Dr. Axe: Hey guys, Dr. Josh Axe along with
Jordan Rubin.
Welcome to Ancient Nutrition Today.
Today, we're going to be talking about one
of my favorite topics, along with Jordan's
and its essential oils and using them as medicine.
Now, every week on this program, we teach
you how to use food as medicine, but we believe
that essential oils are some of the most powerful
forms of plant-based medicine that you can
use to take your health and your loved one's
health to the next level.
And Jordan, we're going to talk today about
a lot of conditions that people are struggling
with and we want to teach people how to use
essential oils as ancient medicine.
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oils as therapy for the body and Jordan, we've
covered a lot of different . . . we've got
a lot of topics we're going to cover here
today.
We're covering a lot of essential oils.
Tell everybody a little bit about this sort
of Eastern medicine versus Western medicine.
There are a lot of people today that first
turned to synthetic drugs and medications
rather than trying a natural approach.
Why is that and what are you seeing right
now when people moving back to ancient medicine?
Jordan: Well, first of all, you should let
us know if you also decided to wear some shade
of purple or lavender, because this was not
rehearsed, but lavender is one of our favorite
essential oils.
So if you're wearing purple today or some
variant of it, go ahead and tell us.
You know, today I'm seeing more than ever
an interest in essential oils.
It is sweeping the world.
Yesterday I did our very first interview,
our pre-interview for our brand new book,
"Essential Oils, Ancient Medicine."
This over 500 page manual, 512 pages is going
to be coming soon to a mailbox or FedEx near
you, but we want you to get excited about
this book.
This is something that I'm already excited
about using myself and I was a coauthor.
We are really absolutely enthusiastic about
people today using essential oils as a first
line of defense.
Here's the thing.
Today you're going to see certain essential
oil recommendations for diabetes.
You're going to see it for infections, bronchitis.
You're going to see essential oil recommendations
for cancer, but let me be very clear.
We are not suggesting using essential oils
instead of medicine.
This is not simply an alternative.
But let's face it, when you have an infection
before you go to the doctor, wouldn't it be
great to do something?
Dr. Axe: Yeah, absolutely.
Jordan: If you've got a fever, before you
take your child to the doctor wouldn't it
be great to do something?
Having some power within ourselves to take
control.
So this is not about, use this instead of
that solely.
In many cases you can do that but we're trying
to meet you where you are and if you're under
medical treatment, for example diabetes what
we're going to share with you can augment
that because these are natural.
These are historical and they're powerful.
Dr. Axe: Jordan, let's jump and talk about
inflammation.
Think about all the diseases today.
Maybe just name a few that are caused by inflammation.
Jordan: Well, let's think about this.
Anything that has the suffix -itis is an inflammatory
disease.
So some of them right on here, but obviously
arthritis, bursitis, gingivitis, colitis,
you start thinking about it.
There are thousands and thousands of conditions
that are inflammatory in nature and many that
have an underlying inflammatory component.
There's not accident why inflammation is first
because every condition here has an inflammatory
component.
If there were two things I could say about
oils, so many oils are highly anti-inflammatory
and anti-microbial, but two rise above the
pack.
So when it comes to inflammation, we're talking
about the chronic inflammation that is underlying
autoimmune disease, etc.
Pain, stiffness and aches, turmeric and frankincense
externally and internally are the one-two
punch to fight inflammation that everybody
needs and you and I have been consuming these
products and sort of hoarding them.
But I can tell you folks, consuming and applying
and inhaling frankincense and turmeric is
amazing.
We even saw some amazing benefits on turmeric
and inflammation of the brain.
So we don't have Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
down here, but a lot of people believe that
they are inflammatory in nature and this is
a powerful one-two punch for anyone who wants
to feel better now and prevent any of the
"itises" from coming back.
Dr. Axe: Absolutely.
As Jordan saying so many conditions today
are caused by chronic inflammation, arthritis
and joint pain, inflammatory bowel disease,
and a whole lot mo.
And just a few notes here, Jordan and I were
reading an article, we have read several articles
this week both and looked at a lot of clinical
research on turmeric essential oil and it's
amazing.
It contains large amounts of a compound called
turmerone which have been shown to actually
help your body support in producing its own
stem cells, support healthy nerve tissue.
