WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL OILS
W H A T A R E E S S E N T I A L O I L S ?
Essential Oils are distilled from Mother Earth’s botanicals such as flowers, shrubs, trees, roots, bushes and seeds.
The oils are highly concentrated and are more powerful than dried herbs. Essential Oil’s embody the essence of the plant’s fragrance.
“The term “Essential Oil” is a contraction of the original “quintessential oil.” This stems from the Aristotelian idea that matter is composed of four elements, namely, fire, air, earth, and water. The fifth element, or quintessence, was then considered to be spirit or life force.
Distillation and evaporation were thought to be processes of removing the spirit from the plant and this is also reflected in our language since the term “spirits” is used to describe distilled alcoholic beverages such as brandy, whiskey, and eau de vie.
The last of these again shows reference to the concept of removing the life force from the plant. Nowadays, of course, we know that, far from being spirit, essential oils are physical in nature and composed of complex mixtures of chemicals.”
Charles Sell, The Chemistry of Essential Oils
Y O U N G L I V I N G
T H E R A P E U T I C G R A D E ™ ( Y L T G ) P R O M I S E
Every essential oil Young Living distills or sources has the highest naturally-occurring blend of constituents to maximize the desired effect.
