How to Use Lemon Essential Oil

Cold-pressed from lemon rinds, Lemon essential oil has a strong, purifying, citrus scent that is revitalizing and uplifting. It contains 68 percent d-limonene, a powerful antioxidant. Lemon can also be used to enhance the flavor of foods and water and may be beneficial for the skin.

Lemon Oil

Lemon is also one of Young Living’s most popular essential oils. It is included in our Everyday Oils™  and Essential 7™ collections because it is versatile as well as a great choice to introduce people to Young Living.

Fun Fact: Jean Valnet, MD, estimated that it takes 3,000 lemons to produce one kilo of Lemon essential oil. In his book The Practice of Aromatherapy, Valnet wrote that lemon is a tonic for supporting the nervous and sympathetic nervous system.

Tips from Young Living:

• Use 1–2 drops to remove gum, oil, grease spots, glue or adhesive, and crayon from most surfaces.

• Combine 2–3 drops with water in a spray bottle to help cleanse and sanitize surfaces.

• Place a drop on oily skin or blemishes to help balance oil glands and minimize oil production.

• Add to water or a smoothie for a refreshing pick-me-up.

• Diffuse to help replenish your mind, body, and spirit.

• Place a few drops on a cotton ball and put in the refrigerator or trash can to help eliminate odors.

SOURCE: Young Living Blog 

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Protect Yourself with Young Living

Here are some tips to protect yourself and the ones you love with Young Living products:

• Wash your hands frequently with Thieves® Foaming Hand Soap.
• Use Thieves Waterless Hand Purifier frequently.

Sanitize surfaces and places that are known to harbor germs. Desks, computers, lockers, or any other place where multiple hands touch are great ways to spread germs.

Here are a few sanitizing tips using Young Living products:

• Use Thieves Wipes or Thieves Spray on desks, chairs, lunch tables, computer mouse and keyboards, bathroom areas.
• Use 1–2 drops of lemon essential oil to remove gum, oil, grease spots, glue or adhesive, and crayon from most surfaces.

In addition to sanitizing areas, make sure to get adequate sleep, eat a healthy diet, and exercise regularly.

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Loquat Fruit Leather with Lemon and Lime Essential Oil

Loquats are sweet, tangy, and rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. These little jewels usually grow in moist climates and tend to produce large harvests, which makes them great for fruit leather recipes. Young Living citrus oils amplify not only taste but also the nutritional benefits of the loquat. Fruit leather is a great snack for lunches, grab-and-go lifestyles, and gifting to others.

Ingredients:
• 3 cups fresh loquats, seeds removed
• 1 fresh apple
• 3/4 cup organic, unsweetened fruit jelly (we loved apricot)
• 1–2 drops Young Living lime and lemon or tangerine and grapefruit essential oils

Preparation:
• Seed, peel, and puree loquats and apple until lumps are gone
• Add fruit jelly
• Mix well in food processor
• Pour into glass bowl
• Please Do Not put essential oils in the food processor or plastic containers. Oils draw toxins out of our bodies and will do the same with plastic bowls.
• Add your choice of Young Living essential oils.
• Mix well and spread thinly and evenly on parchment paper or a silicon baking sheet and put into your dehydrator for the recommended temperature and time. (Most dehydrators come with a guide sheet with basic temperatures and times for common recipes.)

Recipe modified from Essential Gluten-Free Recipes by Tara Rayburn and Mary Vars.

Essential Dill Dip

This recipe was submitted by Young Living distributor Karen Thompson. Enjoy!

Essential Dill Dip

Ingredients:
1 pkg. cream cheese
1–2 drops dill essential oil
1–2 drops lemon essential oil
1 tsp. Bragg Liquid Aminos

Directions: Mix all ingredients together and serve with fresh vegetables or crackers.

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Introducing the new NingXia Red

What’s red, has been newly reformulated, and can change your life? Of course the answer is NingXia Red!

That’s right, we’ve transformed NingXia Red starting with its bottle and ending with its benefits. We’re confident you’ll be as excited as we are with its new look, great flavor, and additional benefits. So what’s new?

• The whole fruit of the Ningxia wolfberry drives NingXia Red’s new flavor profile. This change was accomplished by reducing the blueberry flavor, so you may now enjoy the true wolfberry flavor as nature intended.

• Seven times more pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils have been added directly to the product. Orange, yuzu, lemon, and tangerine essential oils were chosen for their health-supporting benefits and flavor profile.

• The custom, nonporous, and impermeable glass 750-ml bottle ensures NingXia Red’s freshness and taste.

