Feeling unproductive from muscle soreness, fatigue and tension? Sore Muscles lotion helps resolve lactic acid build up, micro muscle tears,  chronic aches, travel fatigue and spasmodic muscular- skeletal imbalance.

There are 2 main causes for muscle soreness from exercise. Burning symptoms are from lactic acid buildup,which resolves within a few days. The day after soreness peaks 72 hours after onset. This is due to tiny muscle tears in muscle fiber during exercise. Any muscle burning or soreness that does not improve over 1 week, seek medical evaluation. NSAIDS are not proven to reduce or speed recovery of muscle soreness and fatigue. Aromatic Tumerones have been successfully used to speed recovery.(Available on our supplement menu).

Certain foods help speed healing. Watermelon contain amino acid, L- citrulline and adequate potassium for a speedy, delicious recovery time. Other super foods include cherry juice and fresh cherries,raw pineapple and papaya ( avoid raw pineapple and papaya with gastrointestinal inflammation and ulcerous conditions),milk products and fermented foods, and ginger root.

To avoid exercise soreness, practice dynamic movements rather than stretching before work outs.These movements may include leg lunges and rolling the arms and shoulders like a wind mill. Hydration before and after exercise, as well as recovery, is a must.

Sore Muscles includes several Petite Fleur flower essences, as well as, and nutmeg, lemon tarragon and black cumin, tangerine and other essential oils. We are organic growers and distill and prepare our products onsite.Massage 2- 3 x daily until soreness abates. This is also a great blend to support strength in low back and limbs. 

Diffusion of essential oils only requires a cereal size bowl and 1 or 2 drops of your favorite essential oil. Just add very hot tap water into a bowl and drop in your essential oil, or blend of 2 or 3 essential oils. The room will delight in the aroma for 1 to 2 hours, a reasonable time to diffuse. More is not better.

The sense of smell is a delicate part of the brain that can easily be overwhelmed. Diffusing for hours will shut down an organ meant for discernment, as well as pleasure. The entire brain suffers, like a stomach constantly fed. If a headache or  emotional distress doesn't change or returns after 1 to 2 hours of diffusion, other help should be considered.

Also consider pets children, elderly and visitors whose senses can be easily overwhelmed or harmed by a profusion of scent. For example, Teatree essential oil can be toxic to many pets who will display unusual behavior. Boys under 12 can grow breasts during puberty from smelling or wearing lavender, tarragon or fennel often. Girls under 12 could have a tendency for feminine cancers during maturity. Children may react the opposite of adults to many aromas and become hyperactive , rather than calm. Long diffusion time can tax anyone's kidneys to process the aroma molecules. Generally, it takes 2 hours for the kidneys to filter aroma molecules. Two hours of diffusion takes 4 hours to complete from start to finish. The liver must  send the molecular by products to the kidneys in a usable form to prevent toxicity. Anything we smell, touch or eat has a potential for toxicity. Contact me with any concerns or questions. 

 Live long and enjoy more with common sense aroma lifestyle.

Researchers in Linkoping University have discovered alcoholics have low levels of a gaba neurotransmitter due to deficient GAT3 transporter proteins. When gaba is unable to be released from  spaces between nerve cells, the  amygdala brain cells also become deficient in gaba. The amygdala is the area in the brain associated with alcoholism.

Gaba is a relaxing, let down, neurotransmitter, one of the 4 major neurotransmitters in the body. It originates from starch digestion. GAT3  is deficient in the amygdala of alcoholics and believed to be involved in addictive, alcoholic behavior. Low levels of gaba are also related to anxiety/depressive disorders, which  also affect some alcoholics.

Research continues to find ways to alleviate low GAT3 levels in the amygdala. Fifteen percent of the population is involved with alcohol addiction.

Source: C. Zang: Chemical & Engineering News, June25,2018