DIY “Thieves” Anti Cold and Flu Essential Oil Blend

Listen up my lovely friends, NOW is the time of year to whip out your essential oils, or stock up on some new bottles, and create your very own Thieves Blend to protect you from viruses and bacteria during the cold/flu season, which is well upon us.

Why they heck is it called “Thieves” oil. Well – this goes back a long, long way to the Black Plague, when the thieves that ransacked dead bodies and graves for anything valuable, never got sick. Everyone wanted to know why – but the bad boys wouldn’t divulge their secret recipe, which they’d cleverly concocted from the oils that they secured from spice merchants. Anyway, history has unraveled their secret, and we now know what makes up a potent “Thieves” Blend.

The specific essential oils in this blend will (and studies have substantiated this), guard against all kinds of germs, bacteria and viruses.

DIRECTIONS:

Find a dark glass dropper bottle. Make the blend by adding the following oils to to your dropper bottle. You can double the recipe if you want:

• 10 drops clove essential oil
• 9 drops lemon essential oil
• 5 drops cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 4 drops eucalyptus essential oil
• 3 drops rosemary essential oil

Please note that the essential oils should be high quality, pure and ideally organic. They won’t be effective if they are not.

How to use it:

As it’s strong, you add just one drop of your Thieves blend to 4 drops of a carrier oil. You carrier oil could be any plant oil you have to hand: olive, sweet almond, grape seed etc.

Once diluted you can apply a few drops:

• To a Kleenex to sniff
• Rub behind your ears and on your temples.
• On the soles of your feet
• On your neck

You can use it everyday, and especially when you sense or know you have been around germs!

Safety patch test:

I strongly advise that everyone do a simple patch test before using any new essential oils. Once you have created your blend. Dilute as described above, and rub a few drops on your inner wrist or forearm, cover with a Band Aid and leave for 12 hours. Then check for any redness or swelling. Most people will see nothing, but it’s prudent to check.

Pregnant women should avoid this blend.