Butterfly Express has added four new blends and two singles to their line of therapeutic grade oils with more to come! Descriptions are below, but remember that the descriptions detail the traditional uses of these oils and are not meant to treat any symptom or condition.
AboutFace
Ingredients: frankincense carterii, frankincense frereana, frankincense serrata, opoponax myrrh, palo santo
Affinity for: digestive system, respiratory system, circulation, skin, cellular structure and strength, urinary tract, particular affinity for the earth, wood, and air meridians, crown and third eye chakras, integrity of the celtic grid (energy structure)
Resonance: physical, emotional, spiritual, mental
Therapeutic Properties: anti-inflammatory, analgesic, immune stimulant, anti-oxidant, nervine, tonic, antidepressant, revitalizer, anti-arthritic, anti-tumoral
Application: AboutFace can be applied to any area of the body, used in the bath, and is very nice when diffused.
Aromatic considerations: AboutFace is an excellent choice whenever their is fear of upcoming changes, suffering from the loss of a loved one or a cherished dream, or fear of death.
Physical Aspects: Frankincense essential oils have a reputation worldwide for crossing the blood/brain barrier, carrying oxygen and nutrients to the pineal and pituitary glands within the brain. Nourishing these structures of the brain has been shown to positively affect the progress of many nerve and brain related conditions, among them Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. AboutFace contains essential oils which prevent collagen breakdown in cells and cellular structures and inhibit the production of pro-inflammatory mediators. This blend should be considered for arthritis and any inflammatory or brain related chronic conditions.
AboutFace is an excellent skin regeneration oil and is mild enough to be used on the face.
Emotional / Spiritual / Mental Aspects: As the name of this blend – AboutFace – implies, the blending of several varieties of frankincenses with palo santo can help us take a new direction in our lives, if a new direction is what is needed. This blend can help us link our past with our future goals, connecting cause and effect, actions and consequences, to one another. As we make these connections we are able to choose our future courses more wisely.
Frankincense essential oils have been highly valued for centuries and is still considered a holy oil in the middle east. It is believed that the aroma of frankincense grounds and centers the spirit and improves communication with our Creator.
CinnamonBear
Ingredients: rosemary, spruce, clove, cassia, euclyptus, mandarin, orange sweet
Affinity for: sacral chakra, spleen meridian, circulatory system, immune system, lymphatic system
Resonance: physical, spiritual, and emotional
Application: Cassia is a form of cinnamon and is a major component of this blend, thus CinnamonBear should be diluted well when applied to the body. This blend would be an excellent choice for use – one or two drops only – on your toothbrush and would make an excellent mouthwash (and taste better than Deliverance).
Aromatic considerations: Cinnamon Bear has a delightful aroma, spicy and sweet at the same time. The spruce in the blend grounds our energy to earth, the citrus lift the mood and the spirits, the cassia and clove sharpen the sense and clear the mind, while the rosemary provides a support to a wide range of physical and energetic systems.
Emotional / Spiritual / Mental Aspects: CinnamonBear lifts the spirits and helps us experience life as a joyous journey, a dance through the wonders of learning and growing. This blend removes the resistance we sometimes feel to new experiences, new people, and new situations. If we lack joy in our lives it becomes easy to blame others and let anger and frustration rule our days and damage our relationships. The change in perspective this blend provides can bring welcome warmth into this dark place, returning the soul to a place of optimism, contentment, and happiness.
Physical Aspects: Physically, CinnamonBear acts as a stimulant and tonic for circulation and for the immune and lymphatic systems. Diluted well, this blend is an excellent choice for massage. The effects will be gently stimulating. CinnamonBear will be especially beneficial to sore muscles and joints stiffened by arthritis or rheumatism.
Cassia, and this CinnamonBear blend containing it, stimulates T-lymphocyte activity and immuno-globulin production by the B-cells of the immune system. These are key elements of effective resistance to disease by our bodies.
This blend, with its stimulating, mood lifting, and immune building properties is an excellent oil for the convalescent stage of illness. The emotional aspects of CinnamonBear do not allow for discouragement and can help us thrive, not just have survived, an illness or difficult place in our lives.
