NOTHING!! Essential Oils cannot be classified as a medicine, nor can it be prescribed - unless your goal is to go to jail!  The practice of medicine means the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, cure or relieving of human disease.  I am required to speak FDA compliantly - meaning that I am not a doctor, I don't treat or prescribe; therefore I can't make "claims". When a person sells any product - they can't "make claims" even if it is true; which is strange. So, now, when I teach or talk about oils - I speak generically - and I don't name the brand. If a person asks me what brand I use - then I tell them, and talk about the oils FDA compliantly. That is why I like www.organicfacts.net - it is a great resource, they don't sell oils and it tells some of the medical applications that oil can be used for. The only problem, it doesn't tell how to use them or give testimonies. I have lots of resource as far as books, and classes I have taken - there is sooo much more information.

     Oils aren't medicines, foods aren't medicines, exercises aren't medicines, supplements aren't medicines - that's what the FDA states - but all of those things surely help the body! God gave us plants for healing and oils are plants - we need to know how to use them. Don't you agree?  However, I can educate you on the differences! So, what is the difference, then, between a drug and an essential oil? According to Dr. David Stewart, Ph.D., Why Oils Heal and Drugs Don't, some of the differences are:
  • Drugs and oils work in opposite ways. Drugs toxify. Oils detoxify.
  • Drugs clog and confuse receptor sites. Oils clean receptor sites.
  • Drugs depress the immune system. Oils strengthen the immune system. Antibiotics attack bacteria indiscriminately, killing both the good and the bad. Oils attack only the harmful bacteria, allowing our body’s friendly flora to flourish.
  • Drugs are designed to send misinformation to cells or to block certain receptor sites in order to trick the body into giving up symptoms. But drugs never deal with the actual causes of disease. They aren't designed for that purpose. While they may give prompt relief for certainuncomfortable symptoms, because of their strange, unnatural design, they will always disrupt certain other bodily functions. Thus you always have some side effects."
If you want to read the full report, let me know, hoilistictouch@earthlink.net
In the mean time - GET OILED UP!

Certified Raindrop Technique Specialist and Essential Oil Educator