Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 In a message dated 10/23/2001 11:15:25 AM Central Daylight Time, butchbsi writes: YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IN THEM!!! This is not a recommendation .. this is exactly what it says in the subject line .. a testimonial. Y'all deal with it as you wish. Hey Butch-erman, Now i KNOW i'm gonna try that "regano". Sounds like that stuff done dragged you back from tha grave! LOL Deonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 In a message dated 10/23/2001 11:15:25 AM Central Daylight Time, butchbsi writes: I use them as I see fit and I understand they are powerful medicine when used correctly, and a dangerous weapon when used foolishly or abused ... but I'll say it again, YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IN THEM!!! just one more question Butch.Do you ever give it to yur critters? I'm slowly losing my Rosy ( she's 14 years old and has tumors in her liver) and i'm not ready to give up on her yet. Deonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 Hi y'all, This is a post I made to the Idma Aromatherapy List on 15 February 2001. ------------------------------- Gotta tell you about this one. Those who know me understand my affinity to the Origanums .. I've only written on it maybe eighty-eleven times or so in the past few years. Well this one even surprised me. Yesterday morning, I woke up sneezing, had a sore throat and my sinuses were plugged. I took 4 drops of neat Oregano in sugar at around 0800. My sinuses opened immediately. By 1100 or so my eyes were red and aching, throat still sore and the sneezing continued but sinus problems began. Had a chicken doner (gyro) for lunch with a big plate of hot peppers which naturally opened the sinuses again. All day long, the gals in the office kept bringing me Ihlamur (Linden Tea) with lemon and occasionally mixed with Rose Hydrosol. At 1300, I took another dose of Oregano as per above. I also sniffed Rosemary (cineole) periodically which helped to keep the sinuses open. It also gave me a kick in the butt energy wise and I needed that as my butt was dragging. Around 1500 or so, my eyes were aching, my teeth were aching, my ears felt like I had descended to 33+ feet without equalizing pressure (I'm a SCUBA diver and know the feeling) and it was painful. Kept up the Linden Tea and Lemon and it made me feel better .. also, I was dosing on Vit. C .. though I think it's a bit late for that when the bug grabs you .. but what the hell .. and taking a 400mg Echinacea every 3-4 hours .. also wishful thinking but why not? When my employees left at 1830, I was feeling like I might not be around the next day .. I mean this bug was flat laying me out. I had terrible burning in my nose and eyes and the sneezing was so loud it had to have been heard out on the street. My teeth were aching .. the skin on my face and head was aching and I was pinching it as I've often seen the Vietnamese do to get rid of headaches, and it felt better when I did it. At around 2000, I took another dose of oregano .. as above. By 2200 or so, I was sure I had to die before I'd feel better .. I mean this bug was wiping me out. My entire body ached .. even the hairs on my head ached and that's a good trick cause I'm damned near bald! I was steady drinking Linden and Peppermint Teas and drinking enough water to fill a bathtub .. and losing it quickly as I was running from the nose and the other end. This went on and on and seemed to get worse if that was possible .. and I was considering going to the emergency room as my head felt like the pressure was going to blow my ears out and my eyes and teeth were really aching .. and the sneezing was so continuous that it making my nose even more sore .. It was cold out .. spitting snow, so I decided to not go home .. figured I'd be better off not dealing with the cold air, so at 0330 I pulled out my handy-dandy little fold-away bed and sacked out in the office. At 0830 this morning, there was a pounding on the office door .. my maid had come to work but I had not heard the door bell (I lock the door from inside at night) as I was in a deep sleep. I got up and didn't think much of anything as I was still half asleep. She brought me a cupa Turkish coffee and it suddenly dawned on me that I felt pretty danged good - I had forgotten about being sick as I was still sleepy ... ;-p Folks ... I BS you not .. I felt and still feel like I had not been sick the previous day and night!!! I mean there was not/is not now even the smallest bit of illness in this ol' kuntry boy .. In that FIVE hours of sleep, that bug that was kicking my butt like Mohammed Ali used to do to those who were dumb enough to climb into the ring with him, was gone .. dead .. out of my bod. And now, it's 1735 in the afternoon and I still feel great .. knocking on my wooden head for luck I am. I continued the Oregano today .. took a dose at 0900 and another after lunch around 1330 .. I'll take another one tonight and there is no doubt in my ex-military mind that I done kilt that bad boy .. whatever it was is now history. END OF STATEMENT! Folks .. in the last few years, there have only been two times that I felt this bad .. and I don't wimp out to feeling bad, got too much good experience at it after 30 years of playing soldier. Once was in 1994 while I was on vacation in Israel and wound up in the emergency room with pneumonia .. the other time was in November 1999 when I had a bug of some kind that kicked my butt as badly as this one did but it took me around two and a half days to kick that one .. but this one was a matter of TWENTY-FOUR HOURS!!!! I have always said and will continue to say that there is a helluva lot more to aromatherapy than the practitioners feel comfortable discussing. Those who know me understand what I'm saying .. I believe in my EOs and I have learned how to use them in more ways than one .. I use them as I see fit and I understand they are powerful medicine when used correctly, and a dangerous weapon when used foolishly or abused ... but I'll say it again, YOU GOTTA BELIEVE IN THEM!!! This is not a recommendation .. this is exactly what it says in the subject line .. a testimonial. Y'all deal with it as you wish. And y'all keep smiling, Grinnin' Butch :-) http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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