Cautions: Care (not avoided entirely, however) should be used with CinnamonBear by pregnant women since both cassia and clove are quite stimulating. If your skin is especially sensitive, you should exercise caution or avoid using this blend in the bath.
QuietEssence
Ingredients: lavender, orange sweet, rosewood, rue, St. John’s wort, valerian
Affinity for: nerves, immune function, genito-urinary system, brain, digestive syste,m, cardiovascular system, all meridians, heart chakra, solar plexus chakra
Therapeutic Properties: analgesic, anti-spasmodic, nervine, sedative, kiuretic, anti-parasitic
Application: QuietEssence can be diffused or used in the tub. Dilute and apply to the body along the top ridge of the ears the wrists, over the heart, or on the soles of the feet.
Aromatic Considerations: The aroma of QuietEssence is calming and relaxing and promotes deep states of restful, dreamless sleep. QuietEssence lifts the mood and is a remedy for use in the treatment of depression.
Physical Aspects: The valerian root contained in this blend contains some volatile components not found in any other essential oil currently produced for aromatherapy. These components are useful for an incredibly long list of things related to nerves and nervous tension. Combining, as is done in this blend, lavender, sweet orange, and the amazing nervine, St. John’s wort, creates a blend that is an effective relief for headache, irritability, premenstrual symptoms, any type of cramping or muscle spasms, insomnia, heart palpitations, neuralgia, and panic attacks.
This blend is especially effective when applied to nerve-rich areas of the body such as the back of the neck, fingers, toes, and the coccyx (tailbone).
Emotional / Spiritual / Mental Aspects: Recent scientific studies are proving what energy workers have known for a long while – that every cell of the body has the capacity for thought and feeling. The experiences of the past – with accompanying trauma, anger, and guilt – can be held in the cells and tissues of the body for a very long time. Such deeply held pain can dramatically alter our perspective. Truth becomes relative to our perception and the frequent triggering of our emotional pain. We either indulge in denial, suppressing memories that don’t bear out our perception, or we rewrite truth altogether in order to survive or seek relief by vengeance or retribution.
QuietEssence is an essential oil blend that encourages understanding, forgiveness, and reconciliation. This blend can help us move away from guilt and accusation and into peace and understanding. We can let go of past pain and trauma, embrace and claim for ourselves the lessons learned, and live – daily – in the warm glow of compassion for our own mistakes and the mistakes of others.
This blend is also useful for scattered or confused feelings about spirituality and inspiration. There is a strong connection between faith and immune function. Peace in this area can be a great blessing to the physical body. QuietEssence can help us set appropriate personal boundaries and find greater clarity in spiritual matters.
Cautions: This blend contains rue, velerian, and St. John’s wort, but all in quite low percentages. These essential oils, particularly rue, have long lists of cautions, especially for pregnant women. As always, it is best to begin slowly and proceed with caution, always diluting well. I, personally, find little to fear in this amazing blend.
UnDone
Ingredients: geranium, helichrysum, neroli, sandalwood, rosewood, vetiver
Affinity for: skin, joints, nerves, red blood cells, muscles, cellular structure, lymphatic system, central vessel meridian, balance yin and yang
Resonance: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual
Application: UnDone makes an excellent massage oil. It may be applied anywhere on the body, used in the bath, and diffused.
Aromatic Considerations: Vetiver – a key ingredient in this blend – is physically, mentally, spiritually, emotional, and psychologically grounding but does not have, in my opinion, a pleasant aroma as a single. This blend, so well done synergistically, utilizes some very pleasingly aromatic and healing oils to emphasize the wonderful properties of vetiver and achieves an astonishingly delightful aroma at the same time (a blending accomplishment I didn’t think could be done with vetiver until now)!
Physical Aspects: UnDone heals scarring – emotional & physical, inside and out. This blend is useful for any area that has been damaged whether the scarring has occurred on the surface of the body or internally (such as a damaged liver or the trauma sustained from a C-section.
