner, and all without the harmful chemicals you would find in things like bleach and dish soap. Yes thieves can help with that too.

Every day we use these oils it’s like I feel like a new person. Admittedly, it took a while for the oils to make a noticeable difference, but that was because the oils had to detoxify me first before I could start feeling their effects, @hollylu-ships-it can tell you that herself, as she went through the same situation.

There’s an app out there called the “Think Dirty” app, and it shows you all the disgusting, nasty stuff there is in your every day products, and how it hurts you. Carcinogens folks…that means cancer-causers, they’re in there.

Young Living does not have those things, and my whole family (even my incredibly…stubborn father) has noticed the change since we started using them. They can help you sleep, they can help you focus, heck there’s even a blend of oils that can help with romance if that’s what you’re looking for! No I’m not kidding, look it up.

I can’t imagine living without oils now that I have them, and they have a lot of other products like shampoo, dish cleaner, soap, nutritional drinks, energy bars, the catalog is crazy long.

And what’s even crazier is I’ve only scratched the surface.

If you want to start making change in your life, whether it’s financial, health or both, you need to get hooked up with these oils. Take it from someone who’s enjoying them personally, they WILL change your life.

So send a message to @hollylu-ships-it and get with it!

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It seems crazy to me that scientists are spending time and money creating robotic bees to help pollinate plants rather than just figuring out ways of making real bees safe to do the job they are already designed to do.

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Here is our 100% natural beeswax based healing salve!!! Made with comfrey, yarrow, and calendula infused oil 🙌🏻🔮

Comfrey and yarrow have been revered as powerful healing herbs and magical plants worth mentioning by naturalist Pliny the Elder, and included in the Mythology lore of the Demigod Achilles. These herbs may promote new cell growth and can reduce inflammation. Yarrow is an astringent, antiseptic and may help to stop bleeding and bruising. Comfrey can be used in the topical treatment of burns, abrasions, bug bites, and small wounds. When allowed to sink into the skin and muscle tissue, it can also assist in treating sprains, bruises, fractures, and other minor injuries.

Calendula flower (pot marigold) is an herb that has been used ceremonially and therapeutically for centuries to aid in healing minor wounds, scrapes, and other skin irritations such as eczema and dermatitis. It is gentle enough to use on babies and on your face. It is antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory.

Check us out on Etsy and please share!!!!

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Powerful Rosemary

A powerful healer that brings clarity! 

According to folklore Rosemary originally had white flowers; until however, they turned red after the Virgin Mary laid her cloak on the brush. Since the time of ancient Greece (1000 B.C.) Rosemary was burned as incense. Later cultures believed it warded off Devils, a practice that eventually became adopted by the sick, who then burned Rosemary to protect against infection. Rosemary may also be added to smudge sticks. 

Medicinal properties of Rosemary:

Liver-protecting

Antitumoral

anti-fungal

antibacterial

antiseptic

anti-parasitic

enhances mental clarity/concentration

Studies have found that Rosemary increases memory by 75%, when inhaled. Try “Young Living” Rosemary essential oil daily to help increase mental clarity, memory, and concentration. 

Rosemary also aids in recovery from long term stress and chronic illness. It is thought to stimulate the adrenal glands and used specifically for debility. 

Rosemary is an invaluable herb that raises the spirits! 

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“I wish it need not happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

I don’t think there’s any quote more suitable for today (9 November 2016)

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Apparently Nickelodeon wants to build an attraction in Palawan, Philippines . 

This might seem fun for some people, but for us it’s not. 

You see, Palawan is known for its non-commercialized islands and untouched beaches. There are only a few resorts in there, and the government limits tourism population there. Here are some pictures of our beautiful islands:

Nickelodeon, however, wants to capitalize the island of Coron, Palawan. They’re going to build a resort and theme park there. They claim that they want to “spread environmental awareness” but they’re really not. Building this resort will disrupt the marine ecosystem; thus destroying the environment there. Also, Palawan is our last ecological frontier in the Philippines. If they’re going to continue to do this, more and more big companies will cash-in to commercialize Palawan- and I really do not want that to happen.

I know petitions won’t do much, but at least we can prove a point that Palawan should not be disrupted. Please sign this petition, so that it will not only show that us Filipinxs don’t want this, but people from different countries as well. Please spread it around as well, so that people from different countries can be aware of what Nickelodeon is doing.

Ang aming kalikasan ay hindi dapat sirain. Maraming salamat po.

