In this post I wanted to tell you a little bit more about Carrie, my wonderful wife. She is as steady as the day is long and she makes me laugh every day. I enjoy being with her whenever I can as she always encourages me.

She also has this great capacity to let me know when my perspective may not be accurate, but she does it in a way where I end up saying, “thank you for helping me see my error or thank you for keeping me from making a big mistake.” Carrie also has a very high pain tolerance, and you would never know if she was in pain. So, you can imagine my surprise when I got a call at the office (this was the week after Thanksgiving 2020) expecting to hear her cheery voice and I heard in a strained voice, “I need you at home.”

When I got home, I found her lying on the bathroom floor in pain and tears.

I asked, “What happened?” For the record men, when your wife is lying on the bathroom floor it is not the time to expect a long narrative.
She immediately asked me what essential oils I would use to calm the discomfort on the right side just under her rib cage. (After taking her to the emergency room we learned she was having a gallbladder attack and would need immediate surgery.)

What essential oils do you think we used? What would you use? There are many possible answers.

I suggested something for inflammation, trauma, discomfort, and I felt we needed a decongestant or a tonic. One of the oils is in my top three favorite essential oils and the other oil is my favorite for stressful transitions and improving flow in the body.

1.      Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum)
2.      Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

We applied a little carrier oil and 3 drops of Helichrysum first, gently massaged it in and then massaged 3 drops of Cypress over the area of discomfort. Once we got the oils on, she felt well enough to get up and into the car.

She mentioned to me on the way to the hospital that she had used other essential oils throughout the day, but the Helichrysum and Cypress were the most effective. She wondered why? I asked her what she had used, and she mentioned mostly analgesics, or oils specific to pain.

Let me share with you why the above combination of Helichrysum and Cypress may have worked better. We found later that she had a gallstone stuck in a bile duct. This combination of essential oils could have been complimentary in lowering possible inflammation, but specifically tissue trauma while working together to allow some flow and detoxification to still take place with a blockage. In reference to my personal story of liver inflammation and a blockage in the common bile duct I used Frankincense and Geranium and I was blessed with a wonderful outcome. In my opinion Frankincense acted as a general anti-inflammatory and Geranium acted more as the tonic, decongestant and anti-inflammatory.
When dealing with internal challenges

I often like to use some type of a tonic or decongestant to help move either the emotional blockage or physical blockage. The challenge often is that for movement to happen a safe place must be created through an oil like Helichrysum. This is one reason why Helichrysum is in each of our liver and detoxification blends.
Remember there is an emotional piece that must be addressed when something dramatic like gallstones, exquisite pain or a blockage in the body happens. It is not coincidence and that is why we need oils like the two above to help us work through forgiving ourselves and others.
There are more emotions associated here that we will address possibly in a course where greater discussion may be had, but for an email this will suffice.

Reach out with any questions and make today amazing!

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