Lemon as an Oil...

Last weekend, I went o what one could only call an epic party. This party was more than just a party, it was almost like a festival. You see, in September, I have several friends whose birthdays are all within days of each other and in order to consolidate, we choose one day out of the month and have what we call a VirgoFest (yes, before you ask, all of them are Virgos as well). Being the fact that we are all over the consenting age, there were certainly enough concoctions to drink.

The next day, there was nothing but pain and what a lot of people like to call "Hangover City". So, now that I am a new DoTERRA junkie as my mom like to call it, I looked up what would be good for the problems. Upon a little research, I came across the perfect blend of oils:

Pepermint
Lemon
Rosemary

So obviously, that is quite the motley idea of how these things go together. It makes no sense at first, but let me explain it a little bit then. Most of the time, essential oils are used by topically applying them, that is placing them on your skin. Some people ingest oils or extracts of oils, and we certainly cook with them on a fairly regular basis, so what is it about these three oils that had me feeling pepped and ready to go after a night of shall we say, less than moderate drinking?

Well, let's start with the most important organ that you are affecting - Your liver. Your liver does some amazing stuff for your body. It is basically like a brita filter in the middle of your body. It filters out all the bad stuff from everything that you drink and ingest, i.e. alcohol, caffeine and also stores vitamins and minerals. As a result, there are many things that we should not do for our livers.

So, the Lemon Oil first. Lemon oil helps bile function from your liver to the gall bladder so it turns out bile salts that go into your intestines so that it can break down the proteins that you’re going to eat that day as well.  It helps boost metabolism, reduces toxic build-up in fat cells, and aids liver function. Lemon oil also acts as a diuretic and as a powerful body cleanser. If you would like to learn more about limonenes and the liver, I have an excellent scientific article that details this here.

So we know that Lemon is good for your liver eh? well, you can ingest it with a glass of water, or do something that is more proactive to your liver. Just take some and slather it onto your stomach just over your liver. This is quite frankly very soothing and also, very good. So we have your liver detoxing. Moving onto the next oil - Peppermint.

As I said in a previous post, peppermint is good for headaches. So you can place the peppermint on your head where the obvious headache is. This should make the pounding stop just a little bit.

As for the Rosemary, it has anti-oxidant powers and oddly enough, comes from the Labiatae Botanical Family which is, odly enough, also where peppermint comes from as well. Rosemary essential oil can affect your immune, respiratory, and nervous system in a positive way. It is also good for useful for stimulating the immune system and increasing circulation.
As you can see, essential oils can be helpful. This article however, is in no way an endorsement to drink irresponsibly. You should still keep hydrated while having your awesome time. Try not to get to black out mode, no one likes that person. Also, just as a gentle reminder... these oils in no way help preventing you from drunk dialing people.

Still, isn't it nice to know tha the day after won't be so bad?