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                                                  Ginger Vitality
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While many of us have memories of building gingerbread houses during the holidays and sipping ginger tea to get over a case of the sniffles, ginger’s warm, spicy flavor actually has a history that goes much further back than childhood traditions. Ginger originated in Southeast Asia and was taken to the Mediterranean as early the 1st century AD, so it goes waaaay back! And no wonder—what spice rack would be complete without its rich taste? While fresh and ground ginger are now common kitchen staples, ginger also has great uses in its essential oil form. Wondering about the benefits of Ginger essential oil? Keep reading to learn more about this spicy oil.
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The season for warmth and spice has arrived, and with that in mind, we can’t wait to start putting our Ginger essential oil to good use!
 
Both zingy and stimulating, Ginger plants originate from Southeast Asia and are typically cultivated so their edible roots can be used in a variety of sweet and savoury recipes. At Young Living, however, we love Ginger for its deeply soothing scent and brilliant versatility, as it can be used in everything from haircare rituals to massages. In this blog, we’ll be taking you through just a few of our favorite ways to use Ginger essential oil, so your autumn days can be filled with extra spice and everything nice in no time!

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                             All About Ginger Essential Oil - Young Living Blog

                                                   Gingerbread Cookies
 
What better way to bring on the holiday season than with the warm smell of homemade Gingerbread cookies! Let your kids get in on the fun and get creative with different shapes, cuts or even decorating their own gingerbread house!
 
Young Living’s Ginger essential oil really adds a wonderful warmth to them. You can also add a little Nutmeg and Cinnamon Bark essential oils if you’d like to for extra flavouring.
 
TIP You will need to refrigerate the cookie dough for 3½ hours or overnight before cutting the cookies and baking them. You can decorate them or have them plain with a nice cup of tea or hot chocolate for all the cozy vibes!
 
NOTE For a vegan option, try using a chia seed egg and vegan butter. For the vegan option, roll them into balls first and then flatten as they may not hold their shape as well as the regular recipe.
 
To make 1 chia seed egg: Mix tbsp 1 tbsp chia seeds with 2½ tbsp water and let sit for 10 minutes to thicken before using.
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Ginger User Experiences...
                                      Essential Oils Foot & Menstrual Cramps

One day my two-year-old started to cry and complain that his foot hurt. My husband, the king of the psycho-somatic solutions for our kids' imagined and real bumps and bruises, reached for the first thing he could grab to use as the "no owie juice". This ended up being the same bottle of the oil mixture that I use to treat our son's diarrhea. It contained 4 drops of Ginger and 4 drops of Rosemary in 2 tablespoons of Olive oil. He made a big deal out of rubbing a few drops on his foot, and soon he was laughing and playing again.

That night, our toddler woke up screaming in pain and pointing to his foot. I massaged it for 5 minutes or so and that helped a little, but then I ran down to get the oil. Within a few minutes, he was asleep again.

The next day I looked up Ginger and Rosemary, and sure enough, they are both good for relieving cramps! An accidental discovery that has helped us time and time again since that night.

Since then I have learned that many toddlers will occasionally get painful foot cramps, especially at night, and parents are advised to massage the foot for 20-30 minutes or so and the child will eventually fall back to sleep. My solution using essential oils is much faster!

I also gave some of it to a friend to use on her menstrual cramps, after doubling the amount of oil that I used in the carrier oil, and she said it worked very well.

~ Maggie C.

                         House Plant Revived & No Longer Attacked By Bugs

I have a plant, not sure the name of it, that a friend gave to me. She started it from a plant clipping, and so the plant has significant meaning in an emotional way, beyond just the plant itself.

For a long time, the plant was not thriving, it just wasn't growing, no matter the plant food that was given to it. Then it started to get those little cobwebs on it that appeared to be spider mites infesting the plant.

I drink water with Cinnamon and Ginger oils in it from a glass bottle, rather than a plastic bottle. This is because the oils can deteriorate the plastic, and did not want those chemicals in my system. There are enough toxins in the environment to deal with, without adding that too.

One day, it finally dawned that maybe I should use some Young Living oils on the plant. I'm not sure why I didn't think of it sooner, since Gary Young uses oils on the plants to keep pests away. I guess its because I am not a gardener per se.

So after I finished a bottle of water with Cinnamon and Ginger oils, I decided to fill it up again without adding more oil, and then poured it onto the plant. Within just a day or two the plant was starting to look healthy again. The leaves looked fuller and brighter.

Within a week or two, the cobwebs were completely gone, and the plant was starting to grow new leaves. What was once very small and scraggly in appearance is now all bushy and healthy; full of life, color, and vibrancy.

Yesterday, I tried putting the Gratitude oil blend in water onto a plant, to thank it for being so beautiful, and hoped that the oil could help it become even more so. After 24 hours I can already see a difference in the plant; its leaves look stronger, more full, and greener.

