Essential oils can help us fight infection with anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties. Essential oils provide the key components of the plants’ immune systems. They help the plants grow, thrive, evolve, and adapt to their surroundings. These oils protect plants from bacterial and viral infections, heal injuries, repel unwanted predators and other environmental damage and help deliver nutrients to the cells. This makes them “essential” for a plant as they help the plants survive. Essential oils play a similar role in the human body, perhaps due to our shared chemistry. Both essential oils and humans are made from three primary elements – carbon, hydrogen and oxygen – which make essential oils highly compatible with human biochemistry.
Try this DIY recipe as a non toxic essential oil antimicrobial cleanser!
Antimicrobial Essential Oil Cleanser
10-15 drops 100 % Tea tree oil
20 drops 100% Eucalyptus oil
20 drops 100% Thyme essential oil
2 cups hot filtered water
1 cup white vinegar