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PLEASE

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Marrubium vulgare (white horehound or common horehound)

“ is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern and central Asia. It is also widely naturalized in many places, including most of North and South America.

It is a grey-leaved herbaceous perennial plant, somewhat resembling mint in appearance, and grows to 25–45 centimetres (10–18 in) tall. The leaves are 2–5 cm (0.8–2.0 in) long with a densely crinkled surface, and are covered in downy hairs. The flowers are white, borne in clusters on the upper part of the main stem. The Oxford English Dictionary derives the word from two Old English forms: “hoar” (“white,” “light-colored,” as in “hoarfrost”) and “hune” a word of unknown origin designating a class of herbs or plants. The second element was altered by folk etymology.

Its Latin name is Marrubium vulgare, which may have been derived from the name of an ancient Roman town, “Mariaurbs,” or from the name of one of the bitter herbs, “marrob,” used by the Jews during Passover. (Water horehound, called bugleweed, and black horehound, which has a strong, unpleasant taste and odor, are related to white horehound but the information here applies only to white horehound.)

Some suggest that the Egyptian god Horus could be a reason for its name. Priests in ancient Egypt may have called horehound the seed of Horus and used it in an antidote formula for poison, as did Caesar in the Roman era. Legend indicates that horehound aided priests during rituals in Egypt. Ancient lore gives horehound a power to break magic spells.

Horehound has been mentioned in conjunction with medicinal use dating at least back to the 1st century BC, where it appeared as a remedy for respiratory ailments in the treatise De Medicina by Roman encyclopaedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus. The Roman agricultural writer Columella lists it as a remedy for expelling worms in farm animals in his important first-century work On Agriculture. Since then, horehound has appeared for similar purposes in numerous herbals over the centuries, such as The Herball, or, Generall historie of plantes by John Gerard, and Every Man His Own Doctor: or, The Poor Planter’s Physician by Dr. John Tennent

Horehound is used to make hard lozenge candies that are considered by folk medicine to aid digestion, soothe sore throats, and relieve inflammation.

It is also used in beverages, such as horehound beer, steeped as tea (similar to the Maghrebi mint tea), and in the rock and rye cocktail

Marrubium vulgare is also used as a natural grasshopper repellent in agriculture.”

Relieves coughs 

Antihepatotoxic (prevents damage to the liver) 

Antispasms  (perfect for when having cramps)

Inhibits the sensation of pain, painkiller

Reduces high blood pressure

Protects the heart (from cardiovasculair problems  not love problems lol, it reduces the excessive scarring of , fibrosis after a myocardial heartinfarct)

Reduces LDL oxidation (bad cholesterol) and enchances the good HDL cholesterol

Note of caution: might cause a irregular heartbeat in people with heart problems. Might lower blood pressure so do NOT take when on blood pressure lowering medication. Might lower blood sugar. Do NOT take when pregnant as it might cause an abortion.

Even if it doesn’t protect the heart from love problems it might prove useful in the arts symbolically.

Horehound is kind of a spa for your inner body.  Forget the butter with a heart form, this is the stuff of dreams. Your cardio doctor sprouted in your own garden. Also you can now order a drink and say its for your health. Legit.:)

Research and tips on Horehound:

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Dysphania ambrosioides, formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides, known as wormseed, Jesuit’s tea, Mexican-tea, paico, epazote, or  herba sancti Mariæ, 

“is an annual or short-lived perennial herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico.The common Spanish name, epazote (sometimes spelled and pronounced ipasote or ypasote), is derived from Nahuatl: epazōtl(pronounced [eˈpasoːt͡ɬ]) meaning skunk sweat

As well as in its native areas, it is grown in warm temperate to subtropical areas of Europe and the United States (Missouri, New England,Eastern United States), sometimes becoming an invasive weed.

D. ambrosioides is used as a leaf vegetable, herb, and herbal tea for its pungent flavor. Raw, it has a resinous, medicinal pungency, similar to oregano, anise, fennel, or even tarragon, but stronger. The fragrance of D. ambrosioides is strong but difficult to describe. It has also been compared to citrus, savory, and mint.

Although it is traditionally used with black beans for flavor and its supposed carminative properties (less gas), it is also sometimes used to flavor other traditional Mexican dishes as well: it can be used to season quesadillas and sopes (especially those containing huitlacoche), soups, mole de olla, tamales with cheese and chili peppers, chilaquiles, eggs and potatoes and enchiladas. It is often used as an herb in white fried rice and an important ingredient for making the green salsa for chilaquiles.