It is incredible and Jordan, I think turmeric
oil can be one of those essential oils growing
in the future, get up there may be in popularity
with lavender, potentially.
So we'll see.
So here's a great one-two punch and next thing
here is ADD and ADHD.
There are so many kids today, Jordan getting
put on medications like Ritalin, Adderall
and other similar medications and these drugs
really affect the brain and can affect the
body's production of certain hormones in a
really dangerous ways and the great news is,
is essential oils have some good research
on the benefits to support focus.
If you or someone you love is struggling with
ADD and ADHD, the top two we would recommend
would be vetiver and cedarwood.
Vetiver, there was a study done where they
actually found that it had the highest effective
rating of all essential oils at treating ADHD,
second was cedarwood, third was lavender.
Now, there are many essential oils they didn't
used in the study, but Jordan, if I myself
are having trouble focusing or had a child
do that, again vetiver and cedarwood would
be one and two.
If they are hyperactive, doing chamomile and
lavender can be great things to add and if
they're having trouble with memory then rosemary
oil is absolutely one of the best.
So when it comes to ADD and ADHD, vetiver,
cedarwood as we're talking about are the top
two you want to be using on a regular basis.
Jordan: That's amazing, and we know that cedarwood
has a history that dates back to the Bible
and what I love about essential oils, they
are so safe for children because you can diffuse
them.
So you can diffuse essential oils while the
children are asleep.
My children just love to hold the bottle and
breathe in.
So they're getting some of that through their
olfactory nervous system.
They can be used topically, of course, and
they often when labeled as dietary supplements
can be taken internally.
What a blessing that ADD and ADHD can be conquered
with the help of essential oils and keep this
in mind.
If your child is on medication for ADD, ADHD,
these can be used alongside that, they are
complementary and that's what I love about
essential oils.
Dr. Axe: Yeah.
Great couple of questions here.
Alan asks, do ADD and ADD oils do they also
work, the ones you recommended here for autism.
I would say that autism, if we're really looking
at the root of what's causing a lot of times
that starts in the gut, but I would say from
a behavioral standpoint, yes, these essential
oils could absolutely show a lot of benefits.
And I would really highlight especially vetiver,
cedarwood, again rosemary as I talked about,
lavender and chamomile all beneficial and
sometimes also doing things, remember to support
the gut health, probiotic foods, bone broth,
these things are also really going to help
in supporting the body there as well.
All right, Jordan, let's talk about blood
pressure here.
Jordan: Blood pressure or high blood pressure,
as it were, is super common today.
The medications do work effectively but they
come with some side effects and blood pressure
is not really something that is always elevated
or is always low.
Bottom line, you can be hypertensive, hypotensive
and sort of go back and forth and so what
I love about lavender and rosemary, not only
does it have multifunctional, multisystemic
benefits, but lavender is great to destress
you.
So let your pulse rate go down, help you relax,
sort of just take a deep breath and rosemary
invigorates the mind and also is a powerful
antioxidant.
So this is a great one-two punch.
I like mixing them together.
You can certainly apply them topically.
I've said many times I use lavender and rosemary.
I pour it on my head every day.
What I've been doing recently is in my shower
I have shampoos and all different samples
I've been getting over the years and I will
add extra essential oils.
So now I'm doing lavender and rosemary and
shampoo and conditioner and just making sure
each time I open to inhale and I am pouring
drops in the shower so they can vaporize.
So these are really awesome.
Dr. Axe: Yeah, Jordan, I mean rosemary is
one of those essential oils that I feel is
an unsung hero.
A lot of times when people hear rosemary they
think, thickening my hair, we know it's used
prevalently for naturally thickening your
hair.
So it's a great use for it, but also as Jordan
mentioned, it's a powerful antioxidant and
surprisingly a powerful anti-inflammatory.
It's great for your joints, great for reducing
inflammation.
So again rosemary, it's one of those everyday
oils everybody should have on hand here when
it comes to helping balance up blood pressure
levels.
Jordan, let's talk infections.
There are so many people getting chronic infections
on a regular basis.
I mean, we can go from things like urinary
tract infections, we could talk about bronchial
infections, we could talk about wounds that
people have that get infected.
But in general, there are certain essential
oils that rise above the rest when it comes
to treating infections and those would be
oregano and thyme, two of the most powerful.
