12 hour cold or flu? (If you’re going to get sick, that almost sounds too good to be true, right? Generally these things go on and on for days, sometimes weeks!)
I started not feeling so good last week: the left side of my throat was a little scratchy and my nose started getting stuffy … those dreaded first feeling of “somethings not right”. I wasn’t sure if it was allergies or a cold … so I took both the Protective Blend and Seasonal Blend along with a few drops of Lavender, Lemon & Peppermint to immediately clear my nose. Then I went to bed.
I woke up 4 hours later with my throat very sore, telling me it wasn’t just allergies. I went back to my oils, re-applied all the above and added a couple drops of Oregano & Melaleuca to the bottom of my feet, Cypress on my neck and lymph area and in the diffuser by my bed. I went back to sleep, woke up another 4 hours later and though I was feeling better I repeated the process. I continued this process a couple more times throughout the day to be sure it was gone (even though I feel pretty much fine at that point). It was about 12 hours total.
One of my observations from this round of sickness as well as previous experiences using the oils is that it seems in some situations it stops the illness in its tracks. Other times it knocks it back down and then the bug seems to run its course on mute, or in a very mild way. So while I might still feel that I have a slight cold for instance it’s not a debilitating stay in bed and feel miserable kind of situation as long as I attack it with oils as soon as possible and stay on it till all symptoms are gone.
I totally LOVE my oils, nothing like having the ability to take non-toxic, fast action and avoid a long drawn out cold or flu!!!