What are Essential Oils?

Essential Oil Production Plants contain complex and powerful substances known as essential oils. These are aromatic liquids derived from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes, and seeds. These distinctive components defend plants from insects, harsh environmental conditions, and disease. They are also vital for a plant to grow, live, evolve, and adapt to its surroundings. Referred to as the essence of the plant, pure essential oils not only protect the plant but also determine its aroma.

Producing the highest quality oils can become very costly, because it may require from several hundred to several thousand pounds of plant material to extract one pound of oil. For example, one pound of Melissa oil sells for between $9000 to $15,000. This may sound expensive, but it takes 3 tons of plant material to produce that one pound of oil!

Essential oils have been used throughout time dating back to 4500 BC. From perfumes and pleasant aromas to embalming and medicinal purposes, essential oils were used in everyday life for centuries. In modern days, research shows that pure essential oils can provide similar benefits to humans and animals that they give to plants.

Why should I Buy Young Living Essential Oils?

Young Living offers pure, unadulterated essential oils, essential oil blends, and oil-enhanced products. At Young Living, in-house and independent laboratory testing shows that our essential oils meet high industry standards that qualify them as "therapeutic grade." This means that health professionals choose them for promoting health and wellness. Young Living is dedicated to producing essential oils from the highest-quality plants. Healthy plants and proper distillation produce superior essential oils with powerful benefits. Every oil is put through a series of rigorous tests before it is deemed qualified to bear the Young Living label. Our essential oils are then bottled in dark, thick glass containers to protect the integrity of the oils. Under the lid is a fixed orifice that helps to measure dosages and to ensure safety, particularly for young children.

What are Therapeutic-Grade Oils?

Most of the essential oils you find in health food stores are so low in quality and full of adulterations, you would be shocked. Even essential oils labeled as "PURE" are not what they seem. There is a very big difference between the low quality essential oils and true therapeutic grade essential oils.

Many oils, touted as essential oils, are derived with harsh chemicals, diluted, or copied and produced in a lab. Cheap copies bring cheap results and have the potential to be toxic. Therefore, it is imperative to take great care in choosing high-quality essential oils. There is a huge difference between oils that merely smell good and therapeutic-grade essential oils. The quality of Young Living's pure and potent essential oils has established credibility with eminent scientists and medical professionals who continue to research and validate the effectiveness of these timeless natural wonders. Reported effects of essential oils are based on results that occur when using pure, unadulterated products. Do not expect cheap copies that smell similar to natural plant oils to have the same effects. If you do not experience the results you seek, it is not because the oils do not work, but is more likely due to using an adulterated oil or a chemically created substitute. Young Living Essential Oils produces only therapeutic-grade essential oils.

Where does Young Living get their Plants for the Oils from?

Young Living Essential Oils set the standard for purity and quality in the U.S. Every batch of oils is rigorously tested by independent laboratories before being sold to customers. You are protected by Young Living's unconditional guarantee of purity and quality. To be able to certify completely the high grade of his oils, Gary Young has taken the ultimate step: he has developed his own farms and his own distillation techniques to guarantee the top quality he seeks. He has become a true pioneer in developing these operations in the United States. Please visit the website about the Young Living Aromatic Farms. Freshly cultivated and steam distilled, the essential oils in Young Living's collection are life-enhancing gifts from the plant kingdom, revered for centuries for their restorative properties to body, mind, and spirit. Pure essential oils now re-emerge as a key solution to the challenges facing modern lifestyles.

How do I use Essential Oils?

1. The best place to apply essential oils is to put them on the bottoms of your feet! If this sounds surprising, just consider that for literally thousands of years, Chinese healers have used acupuncture and acupressure on the bottoms of their clients' feet to achieve healthy changes throughout the whole body. These ancient sciences have been adopted by Western medicine and are even taught in several medical schools in the U.S. Because of their unique molecular structure, the oils will travel throughout the body, to wherever they are needed, in less than half an hour. We have a Reflexology Chart available for you to download.

2. Diffuse your essential oils. This is the traditional way that most people think of using essential oils. This is a very effective way to use Essential Oils. It is very important though, that you never use a diffuser that uses heat. The oils are less effective, and you would not want to "burn" the oils! Young Living has an excellent diffuser for sale. If you purchase a starter kit, you receive a coupon you can use to purchase a diffuser at half price.

3. Lastly, you can add certain essential oils to water or food for exquisite flavorings--refreshing, spicy, cooling, relaxing, etc. The majority of Young Living Essential Oils are edible. Check the individual oil for information.

There is an excellent book available, called Reference Guide to Essential Oils, by Connie and Alan Higley that gives a description and applications for every product Young Living has in their assortment. The Guide also has an extensive section where you can search for just about any ailment and find solutions, using Young Living products.

What is special about Young Living's Nutritional Supplements?

Young Living sells food and dietary supplements of the highest quality that are enriched with therapeutic-grade essential oils. One of the greatest threats to health in our fast-paced society is the highly processed, chemical-, fat-, and sugar-laden foods eaten on a daily basis. Dr. Gary Young discovered in clinical practice, while doing bacteriology studies with the blood, that there was a substantial amount of undigested protein in the blood serum that could not penetrate the cell membrane because of low oxygen levels.