What is an essential oil?
(part 2)
By Claudia Burdick ©2009 Burdick Insitute LLC all rights reserved.
Essential oils are extracted from plants in their whole form. The plants give up their essential oils by steam distillation which is accomplished by heaping large amounts of plant matter in a vat or cooker. The extraction process of the essential oil varies depending on the plant being processed. Depending on the plant, cooking time can vary greatly. In order for cypress essential oil to be extracted, the plant matter must be in the steamer for at least 24 hours. When cypress essential oil is processed in a shorter period of time, the result is a loss of vital balancers that remained in the incorrectly distilled plant matter.
Application of essential oils will now provide nutrients and protection through our delivery system which is our blood. Protection in our own blood is in the form of anti-bodies. Anti-bodies in our blood provide the best form of immunity. Once we have experienced an onslaught of a virus, or bacteria our blood remembers or marks this and is on alert against these certain onslaughts.
The protection provided by the essential oils is much the same. Many of them are anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal. Many of them are anti-infectious.
Since the essential oils are soluble with our lipid membranes which are found just under our skin, the essential oils are delivered into our blood stream quickly. Our blood stream then carries these condensed, highly nutritive substances into the far reaches of our bodies, providing nutrition and protection.