Natural Health: Cure Shingles With Essential Oils

One of my famous personal essential oil testimonials is how I got rid of shingles using ravensara essential oil.

Shingles, also known as Herpes Zoster, is a serious, short-lived viral infection caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.

It is an infection of the nervous system that affects certain areas of the skin.

Shingles originated from having chicken pox as a child.

During an attack of childhood chickenpox, not all viral organisms are destroyed. They hang out and lie still – “asleep” – in the nerves of the skin for many years.

When there is severe emotional stress, severe illness, or things that severely affect the immune system, these “dormant” creatures wake up and become active again, causing an infection.

The pain is severe and sometimes long lasting, and the medical approach involves antiviral medications, steroids, pain relievers, and antibiotics for possible skin infection.

– and not everyone wants to take this approach (although if the outbreak is near the eyes, you should definitely seek medical attention!)

So once again we say Thank God for oils!

I had a bout of shingles a few years ago when my mother, who had been diagnosed with kidney cancer, had surgery to remove her kidney.

I was so stressed that I wasn’t paying attention to my body. It’s interesting how that happens, isn’t it?

Our bodies have to tell us how much stress we’re under if we’re not paying attention.

When I found out I had shingles, I reached for my two favorite resource books: Essential Desk Reference and The Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide from the Burton Goldberg Group.

Both books mentioned ravensara, which I had in my oil collection and loved for sinus problems.

I immediately took some internally (I had taken ravensara internally before for bronchitis, so I felt comfortable taking it internally again).

I put 7 drops in an empty softgel and took one capsule in the morning and one at night. Within a day my pain and symptoms were gone.

I decided to stay on this regimen for 21 days because that is the normal life of a virus. My symptoms stayed away all the time except for one day when I forgot to take my dose.

I said to myself “oh, I probably don’t have shingles, I don’t have any symptoms, so I’m going to stop taking the capsules.” Well within a day the symptoms returned so I resumed all the way.

Now, not everyone will be comfortable taking oils internally, so here are ways you can use essential oils topically for shingles discomfort:

They mix:

— 10 drops of sandalwood

— 5 drops of blue cypress

— 4 drops of mint

— 2 drops of ravensara

Dilute 50:50 with massage oil and apply 6 to 10 drops to affected area, back of neck, and spine 1 to 3 times daily. (from Essential Desk Reference)

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A case study of six hospice patients with shingles was conducted. Three essential oils combined and placed in distilled water and used as a spray were found to improve shingles symptoms.

The three oils used were:

–ravensara

–bergamot

–niaouli

Aromatherapist Noel Gilligan conducted this study. Mr. Gilligan reported that after 48 hours:

–there was a significant reduction in bread from tiles

–wearing away and healing of the pustules was carried out and in one

instance there was a disappearance of the pustules