The oils in UnDone are considered to be cytophylactics – they regenerate and rebuild tissues. Our amazing bodies are continually replacing oild cells with new. Unfortunately, when scar tissue has formed, the new cells pattern themselves after the damaged cell structures. UnDone encourages new cell growth that is patterned after the original cellular blueprint rather than replicating the damaged pattern.
Emotional / Spiritual / Mental Aspects: A physical scar is created when a wound does not heal properly an emotional scar forms for the same reason. The area of the body that is refusing to relinquish and heal scar tissue can give us clues as to what emotional wounding we may also be hanging onto. The oils comprising this blend address a wide spectrum of emotional issues and can help us reach a level of understanding where further healing can be achieved.
Mountain Savory (Saturega montana)
Ingredient in: Candilla, LifeForce, MelaPlus, NoMore, Simplicity, Vision
Therapeutic Properties: antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-infectious, anti-viral, carminative, immune stimulant, tonic
Affinity For: digestive system, immune system, circulatory system, sacral chakra, solar plexus chakra, heart chakra
Resonance: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual
Plant Family: Labiatae (mint)
Parts Utilized: stems, leaves, flowers
Extraction Method: steam distilled
Application: Always dilute mountain savory with a carrier oil before applying to the body.
Aromatic Considerations: Mountain Savory has a sharp, medicinal, herbaceous aroma and is not usually recommended for diffusing or aromatherapy use as a single oil. Mountain savory, added to a blend, revitalizes and stimulates the nervous system, increasing energy and motivation.
Emotional / Spiritual / Mental / Mental Aspects: Mountain savory is said to have a harmonizing effect on the ego, allowing us to relinquish the need for control and helping us cope with hurt and disappointment. Spiritually, mountain savory may give us a little bit of help in “letting go and letting God” manage the flow of our lives and our relationships. The effects of Mountain Savory move from the root chakra up through the solar plexus and into the heart chakra, connecting us emotionally with the earth and with our spouse and family. This oil is also recommended for use in blends designed to help people overcome fears of intimacy and difficulty with male/femail relationships.
Physical Aspects: Mountain savory rates very highly as an antioxidant. Antioxidants are said to reduce the resk of age related conditions, inhibit the growth of microbes, including fungal, bacterial, and viral strains. This oil should be considered for use with abscesses, athlete’s foot, colds, coughs, gingivitis, and any type of infection. Mountain savory is also considered to be an immune stimulant.
Mountain savory is a good choice when a circulatory stimulant or warming oil is needed. Though not often used alone for this purpose, mountain savory, added to an essential oil blend, is useful for arthritis, muscle soreness, bruising, and scarring of body tissues. Mountain savory is sometimes used for insect bites and bee stings. Mountain savory, as an herbal preparation, has been used as a digestive remedy for diarrhea and colic since ancient times.
General Information: Mountain savory is sometimes called winter savory.
Cautions: This oil is considered by the very cautious to be unusually irritating to skin and mucous membranes. Mountain savory, like other essential oils, should be used well diluted with a carrier oil.
Spanish Sage (Salvia lavandulaefolia)
Ingredient in: Delicate, Reflections
Therapeutic Properties: anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, astringent, analgesic, nervous system (memory), lymphatic system, anti-microbial
Affinity For: digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system, nervous system, endocrine system, muscles, bones, skin, third eye chakra, pelvic chakra and organs
Resonance: physical, emotional, spiritual, mental
Plant Family: Labiatae (mint)
Application: Spanish sage may be applied anywhere on the body but is particularly beneficial when applied to the feet. May also be diffused.
Aromatic Considerations: Spanish sage has some beautiful lavender undertones. These notes are every bit as evident as the properties that are reminiscent of sage, giving this oil a unique character and aroma.
Emotional / Spiritual / Mental Aspects: The combining of the emotional aspects of sage and lavender produces a very unique picture for this essential oil. Sage is characterized by clarity of intuition and vision, while lavender promotes faith and feelings of being loved. The combination is quite astonishing in the ability to create strength in the face of loss. This oil fosters confidence in one’s ability to not just survive, but to grow and flourish following a tragedy. