What Are Essential Oils?

Essential oils are plant essences that are extracted from certain species of flowers, grasses, fruits, leaves, roots, and trees. Today & and for thousands of years, essential oils have been used for medicinal purposes. Combined with herbs, they are truly a “wholistic” treatment. Each oil has many different components making it unique for specific uses.

The only theories for calling such oil "essential" are that the oils were believed essential to life and they were the "essence" of the plant. Desert Rose Organics has chosen to use only pure essential oils instead of cheaper synthetic fragrance oils which do not offer the same unique properties, and hence do not have the same beneficial qualities for our bodies.

What Are EWOs (Essential Wellness Oils)?

EWO’s are blends of essential oils chosen for a specific purpose. (i.e. emotional wellbeing, physical health, ailments, illnesses, antibacterial etc…) All oils are hand blended for accuracy and added to base oils (grape seed, coconut, sunflower oil, etc…), for ease of use.

How do they work?
Suggested use instructions are given on each bottle. Each EWO comes ready to use with no dilution or guesswork on your part. Usually, you will rub the oils on the area of need and also on the bottom of the feet. This can enable the essential oils to work systemically as well as locally.

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How do they work in the body?

Generally when essential oils are applied, they are absorbed through the skin into the blood stream and carried throughout the whole body, helping to balance its natural functions. Essential Oils can also enter the body via inhalation. They have been shown in studies to have direct effect on the brain, emotions, respiration, etc... Upon chemical analysis, each essential oil contains many diverse compounds. Each compound has a different therapeutic effect. Historically, essential oils have been used for thousands of years for physical as well emotional issues.

How long can essential oils be stored?

All items made in small batches for quality assurance, texture, and scent. Because we use naturally occuring preservatives, our shelf life is less than preservative laden products in the regular body care market. For optimum results, please use your purchases within 9-18 months. months. Keep out of direct sunlight, and keep lids securely closed.

What is your personal experience with the oils?

I have been using Essential Oils since 1992. I found at first I enjoyed the scent. With more use I found the wonderful benefits on my own physical ailments and emotions. As I had children, I found the wonderful use of oils for their well being. I am holistic by nature, and when we are ill, I still reach for my herbs and homeopathic's, but the oils are used first. I love the immediacy of their results. We have seen wonderful results with the use of essential oils, from scrapes, cuts, bruises, to burns, blisters, bites, the flu, colds, etc.. Emotionally the oils are our lifesavers for calming, frustration, shock, crankiness, the blues, fatigue, etc. My family has truly incorporated the oils into every aspect of our lives.

How are you different from other suppliers?

Desert Rose Organics only sources and uses 100% Pure Therapeutic grade oils, and we make them a little more user friendly. Your purchases from Desert Rose Organics come ready to use immediately. No mixing, blending or guesswork on your part. (Unless you purchase essential oils in 10 ml. sizes)

The Effects of Smell

A fragrance company in Japan conducted studies to determine the effects of smell on people. They pumped different fragrances into an area where a number of keyboard entry operators were stationed and monitored the number of mistakes made as a function of the smell in the air. The results were as follows:

When exposed to lavender essential oil (a relaxant), the keyboard typing errors dropped 20 percent.

When exposed to jasmine essential oil (an uplifting fragrance), the errors dropped 33 percent.

When exposed to lemon essential oil (a sharp, refreshing stimulant), the mistakes fell by a whopping 54 percent!

The Journal of Advanced Nursing reports that in an intensive care unit, patients receiving aromatherapy experienced significant mood improvement and were less anxious. Nurses at Tullamore General Hospital (Ireland) report that aromatherapy improves patients' sleep significantly. In the Coronary Care Unit, they have found aromatherapy very effective for stress management.


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