In the early 1900s, D. ambrosioides was used as an anthelmintic to treat ascarids and hookworms in humans, cats, dogs, horses, and pigs. Usually, oil of chenopodium was used.

In Honduras, as well as other Latin American countries, the whole plant or the leaves are ground and added to water. This mixture is then consumed. In a few areas in Latin America, the plant also is used to treat worm infections in livestock.

D. ambrosioides is believed to prevent flatulence. It has also been used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, malaria, chorea, the now discredited diagnosis of hysteria, catarrh, and asthma.

Overdoses of the essential oil have caused human deaths (attributed to the ascaridole content). The symptoms including severe gastroenteritis with pain, vomiting, and diarrhoea.”

Anti-ulcer ( a good alternative as effective ulcer treatment because it kills the bacteria responsible for ulcers Helicobacter pylori)

Rich in Potassium

Organic dewormer  (effective alternative for safely nonchemical deworming your dog/cat or hamster (for the hamster 8mg/kg *see research)

Natural pesticide

Antibacterial

Inhibits the growth of nearby plants! (it also delivers partial protection to nearby plants simply by masking their scent to some insects, making it a useful companion plant.)

Good as fertilizer.

Antifungal (safe as ecofriendly alternative against storage fungi.Effective against red bread mold (Neurospora crassa) handy when making homemade bread)

Research about Wormseed:

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Naturally dyed candles on a rainy day

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Source; please do not remove.

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1. Do not kill bees, they aren’t trying to hurt you and rarely sting (because they die if they sting) chances are they’re buzzing around you because you’re wearing a bright colour and they think you’re a flower

2. If you see one on the ground, it’s probably not dead, try feeding it some sugar water or put it on a flower so it can get energy

3. Put bee friendly flowers in your garden so they have lots of pollen and maybe put a bee house too

4. If you have a bees nest in your attic/garden/shed etc, don’t call an exterminator! Call a bee keeper instead so they can be rehomed rather than being killed

Bees are very important and must be looked after! Without bees, humans wouldn’t survive

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Flowers Replace Insecticides in Lettuce Production

July 8, 2015

Research generated by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in the heart of America’s Salad Bowl is showing how lettuce growers can control pests without the use of insecticides, by allowing a few flowering plants to grow among the salad greens. Organic farmers have long known that planting sweet alyssum throughout a lettuce field effectively controls aphids, a major pest of salad crops. Sweet alyssum attracts beneficial insects including hoverflies, whose larvae each chomp down as many as 150 aphids per day.  Read more about the research project in a short summary on the Organic Farming Research Foundation website.

Or watch the video where researcher, Dr. Eric Brennan explains this fascinating nine year research project using sweet alyssum as an insectary plant.

“Additive intercropping” inserts one or two alyssum plants per every 50 lettuce plants.  Brennan says. “Farmers can provide the beneficial insects with the resources they need to control aphids, without giving up any valuable lettuce-growing area.”

This past winter, I planted a container of alyssum and placed it next to my stand of kale. I couldn’t resist the magenta mix, though the research found Sweet Alyssum performed better than ornamental alyssum. Purchase organic seed at Seeds of Change.

This spring I had no aphids on my kale. Usually the aphids swarm my brassicas as the weather warms. I confined my alyssum to a container since it self-sows freely–like a weed in my area. 

I might try interplanting with a newer alyssum, ‘Snow Princess’ from Proven Winners–a hybrid that doesn’t self-sow. I’ll wait until it becomes available in 6-packs and I’ll see if the hoverflies like it.

Photo credit, first photo: Papio Valley Nursery

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If you’ll notice, it’s written in Latin. This thing’s old.

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Herbal Remedies for Cold and Flu Season

1. DIY Elderberry Thyme syrup – elderberry has been used for centuries in healing because it provides immune support (and has long been thought to banish negative energy). Can be taken both preventatively and to shorten the course of a cold. 

2. DIY Cough Drops – these cute cough drops are made with tea and honey to sooth an irritated throat. The original blogger chose hibiscus tea for the taste, but consider using one of the herbal teas she lists at the bottom for a more healing herbal remedy.

3. Lemon, Honey, and Ginger in a Jar – a traditional and internet favorite, this mixture turns into a jelly for when your throat needs serious soothing. Honey has been used for millennia to heal a variety ailments, just be sure to keep this away from infants. 

4. 30 Herbs for Cold and Flu Season – for those that like to have options, here is a long list of healing herbs with suggestions on how to use them during cold and flu season.