COMMON SCENTS: Palo Santo (Holy Wood)

Young Living oils produced in Ecuador grow in some of the richest soil on the planet. The oils extracted from many of  these plants are unique in that they have constituents and compounds that are usually found separately in different  individual plants. These multiple compounds all are found in one Ecuador oil! Chemical  tests for  purity and chemical constituents have never produced complexities and abilities like these elsewhere. Multiple compounds all in one oil baffle SUPER BUGS (MRSA, bacteria and viruses because they cannot”grasp” the molecular structure. Rather than getting stronger the microbes die off.

Palo Santo (Bursara Graveolens) meaning Holy Wood is a very special sacred oil of the region. Unlike any other oil it is
extracted from the dead wood of the tree. The longer it ages on the ground the more oil it produces. Gary Young experimented extensively to find the best age to extract oil.

The tree grows fairly quickly (15-20 ft. in two years) Reforestation of these trees is being done on land Gary Young purchased. There are two species of Palo Santo trees in Ecuador. In northern Ecuador trees have a white bark with a large, heavy trunk. Southern Ecuador’s have a red bark tree that produce double the oil of the white variety with a 62%-68% limonene content. (a cancer reducing compound) Studies in Japan produced a 70% success rate in reducing cancer.

Palo Santo is known as spiritual oil, traditionally used by the Incas to purify and cleanse the spirit from negative energies.

I am featuring Palo Santo today because of its wide variety of uses. In the area of pain management, panaway is good for bone pain and inflammation. Relieve it works for muscle pain.But when nothing else works or I don’t have time to analyze a symptom Palo Santo will usually work within seconds. As people say” It stinks but it works.” A friend of mine was given a bottle to try. One whiff and she put it aside, but when she had nothing else for pain that’s the oil that did the trick. Now she uses it for her pilaties students  regularly especially for tight neck and shoulder muscles.

Similar to Frankincense for it’s many uses it has been used for depression, cancer and pain. The oil is anti-tumoral, antiviral, antibacterial and anti-fungal due to its complex chemistry.

A few testimonials:

“Nathan brought back Palo Santo from his trip to Ecuador. He did a Raindrop with Palo Santo on a man who had been in a wheelchair for over a year. After the session he got out of his wheelchair – on the spot!”

“Emily’s son was kicked in the face by a horse. He had severe damage to his face and jaws. His jaws were wired together. After rubbing Palo Santo on his jaws 3 to 6 times a day combined with Frankincense the wires were removed in three weeks instead of three months as the doctors predicted – with no infection under his plate.”

Methods of use:

Topically  apply 1-2 drops on location
For aromatic use, inhale directly as needed or diffuse/humidify for 10-15 minutes daily.

Try Palo Santo when nothing else seems to work and experience results!

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