Category: Essential Oil
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Essential Oil 101: Rosemary
Many know that Rosemary is a culinary herb but unaware of its medicinal purposes like pain relief, cognitive boost, and for anti-aging skin care. Rosemary, also known as Rosmarinus officinalis, has been dated all the way back to the Romans, Egyptians, and ancient Egyptian civilization. There is a myth where the Virgin Mary is said to have spread…
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Essential Oil 101: Marjoram
As I research essential oils that are good for pain relief, Marjoram oil kept showing up. If you google Marjoram, there is this idea that Marjoram and Oregano are the same. This is confusing as to why they are labeled as two different herbs but are the same? Sally Bernstein blog article titled “Oregano….Or Is…
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Essential Oil 101: Clove
Did you know that our mouths can tell a lot about our internal health? There have been research studies that linked our oral hygiene to coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancers. For example, mouth lesions may be the first signs of HIV infection, aphthous ulcers are occasionally a manifestation of Celiac or Crohn’s disease,…
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Essential Oil 101: Frankincense
Frankincense is an oil with an intriguing religious backstory of various cultures, from Buddhism, Egyptians, Romans, and Catholicism to name a few. The name itself is derived from the Old French ‘franc encens’ meaning pure incense. It is most popular as one of the three gifts given to the baby Jesus by the Three Wise…
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Essential Oil 101: Wintergreen
ReVITALize Rehab Club is a place where eastern and western medicine combine to provide a natural method in combating pain and achieving high performance fitness. Essential oil is a great way to use mother nature’s resources to aid in our recovery.