We know oregano contains a compound called
carvacrol which has been shown to be actually
. . . I was reading a study where they were
comparing different herbs and oils and they
found oregano to be the strongest in terms
of some of its antifungal properties, so,
so powerful at treating infections.
And then thymol oil contains a compound, there
is actually two types of thyme, but the most
prevalent one, it contains thyme oil and carvacrol,
which is found in oregano, and it is really
powerful oil for microbial properties, also
for supporting the immune system.
So again for fighting infections oregano and
thyme are two great oils.
How you might use this, if you're going to
use it topically, make sure you mix those
with a carrier oil.
Mix it with a lot of coconut oil, rub it on
your chest as almost like a rub or if you
have an infected site on your body, you might
add the drops directly to that area more neat
in that area or if you are going to take them
internally, I wanted to just give this warning.
These are really powerful in terms of their
antimicrobial properties.
You don't want to go overboard.
Typically a maximum of 10 to 14 days or so
in smaller doses taken with food, a lot of
times under the care of a practitioner.
But in general, again, if you're looking to
fight infection, these are two of the best.
Jordan, talk to us about diabetes.
Jordan: Diabetes is so common that the numbers
literally grow every single year.
But now we've got other conditions such as
prediabetes or metabolic syndrome, fluctuating
blood sugar causes so many issues, certainly,
kidney issues, advanced aging, immune system
problems.
But diabetes whether you're on medication
or not can be corrected through diet and essential
oils and cinnamon is just the superstar when
it comes to diabetes.
Certain compounds in cinnamon actually mimic
insulin.
When you look at the original work that I
did with The Maker's Diet, I would say that
all health conditions have three underlying
"I's."
Inflammation, infection, and insulin.
Dr. Axe: Wow.
Jordan: Now, this recommendation is good for
everybody out there.
If you're overweight, if you've got mood swings.
If you have imbalanced blood sugar at all,
cinnamon, which has so many great benefits,
tastes wonderful, use it externally.
Great in blends for inhaling and wonderful
to consume as a supplement.
I recommend if you want to balance your blood
sugar consuming two drops of cinnamon essential
oil, either in food.
It's great in applesauce obviously, good in
juices, good in yogurt, etc.
Smoothies, it's amazing.
Two drops three times a day.
I like doing it before meals.
It's really, really wonderful and it has this
amazing sweet taste, makes recipes so good.
Holy basil is great for so many functions.
It has an adaptogenic quality to help reduce
stress and boost the body.
These two together are amazing.
Holy basil is more of a floral flavor, floral
note.
Inhale it, put it on your body and consume
it.
You can also use holy basil in the amounts
of two to four drops, one to three times a
day.
So these are both extremely safe, look for
organic oils that are labeled as dietary supplements,
amazing for diabetes.
Dr. Axe: Jordan, one of the things that shocks
me is the amount of people that have trouble
sleeping at night.
I mean if you're to look at the stats of how
many people either wake up tired or takes
a long time for them to fall asleep or they're
getting low quality sleep at night, it's huge.
But also more advanced forms of that we're
going to call insomnia.
If you really have trouble sleeping, you can't
fall asleep at night, you can't stay asleep
at night, we can label that insomnia, and
there are two specific essential oils that
are very effective at this.
Number one is chamomile.
Chamomile oil, also known as Roman chamomile
or German chamomile has a very calming effect
on the body.
In fact, in another areas it's calming for
not only the brain, is the digestive system.
Actually many blends that for gas and bloating
and soothing the digestive system includes
chamomile.
So again, chamomile is great.
Also, lavender oil, and what I love to do
is do a couple of drops or about five drops
of each in a diffuser by our bed at night
and actually diffuse it while Chelsea and
I are trying to go to sleep.
You could even do a few drops.
If you're doing laundry with your bed sheets,
you can do a few drops of lavender and chamomile
actually in your laundry detergent there.
It actually helps give it that fresh amazing
scent there as well.
Or do a couple of drops, just rub it on your
temples and your neck before bed, but chamomile
and lavender two powerful essential oils that
help promote a healthy night sleep here.
Jordan, let's talk about adrenal fatigue.
Jordan: Adrenal fatigue is probably affecting
somewhere in the neighborhood of 25% of adults
and maybe up to as many as half of the women
who are in their 30s.