I am very grateful for these oils and for Gary and Mary Young.

~ Amy B.
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              Defeated Vertigo & Nausea During The Night

Last night I suddenly was overcome with extreme nausea and vertigo. My ears were ringing and I just felt awful. Matt suspected it was something I ate, so I got ready for bed.

I took 2 capsules of Inner Defense, 2 capsules of the DiGize oil blend, as well as some activated charcoal, and then walked Matt through a crash course in the Raindrop Technique. Ella, my 4 year old, helped facilitate by rubbing my shoulders.

This relaxed me enough to go to sleep, but I woke up at 3:30 needing to go to the bathroom. When I stood up, the room was spinning so bad that I immediately crashed into the wall. Matt half carried me to the bathroom and back to bed.

Then he went for the essential oils reference book to look up vertigo, which suggested Tangerine and Ginger. We have Tangerine (one of my favorite yummy oils) but the only Ginger we had was in the blends DiGize and Abundance.

While I lay motionless, he poured a couple of drops of Tangerine in my hand. I rubbed my hands together to inhale the Tangerine and was shocked to find that this oil I love and use in smoothies, drinks and cooking all the time smelled like vomit to me. It was almost unbearable. Matt said, "That's good! You need it!"

So I kept breathing it in while he applied a few drops of each of the DiGize and Abundance blends to my ears, followed by the Melrose blend, since my throat was sore and swollen by then, and my ears were becoming itchy. We figured vertigo and the inner ear always seem to be connected.

After he anointed me, he laid his hand on my head and asked God for a blessing. I fell right to sleep.

This morning, I woke up feeling wonderful!! And I was awakened by the delicious powerful smell of tangerines!

Praise God for His power and assistance, and thank you Lord, for your amazing gifts of plants and essential oils!

I was worried last night that I might need to go to the hospital, but I am totally better now and there is no concern! Thank You Yeshua!!

~ Dawn T.
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Dealing With Crohn's Disease & Constipation

I have had Crohn's disease for 8 years. I've been treating it naturally using no pharmaceuticals for the last 2.5 years. I had no flare-ups at all while pregnant last year and in fact felt great. But a few weeks after I gave birth, I had Crohn's flares after I ate most anything. It included spasms in the lower intestinal area, gas pain, some nausea and constipation.

I started ingesting 3 drops of the DiGize essential oil blend before each meal and rubbed a couple of drops on my belly. Within a day I started noticing I didn't have any intestinal pain. After 3 to 4 days I was feeling great after a meal and having regular bowel movements. I'm so blessed to have this oil!

Tarragon is the first ingredient, which I've since learned is an antispasmodic. All of the other ingredients are great for digestion.

Any time my husband or friends have indigestion, nausea, diarrhea, heartburn, constipation or gas, I just have them take a few drops and/or rub it on their abdomen.

The ingredients in DiGize are Tarragon, Ginger, Peppermint, Juniper, Fennel, Lemongrass, Anise and Patchouli.

Additionally, if my 5-month-old baby is gassy or constipated, I just rub one drop on each foot and within 30 minutes he usually has a bowel movement and falls asleep.

~ Lauren S.
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Had Extreme Heart Palpitations Since I Was A Child

I had my first ZYTO Scan in September 2014. Even with many known health issues, we were surprised to see that I scanned for 32 markers for Helichrysum. My ZYTO Scan came back suggesting the use of the following essential oils daily with a carrier oil:

* 1 drop Lemongrass
* 1 drop Ginger
* 1 drop Helichrysum

Being new to this, I was skeptical at best. But after being introduced to the PanAway essential oil blend and finally getting relief, I decided to give the recipe a try. I ordered my essential oils and bought some fractionated coconut oil.

Having lung issues, many scents are intolerable to me. This blend of oils turned out to be one of them. I chose to rub the blend on the bottoms of my feet, as far from my nose as possible. I massaged the blend all over the bottom of my feet, not just certain areas.

I wanted to focus on my lungs, but, with many health issues, I really needed the oils to help everywhere possible. Then something unexpected happened.

I have suffered from extreme heart palpitations since I was a child. Open heart surgery made these episodes more frequent and longer in duration. Having had ablation done once, I refused a second time, not wanting to be pacemaker dependent.

I began to notice that my episodes of palpitations were not happening as often, and my heart would even revert back to a normal rhythm sooner. Soon the palpitations were nonexistent!

I temporarily stopped the essential oil blend for 3 days, suspecting that the essential oils were the cause of my good fortune. Sure enough, my palpitations returned. So I restarted my "ZYTO blend" and have had no palpitations since.

My cardiologist confirmed this via my pacemaker yesterday. We are slowly reducing my anti-arrhythmic meds in order to determine if I may eventually be able to stop them all together.

~ Bette L.
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