The health benefits of essential oils are well known. Whether your interest is improving your pets immune system, reducing stress, or simply improving your pet's home environment, the right essential oil can help. Essential oils have been medically documented to benefit the immune system. By application to your pet's collar or just through inhalation, the right essential oils can positively impact the immune system by improving or stabilizing mood, increasing brain activity, and enhancing biological functions important to health and healing. Immunoglobulin levels in the bloodstream have been shown to be positively impacted by essential oils, notes Dr. Daniel Penoel, a leading medical aromatherapist and medical doctor.
We recommend Oshadi Essential Oils, available by consultation only, to benefit your pet. Oshadi essential oils are the purest available and are used by medical professionals worldwide. Unlike other popular oils, they are NOT sold via multi-marketing. This means that the price you pay is representative of what the product actually costs. There are no double and triple markups, as occurs in multi-marketed oils. Oshadi oils are made in small batches and are packaged in the blue vials that are known to protect essential oils the best. Schedule a visit with Dr. Mitchell to learn which aromatherapy oil or mix is best for your pet!
Dr. Mitchell's suggestions for 2010:
Stress relief: Are your pets being driven crazy by teasing squirrels and garbage-raiding raccoons? We have many choices to reduce frenzied barking and (even worse!) urine marking inside the house. Use one of our calming herbal sprays, herbal calming tablets, or aromatherapy oils. These unique blends of calming herbs and oils include natural and safe stress relievers such as lavender, chamomile, passion flower, sandalwood, and other natural products. Schedule an appointment with Dr. Mitchell to determine which is right for your pet!
Seasonal balancing: In Chicago's windy spring weather, our unpredicatable temperature changes can result in many pets experience immune system stress. Aromatherapy provides a much-needed balancing treatment to improve the circulation, enhance immune support, and tonify the body's energies. We have a wide variety of aromatherapy oils and homeopathic treatments that can help your pet experience a great new sense of well-being.
Call us to schedule an appointment with Dr. Mitchell, and we'll soon have your pet blossoming with improved health and well-being.
How do I safely apply aromatic oils to my pet?
In short, with great caution - just like you would administer any other medicinal substance. Aromatic oils are not toys or simple perfumes. They are medicinal, quickly absorbed through the skin (the body's largest single organ) and have distinct effects on every area of the brain as well as on all other body organs. Their effects can be physiological (on the body) or psychological (on the emotions).
We sometimes have pets coming into out clinic smelling so strongly of aromatic oils that it makes our Doctor's eyes water - just think about how that affects a dog or cat's much more sensitive nose!
We also often see pets with "layers" of aromatic oils applied to multiple areas of that pet's body. Please be aware that with rare exceptions, this is NOT a medically accepted or recommended practice - but it sure is an easy way for an unscrupulous salesperson to sell you a whole lot of oils that you don't need! Nor is it a medically accepted or recommended practice to apply multiple aromatic substances during the course of a massage or other therapeutic intervention for your pet. One company that recommends such practices is well known for their multi-level marketing techniques that focus on big sales, not pet safety.
Oils should NEVER be applied to broken skin, to mucosal surfaces such as the mouth or nose, and should always be applied with respect for the individual who will be forced to wear that oil. If you pet expresses disdain for a particular oil (turning away, wrinkling the nose or lips, sneezing, or trying to rub the part of the body the oil has been applied to) - don't use it! Some oils are touted for their safety with claims that include statements that the oils can be ingested, or placed into eyes, ears, and other body orifices. Please be aware that some of these same companies have faced lawsuits for the injuries that have resulted from such use.
It's best to apply the oils (lightly!) to the outside of a collar, harness, or bandanna. Just a few drops will do if you are using a good quality oil. The medicinal effects will persist for 24-48 hours with such oils, at which point the treatment can be repeated. Again, NEVER apply oils heavily or to damaged skin.
Another good way to apply essential oils is to lightly apply them to the underside corners of your pet's bedding. You'll both enjoy the aromatherapy benefits without having to worry about rubbing oils into delicate eye and mucous membrane tissues.
Think carefully about the effects you are trying to achieve by using the oil when you make your selection. That way, you'll avoid the need to apply more than your good first choice. Your pet's health (and sensitive nose!) will thank you.