When you look at our lifestyle today, everything
is fast, super stimulating and what that does,
it increases cortisol, which decreases DHEA,
which is the hallmark of adrenal fatigue.
You're tired, you're grouchy.
You're a little bit pudgy in the middle.
Your skin doesn't look as soft and healthy
as it used to, and the list goes on and on,
you get angry, etc.
When it comes to adrenal fatigue, holy basil
is a powerful adaptogenic oil and rosemary
due to its antioxidants, its protective effects,
and its mildly energizing benefits are a great
combo.
These would go wonderful together.
They would taste great if you consume them
internally.
You know what would be awesome here is to
make a tea or an infusion.
So put hot water with one to two drops of
holy basil or rosemary and even do the combination.
Smelling it while you're drinking it is going
to do half the work, then you drink it.
Add a little honey it would be really great.
The floral kind of yummy tasting.
But when it comes to adrenal fatigue, the
essential oils rosemary and holy basil can
help along with a diet that is rich in nutrients.
Bone broth, fermented foods, lower sugars
and starches and consuming adaptogenic botanicals
which we do every single day.
So that's really powerful and that can affect
almost everyone out there.
Dr. Axe: All right guys, we are going to jump
right in and talk about essential oils for
chronic pain and Jordan, I know when I spent
a lot of time taking care of patients in my
clinic, it was the number one thing I saw
people for, chronic pain, neck pain, low back
pain, sciatica, headaches, joint pain, and
arthritis.
We live in a world today where people are
suffering from chronic pain and inflammation.
The good news is essential oils can help.
Jordan, this top oil here wintergreen, it
falls in the family, there was actually a
similar compound found in birch oil and birch
oil is high in something called salicylic
acid, which is actually the main ingredient
and aspirin by the Bayer company.
And it's crazy when we look at medications
today, so many of these medications originally
were used as herbs and then companies started
creating and trying to cut costs and do things
synthetically.
So again, essential oils really are ancient
medicine.
These big pharmaceutical companies have come
in today and actually started trying to cut
corners, do things synthetically, and they're
not as effective.
One of the things Jordan I loved about the
way you formulated your supplements for years
is you've been all about whole foods using
the entire part of the plant because these
things work synergistically and oftentimes
balance each other out, reducing side effects.
Well, unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies
don't do that.
It's time to start harnessing and start making
your own at home apothecary here as well.
So wintergreen oil, birch oil, they contain
those compounds that actually are natural
pain relieving.
I don't recommend taking wintergreen internally
or birch, but again using it topically for
pain in an area is great and then black pepper
oil.
Think about making your own at home icy hot.
We've got a very cooling oil in wintergreen.
We've got a hot and spicy oil in black pepper.
If you don't have wintergreen at home, you
can actually use peppermint oil instead menthol.
Mentha has a very similar cooling reaction
and analgesic action in the body.
So wintergreen, black pepper.
If you don't have black pepper, ginger and
cinnamon and clove are very warming as well.
So think about the cooling and heating oil,
blending them with some coconut oil, rub it
on your skin, it's a great natural topical
pain reliever.
Jordan: Absolutely.
Depression affects a huge amount of people
and it's really a silent killer.
All of us and you probably you as well know
individuals who have chronic depression, if
not, people who have taken their lives.
We don't talk about this a lot because it's
a very challenging subject, but I've had family
members more than one.
I think three that have had chronic depression
which culminated in death.
Well, let's not talk about that being super
widespread but there's a lot of people on
medication.
They're on antianxiety, antidepression medications
and they're challenging for the entire body,
whether you're on those medications or not,
or whether you're someone who just has what
you would call episodic depression, which
means people say, "How is it going today?"
"I'm depressed."
Now, you may not be clinically depressed.
But you're feeling the blues.
There are two great essential oils to help
you.
I'm going to start with orange.
I live in Florida or at least have for years
and just being in an orange grove, smelling
orange blossoms, smelling citrus is truly
amazing.
You are uplifted.
Orange oil is very underrated for how amazing
it is.
Now it's not produced the same way through
steam distillation, it's the pressed rind
of orange and it has a powerful effect on
the mood.
Ylang ylang is an amazing oil that is probably
the number one oil indicated for depression.
