Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Neuropathy & Essential Oils

I had the greatest experience today! I met a gentleman at an expo last weekend who suffers from neuropathy. What is Neuropathy you ask...diabetic neuropathy, a common complication of diabetes, is damage to the nerves that allow you to feel sensations such as pain. The areas of the body most commonly affected by diabetic peripheral neuropathy are the feet and legs. Nerve damage in the feet can result in a loss of foot sensation, increasing your risk of foot problems. Injuries and sores on the feet may go unrecognized due to lack of sensation. Not all neuropathy is related to diabetes...in fact, the gentleman I will tell you about does not suffer from diabetes. Needless to say, it is painful!

Now back to the good stuff....I took my friend/business partner with me to this gentleman's home. When he opened the door he could barely walk. His right foot was the worst and he could hardly put pressure on it. We whipped out our bag of oils and were armed and ready to go, however, we could not perform the "technique" that we had planned because it required putting pressure on the foot which he could not tolerate. Simply wiping the oils ever so softly over his foot made him jump in pain. So my friend did her best to massage the oils into his foot where he could stand it and wiping them over the part that was so tender. First she applied doTERRA's aromatouch oil, second was Frankincense (which normally isn't used). After applying the frankincense he stopped her. He said he could actually feel it absorbing into his foot (we later realized that what he was feeling was the circulation he hadn't had in years) and finished with peppermint oil. This took all of 10-15 minutes. When we were done, he started applying pressure to his foot with his hands, then he stood up and put all of his weight on his right foot! He had not been able to do that for 20 years! It was very emotional for all of us.
The power of these oils is amazing. If I didn't witness this with my own eyes I probably wouldn't have believed it.
I love what I do! What a blessing it is to have these oils and to have the opportunity to change someone's life.
This is a clip from a man in Hawaii who suffers from Diabetic Neuropathy

2 comments:

  1. Hello,

    I have a client that is suffering from non-diabetic neuropathy. Would the gentleman you are speaking of be willing to share his experiences with my client? I have no experience in this field and so far this is the first non-diabetic neuropoathy I've ran across.

    Thanks,

    Team Go doTERRA!

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  2. how much of each oil did you use? did you put it on the bottom of his feet? I am just getting into the essential oils and my husband is beginning to suffer from this and his mother and sister both have it.

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