Category: Properties of Oils

Cinnamon

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter September 12, 2022

Benefits:

Cinnamon Leaf or Cinnamon Bark

• caution cinnamon can be irritating to the skin when applied neat, do not apply to skin
• The best way to use cinnamon is through sustained inhalation, in a diffuser, or taken internally in water (1-2 drops)
• one of the best oils for the digestive tract
• Great ability to restore balance in the intestinal flora
• Helps to maintain intestinal balance during times of illness
• Acts against bacterias, viruses, parasites, fungal infections, candida, yeast (taken internally in water 1-2 drops)
• Prevents fermentation in the digestive tract
• Improves the tone of the digestive muscles
• Respiratory stimulant (for weakened respiratory rate)
• Helps with difficulty in breathing
• Ok to use in individuals with autoimmune issues in frequent small doses
• Good for urinary tract infections (taken internally in water 1-2 drops)
• good for improving kidney function
• Good for rheumatism (taken internally in water 1-2 drops)
• can be used in childbirth to stimulate contractions
• Used in anointing oils and in rituals involving the mysteries of life
• Has aphrodisiac qualities, potentially attracting a partner
• Can help to treat frigidity
• May help with impotence
• Nervous exhaustion
• Stress related conditions
• Debility, neurasthenia 
• Can be very helpful in cases of depression
• May help melancholy that happens with illness or in fall / winter months
• Potentially has pain relieving properties
• Can help to relieve spasms (taken internally in water 1-2 drops)
• helps to balance the body’s systems (homeostasis)
• Can increase the body temperature, production of saliva, moisture in eyes, and moisture to the mucus membranes
• Good for issues involving fainting
• Enhances all bodily functions (a whole body system stimulant)

Properties:

SKIN: gum care, mouthwash (added to water or alcohol)

​CIRCULATORY, MUSCULAR, JOINTS: rheumatism, poor circulation, warm up for exercise, may help with pain, circulatory stimulant

DIGESTIVE: intestinal infection, poor or sluggish digestion, spasm, flatulence, balances intestinal flora, diarrhea, tones the muscles and action of the gut, candida

​GENITOURINARY: scant periods, frigidity, impotence, helps stimulate contractions during childbirth, helps to stimulate kidney function

​IMMUNE: Immune Stimulant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral (possibly even the herpes virus when taken internally 1-2 drops in water), colds, flu’s, infectious diseases, chills, yeast, candida

NERVOUS: debility, vital centers, nervous exhaustion, stress-related complaints, depression

​PSYCHOLOGICAL: depression, mental fatigue, helps one to be more outgoing, diminishes the tendency to be overly sensitive, helps to be more “thick skinned”, helps with a fragile ego

ENERGETIC: energizing, strengthening, activating to the heart, helps with integration into the heart, strengthens the heart especially post trauma

SPIRITUAL:  conductivity, vital centers, integration, physicalizes spiritual energies

Kundalini

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter November 14, 2022

Benefits:

• helps to increase the circulation of energy or “prana” through the body
• Increases rate of absorption of healthy energy
• Increases the efficacy of expulsion of negative or congested energies
• Helps to facilitate greater levels of soul contact
• Strengthening to the brain
• Harmonizing to the two sides of the brain
• Facilitates activation of chakras
• Improves the function of the chakras
• Helps to balance the chakras 
• Improves intuitive faculties
• Increases potential for greater levels of observation
• Transmutation of lower emotions to produce higher emotions
• Cleansing to the perineum 
• Stimulates “rest and repair” mechanisms
• Reduces tension in the gut
• Can be used at night for improving memory mechanisms
• Applied topically to the solar plexus (in an ointment or lotion) to improve quality of sleep and reduce potential for insomnia
• Applied in a liniment or body tonic to relax muscles
• Salt baths with this blend helps to tone immunity

Suggested Pattern: 

Sustained Inhalation 3 to 15 breathing cycles 

• Crown
• Forehead / Back Head
• Ajna / Throat
• Heart
• Solar
• Navel
• Spleen
• Meng Mein
• Sex
• Basic
• Let go

• Basic
• Spleen
• Meng Mein
• Crown

Splendor

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter September 19, 2022

Benefits:

Applications: sustained inhalation, body tonic, liniment, ointment, Thera-lotion, massage oil, salt bath, salt foot bath, salt scrub, spray, therapeutic incense, diffuser 

• soothing to agitation in the limbic functions
• Toning and fortifying to endocrine function
• Diminishes the effects of stress (including traumatic stress as in PTSD)
• Calms and soothes lower emotions
• Helps with the transmutation of instinctual responses
• Calms and soothes the lower mind
• Helps to diminish the psychological effects of trauma
• Quiets effect on the mind
• Helps to stimulate intuition
• Helps with improving mental faculties for conflict resolution 
• Purifying to the front and back solar plexus
• Helps to regulate the Meng Mein 
• Has a purifying effect of the etheric protective webs
• Improves the ability to be grounded when used consistently 
• Helps to temper psychological defense mechanisms that can get activated due to traumatic events
• Helps to purify and regulate the mental will
• Helps to cultivate the spiritual will (being guided by the higher soul)
• Helps to purifying processes that help with overcoming obstacles
• Increases conductivity to the higher soul

Ravintsara

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter September 26, 2022

Benefits:

• invigorating
• Fortifying to the mind
• Strengthening to the psyche
• Helps to improve self image related issues
• Can help with creative processes
• Strengthening to the heart for individuals that are dealing with past trauma
• Arthritic conditions
• Analgesic properties 
• Fortifying to the nerves
• Can be useful in depleted conditions that contribute to depression
• Helpful with sinus related issues
• May help with inflammation

Properties:

SKIN: cleansing

IMMUNE: viruses, bacterias, fungal conditions, antimicrobial (especially airborne)

DIGESTIVE: detoxifying

RESPRITORY: inflammation in the sinuses

MUSCULAR, JOINTS: pain relief especially for degenerative conditions, arthritis, spasms, inflammation, moves blood to the head

NERVOUS: increasing circulation to the brain, stress related conditions, asthenia (depleted nerves), depressive states

PSYCHOLOGICAL: helps to strengthen the heart in association with trauma (makes the heart more resilient), effects of stress, issues with self image, may be helpful with depression

ENERGETIC: strengthening, fortifying, heart and back heart, spleen, basic, transmuting effect on cords

SPIRITUAL: helps with the processes of higher creativity, helps to facilitate bringing in the Light

Immune Support

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter October 3, 2022

Ingredients:

Monarda, Moroccan Thyme, Sage, Lemongrass, Eucalyptus Globulus, Eucalyptus Polybracht, Opopanox, Mugwort

Benefits:

Applications: sustained inhalation, body tonic, liniment, ointment, Thera-lotion, massage oil, spray, diffuser 

• an incredible potent immune stimulant 
• Contains some of the strongest oils for viruses
• Great for prevention
• Oils used traditionally for strengthening the body during an infection
• Supports proper thymus function
• Fortifying to the parts of the immune system associated with fighting viruses and bacterias
• Stimulates the pineal gland to enhance upper energy centers
• Energetically helps to regulate cerebrospinal fluid circulation
• Can be helpful in conditions associated with brain fatigue
• Strengthens lymphatic function
• Has an impact on the respiratory system
• Potentially helps to reduce body depletion and melancholy associated with the flu and viral infections
• Keeps body and energy field strong while dealing with toxic people and environments
• Helps to open energy channels in the body