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The Essential 7: Lemon

The Essential 7™  is a collection of seven of Young Living’s premiere single oils and oil blends. YL’s Doug Corrigan and Karen Boren are guest bloggers for a series sharing information that will teach you the many ways the Essential 7 kit can enrich your life.

Who knew the fragrance of lemon essential oil could be so calming?

DOUG:  An essential oil that jumps off the page to me with regards to the Essential 7 and emotions is lemon, which is an oil on which we have a lot of research in regards to mood and emotions.  Maybe you could talk about that, Karen.

KAREN: A study was done at the Mie University School of Medicine in Japan, where they found out that lemon seemed to have the ability to calm people down. Lemon not only calmed their anxiety, but it made people feel happier and able to deal with problems better.  They also found in the study that lemon oil would restore balance following stressful incidents. So I can’t think of anything better to have in a little emergency kit for when, as an example, the kids just took a huge can of peanut butter and slicked down the tiled hall to make a slide.

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Stress-Free Summer with Young Living’s Essential 7

With summer comes swimming, barbeques, and camping. We look forward to hitting the road and soaking in every hour of daylight we can. But as you get out you may also encounter screaming kids, dirt, bug, and sunburns. Don’t let these issues spoil your plans or stress you out! Follow these fun, fast steps with Young Living’s Essential 7 kit and you will be off to enjoy the summer fun.

Joy™: Take the top off of a bottle of Joy essential oil blend and let everyone (including the driver) smell this wonderful scent that will calm any fighting, relieve tension, and uplift everyone as you travel.

Lavender: Lavender is a great essential oil for mom, dad, or anyone else who has tension from a long drive or rigorous activities. Apply to the back of the head or forehead and feel the stress release. If you get overheated, add a few drops to V-6™ Enhanced Vegetable Oil Complex and apply it to your skin.

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Lemon Myrtle

When taken internally, lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) boosts the body’s natural defenses and can also be used as a cleansing agent to purify household surfaces. Aromatically, lemon myrtle has a powerful lemon scent, even stronger than lemon essential oil. The fresh aroma is uplifting and refreshing, which may help clear the mind to enhance concentration or promote a peaceful night’s sleep.

How to Use
Dietary: Dilute one drop with V-6 Enhanced Vegetable Oil Complex or other vegetable oil (e.g., virgin coconut, olive, almond). Put in a capsule and take up to three times daily.

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Experience the Essence of Slique

So what is Slique Essence? While working in the Nova Vita Center in Ecuador, Gary witnessed the power of this blend in helping to control hunger and to assist individuals in achieving their individual weight goals. Slique Essence combines the benefits of ocotea, grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, and spearmint essential oils with the sweetness of stevia extract.

Why These Oils?

• Ocotea possesses a pleasing, cinnamon-like scent that provides feelings of fullness.
• Grapefruit has a refreshing and uplifting aroma and is thought to decrease food cravings. This oil also has fat-dissolving properties that may help overcome obesity.
• Tangerine helps support digestion and may also help combat the effects of obesity.
• The citrus-filled scents of lemon have been used to help overcome feelings of hunger and to support digestion.
• Spearmint supports a healthy metabolism and adds a sense of balance and well-being.

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NingXia Shots

Trust me when I say you haven’t experienced convention until you have visited the NingXia Red® bar! Having tended bar at last month’s convention in Orlando, I now have firsthand knowledge. My experience included mixing shots, leading drinking games, and general shooting the breeze with bar patrons. I gained valuable knowledge regarding which oils go well together and also which shots are for sipping and which ones are for shooting. Some attendees showed up with a mix already in mind, but most came looking for a recommendation.

The most frequently asked question was “where can I get a copy of these shot mixes?” No where. Well, until now. Consider this your lucky day!

NingXia Bar Shot Mixes (designed for use with 1–2 oz. NingXia Red)

Who Let the Dogs Out?
1 drop lemon or orange essential oil
2 drops tangerine essential oil
1 drop sacred frankincense essential oil
1 drop cinnamon bark essential oil

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Energy through Essential Oils

I have found that when I use essential oils in tandem with yoga and energy exercises from Dr. Stone’s Polarity Therapy, my whole being shifts and I can find the power and focus I need to accomplish my purpose.

Fire helps us focus, have confidence, self-discipline, and meet the challenges that often seem to block us. According to Polarity principles, the fire element resides in the solar plexus, thighs, head, and eyes. The essential oils I recommend for boosting and equalizing the fire element are:

• Transformation™ essential oil blend
• Purification™ essential oil blend
• Live with Passion™ essential oil blend
• Lemon essential oil
• Peppermint essential oil
• Ginger essential oil
• Sandalwood essential oil

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