Now, we could certainly talk about lavender
and chamomile because when you sleep better
you're in a better mood.
Holy basil is great.
But when it comes to depression, ylang ylang
and orange are great in combination or individually
and what's amazing about orange is it can
be used not only topically, not only through
inhalation, but it can be used in foods and
in beverages.
Citrus oils are amazing.
If you want a refreshing drink, warm or hot,
you can make even a slushy.
We talked about this before, take water, some
honey, ice and drops of orange oil and you've
got a delicious slushy.
You can make popsicles out of it and you're
getting a powerful effect.
So depression can be improved through the
use and application of essential oils.
Dr. Axe: Great advice Jordan.
Couldn't agree more.
We've got a question here from Billy Weatherall
or actually a comment, great advice for somebody.
I think somebody was wondering about female
hormones or having menstrual cramps.
What are the best essential oils for that?
Jordan and I are both big fans of sage or
clary sage, when it comes to balancing out
hormones.
So I would say if you're looking to balance
hormones for female menstrual cramps, clary
sage, at the very top of the list, along with
lavender is another fantastic one to use there
is well.
Great advice guys.
We're going to jump in here to the next one
here.
I'm going to talk about leaky gut.
So as we know, so many conditions are not
rooted in where they might seem.
Our symptoms don't necessarily tell us where
something is caused from.
When we're looking at conditions today, even
things such as autoimmune disease, many of
these things begin in the gut.
But in general I want to talk about the best
essential oils that help leaky gut and these
same essential oils are great for gas, bloating,
for indigestion, any of those types of issues
and one of my favorites, Jordan, here is ginger.
We know ginger was used extensively, and is
still today, in Eastern and Chinese medicine
and ginger has warming properties.
In fact, they believe it's very good for the
spleen, very good for what's called your middle
burner in Chinese medicine and your pancreas.
And so if you really want to support digestion
of your foods, ginger is absolutely one of
the best.
It's also highly anti-inflammatory, containing
gingerol and zingiberene and other beneficial
compounds and then peppermint oil.
Peppermint has a cooling effect and actually
really supports the motility of your gastric
system there.
So again, ginger, peppermint, two of my favorites.
There's some other great ones.
I think chamomile is great for calming the
stomach.
Cardamom and cumin both have tremendous benefits
as well.
I was going to mention fennel too.
Actually, it has been shown to reduce gas,
specifically.
So again, there's a lot of benefits for digestion,
but ginger and peppermint oil together, Jordan,
I just like doing a single drop of each in
water, drinking it as a warm tea with a little
bit of lemon juice as well is a great thing
to do.
Jordan: You know what else you can do, is
take a spoonful of honey, manuka honey or
raw honey and put a drop of each and just
it's almost like a lozenge.
I think that's great also for a sore throat,
but it does make its way down to the gut,
very soothing and truly amazing.
Acne, this is a problem that people have and
I know for me when I was a teenager, I struggled
with a little bit of acne and even that affected
my life.
We see one of the top-selling infomercials
of all time is an acne-based infomercial,
celebrities.
It is pretty devastating to folks and a lot
of adults still deal with blemishes and acne.
When it comes to acne, you want to get at
the, one of the root causes, which is infection
and there are no two better oils than tea
tree and manuka for acne.
Now tea tree and manuka are both very strong
as is oregano.
So they need to be mixed and I recommend mixing
them with aloe vera.
You can do that sort of as a step two of a
treatment.
You can use a cleanser and put a couple of
drops of tea tree and manuka in the cleanser.
Make sure to close your eyes when you wash
your face.
Probably one of my favorite ways to use tea
tree and manuka, I am going to give you two,
is mixing it in a clay poultice.
So the third step at night to reduce the oily
discharge, the sebum of the skin, particularly
acne prone skin, which is usually oily, take
some clay, you can get a bentonite type clay
that's in a powder, mix that in water and
put a little bit of tea tree and manuka and
apply it to your problem areas.
That's an amazing mask that will help dry
out and destroy germs that cause acne or at
least are implicated in acne.
I would not recommend either tea tree or manuka
taken internally, even though it has been
done in severe cases of infection.
Another way to use tea tree and manuka is
to mix it in honey.
