My Naturopath back in Alaska offered me a secret. He told me he had 2 things that he was going to tell me and then he would not see us in his office sick again. He let me know that he was sparing with who he shared this with, as he lost patients this way. I will share the first thing he told me today.
1-Take all the candles in the house, box them up and put them in the garage or a closet for a few weeks and see if you notice a difference.
We put them all in the garage in a box. We noticed a difference right away. No more stuffy heads or headaches. The little ones were easier and happier too. I'm guess Mom & Dad were, but we of course noticed it in the children. We noticed we felt better.
He explained to me that most people have an allergy to the diesel molecule, even if small. You see all pollen, he explained, has at least one receptor of a diesel molecule so it can trigger mild to sever allergies. Which keeps the body out of balance and makes us more susceptible to getting sick. Paraffin wax is made from diesel.
We threw out all our candles that were not beeswax after our experiment. Even my poor daughters very expensive home party candles- hers were the last to hit the trash, but we were getting headaches in the garage from just those now.
Getting rid of all those candles made a profound effect on the health of our family. We have slowly built up our candles supply as beeswax candles are pricey. But worth it to our health. They are however inexpensive to make.
What differences did we notice? My daughter with the constant migraines; her headaches went way down. I stopped waking with a stuffy head, we all noticed little yet profound difference. The amount the children and I got sick was almost nil. Brian was still working at the hospital so he was in contact with bad stuff in an unhealthy environment all day, yet he was not as sick either.
Between this and one other thing my Naturopath told us, we were able to prove him right. I miss learning from him but I don't miss my family being so sick we had to visit him.
Here is an easy recipe for creating your own beeswax candles
Beeswax Candles Recipe
from Aroma Heads Blog Ingredients Beeswax (6-8 oz) Essential Oil Supplies: 4 oz glass jar 1 wick A set of chopsticks Pyrex measuring cup Small soup pot 10 ml graduated cylinder (optional) Instructions Measure 6 oz. of beeswax (1 and 1/2 jar full). If you want the candle to fill right to the top use 8 oz. (2 jars full). Wipe your Pyrex cup with jojoba. Melt the beeswax in the Pyrex (see video for details). Place the wick in the jar using the chopsticks shown in the video. (Link below) Measure your essential oil. (Note you will lose in potency adding it to the hot wax, she uses 2 mil of 2 different oils- I am thinking we can cut that at least in 1/2 with the potency the oils I use - but you will need to be the judge on yours) Once the beeswax is melted, add the essential oil to the beeswax and stir. Pour slowly into the glass jar so to not disturb the wick. Allow it to solidify for several hours before burning. Because of the potency of my favorite brand of oils is as nature made them distilled I would add oil till its scented to the strength you desire. I like to follow a general rule of cutting the oil amount recommended in 1/2 with my oils. You be the judge with yours.
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Heather
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