Oh, cold and flu season...here we go again! This year, however, I am armed with essential oils to help keep my family healthy. My 3 year old son, started to come down with a cold/flu yesterday morning. He sounded stuffy when he woke up and wasn't acting as rambunctious as he usually does. By mid afternoon, he was definitely sick! I put a few oils on him. He laid down on the couch at 4:00 and slept for an hour (this is highly unusual for him). When he woke up, he sounded so hoarse and kept crying and pointing to his throat. He kept saying that his mouth hurts. It was heartbreaking! I began to put essential oils on him and trying to get him to drink something but he refused. I tried to give him some Tylenol to help with the pain but he would not take it! In the past I would have felt completely helpless and would have been left to praying for him, holding him and crying with him.
This time, however, I knew there was more that I could do to help him. My husband and a friend gave him a priesthood blessing. Shortly afterward, he started to get very sleepy so I took off his shoes and rubbed some OnGuard, Melaluca, and Oregano oil on the bottoms of his feet and then we put him to bed for the night. All evening, his fever had been bouncing between 102 and 103.5. He slept until 12:30 am when he woke up crying. I rubbed those three oils on the bottom of his feet again and put him back to bed. He slept all night and in the morning, his fever was totally gone! This morning he has been acting like his normal self again. He ate a great breakfast and drank a lot of fluids. I've continued putting those three oils on him all day. He is doing great!!
I love the fact that even though he REFUSED to take medicine, I could still do something to help him. It is so much easier to rub some oils on his feet than it is to try to coerce him to take medicine (that only treats the symptoms anyway). The oils actually help his body to kill whatever virus is causing him to be sick in the first place. Amazing! I am a believer!!!!!