So manuka oil can be mixed in manuka honey
and when you do that, it's a little bit sticky,
but it's absolutely great for your skin.
It has been used for thousands of years as
a treatment.
So topical treatments for acne, tea tree and
manuka.
For oral issues when it comes to acne, the
anti-inflammatory oils, turmeric and frankincense
are amazing.
You can consume oregano and thyme for the
anti-infection.
Now we're on bronchitis.
Dr. Axe: Here we go, bronchitis.
So remember this if you have bronchitis, croup,
anytime you have some of that phlegm that's
resting within your lung space, you want to
do several things.
One, we typically want to warm the area.
Two, we want to reduce stagnation and start
moving things in that area as well as it naturally
decongests.
And number three, we want to eliminate any
type of infection that's in the area as well.
So in order to do that, here are some the
best oils.
Eucalyptus is a powerhouse when it comes to
helping open up your airways.
This is a popular one out of Australia specifically,
and this has been shown to be one of the best
essential oils specifically for decongestion.
If you really want to start moving that phlegm
and these things and sort of break up some
of the things that are in your throat, in
your chest, eucalyptus is powerful.
Then thyme is great as well.
Thyme essential oil is one of my favorites.
Thyme contains thymol and it's one of the
most antimicrobials out there today, that
still is, I would say that it's more gentle
than oregano but also has very widespread
antimicrobial properties being antifungal
and antibacterial.
So again, thyme and eucalyptus are great.
Also, actually lemon oil is another good decongestant.
You want to start getting some lymph and things
moving in your body.
I would add lemon oil to this list and even
things like ginger and cinnamon, the more
warming are good.
So a lot of times in treating some of these
different conditions, it's good to do a blend
of essential oils, harnessing the power and
a lot of times they can work synergistically
together.
Jordan: Absolutely.
Candida overgrowth or systemic yeast.
This is one of the conditions that essential
oils are best at conquering.
When it comes to Candida, there are a handful
of great oils to lower the amount, but none
are better than clove and oregano.
Clove is highly anti-infection.
It is amazing against fungi.
You can inhale it.
You can also consume it, which is really,
really powerful.
It just works extremely well.
And oregano, it's just the best when it comes
to fighting Candida.
Remember what we talked about earlier?
Oregano should be used in shorter durations.
So 10 to 14 days, then take some time off.
I would recommend one drop of each, three
times a day.
You can do it with food.
You can do it on an empty stomach if you've
got serious systemic Candida.
Take a great quality probiotic and consume
fermented foods during the same day, not at
the same time, but during the same day.
If you've got Candida you absolutely need
to be inhaling and consuming clove and oregano.
These are also highly anti-inflammatory and
some of the highest antioxidant substances
on the planet, which help your body in so
many ways.
Antifungals out there are very single-minded,
they're very focused on destroying fungi and
leaving whatever collateral damage.
Clove and oregano will give you multiple synergistic
side benefits which I love.
Dr. Axe: One of the things that Jordan said
that I just want to resonate and speak again,
if you're on a protocol using these oils,
make sure you're doing lots of probiotics
and following a diet that's easy to digest.
Getting lots of bone broth and I would recommend
advanced dosage of probiotics, probably upwards
of 100 billion every day, maybe even 100 billion
twice to three times daily.
But getting a lot of those probiotics is key.
The last one we're going to talk about is
cancer.
We want to be clear about this.
I'm going to touch on two, I'm going to have
Jordan talk about two, but as we're talking
about cancer Jordan, this is it.
We're not talking about treatment necessarily
of cancer directly or doing this instead of
what your physician suggests.
But remember this, one of the things I always
ask people or, I remember I had a patient
ask me this one time.
They said, "Well, Dr. Axe," and they chose
to do conventional practice and they said,
"Would it still benefit me to eat a better
diet?"
The answer is of course.
If you're battling any health condition, whether
you're going the medical approach or not,
you want to get your body as healthy as possible.
So yes, eat more healthy foods.
Use healthy supplements.
Use essential oils in the right way.
Just overall, it's going to help get you healthier
and as we talk about cancer right now Jordan,
I know this is something we both feel so passionate
about.
There are millions of people diagnosed with
cancer all across the globe today and they
need to know how to use essential oils as
natural remedies and supporting the health
of their body.
So hey, do me a favor right now.
Help us spread the message on how to use essential
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the message and this is information Jordan.
I wish my mom and my family would've known
before she was diagnosed a long time ago.
So I'm going to touch on the bottom two and
have you talk about the top two.
I'm going to talk myrrh and turmeric.
You can talk frankincense and lavender.
Myrrh oil one of my favorite essential oils.
Many of these oils contain a compound called
alpha pinene which has been shown to cause
apoptosis of cells.
So it's actually programming cell death of
cancer cells.
Myrrh is one of those essential oils that
has that.
So Myrrh actually in certain cases, just as
powerful as frankincense in fighting cancer
and then turmeric.
Turmeric contains two powerful compounds,
tumerone and curcumin, higher levels of tumerone.
Both of these compounds have anticancer benefits
along with a whole lot more benefits.
So again, I think that these are two of my
favorite oils.
Talk about the other two here, Jordan.
Jordan: Absolutely and one thing I want to
mention on myrrh, if you've have got any oral
issues, there are people that particularly
men that have had tobacco, I don't want to
say addiction, but have consumed a lot of
tobacco, chewed, etc., myrrh is great as a
mouthwash.
Any type of oral issues, whether it's cancer
or not, and myrrh can be consumed in small
doses orally.
Turmeric is great orally.
Topically, it might stain a little bit, but
believe me, it's well worth it.
If you've got any skin issues, those are both
great applied with a carrier oil.
Well, lavender and frankincense are really
important.
Frankincense, if you do the research, you'll
find that frankincense has been studied in
animals and some small human studies to radically
boost the immune system and works great, along
with conventional treatment.
Always check with your oncologist, your primary
care physician.
Frankincense is amazing inhaled, consumed,
or applied topically.
And lavender, folks, let's face it.
When you're diagnosed with a disease that
evokes fear and terror, you need to distress.
Lavender is great at destressing the body.
It may not be directly anticancer, but I don't
know a single person who's going through cancer
or a loved one of that person that couldn't
benefit from the stress reducing, sleep inducing
benefits of lavender.
If you've got skin conditions or you're dealing
with even wounds, scars, or any type of surgical
removal of call it a skin cancer, putting
lavender on there is absolutely great.
Lavender soothes.
You can put it on directly and I always say
for lavender, skin, stress, sleep, the three
S's.
Folks, we take this very seriously.
When you are dealing with cancer every optimal
and really every optional treatment that you
believe in, do everything.
Don't allow this disease to beat you spiritually
and certainly not physically.
But make essential oils a part, a complementary
part of your cancer program.
If you're somebody who has a history of cancer,
instead of getting perspective surgeries,
why not implement powerful therapy such as
essential oils and folks there is so much
more to say but we're about out of time.
So if you're watching today and you're dealing
with inflammation or depression or Candida,
you want to lower your blood pressure, you
want complementary strategies to work along
with your treatment, you've come to the right
place.
I'm so excited you watched today and remember,
Dr. Josh Axe and myself are here every weekday
10:30 a.m.
Central Standard Time.
We also have some cool pop-ins occasionally
and we want to transform your health.
So make sure to share this life-saving information
with those you love.
There's so much interest in essential oils,
but not enough information, so we're all in
a debt of gratitude to you for creating so
much information.
So Josh, what would you say to somebody who
just tuned in, is looking at this long list
of conditions, why do they need essential
oils and what should they do about it?
Dr. Axe: You know, as we talked about essential
oils are ancient medicine.
These are things that we know is referenced
more than 300 times in the Bible.
It's used in Greek medicine, Chinese medicine,
Ayurvedic medicine and we should all be harnessing
these powers.
This is stuff I wish that I would have known
when I was a kid, I wish my mom would have
known growing up and these are things that
I use in my house every day now.
The deodorant I wear is made of essential
oils.
The shampoo I use, the cleaning products we
use in our house.
Whenever we're looking to support our digestive
system or whatever it is, we get a burn or
a cut, we use essential oils as our ancient
medicine in the Dr. Axe household.
Also, we are going to be doing pop-ins, Thanksgiving
is coming up.
Make sure you subscribe here and we'll be
back tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.
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on how to use food as medicine.
This has been Jordan Rubin, myself Dr. Josh
Axe, have a great week.
We'll see you tomorrow.
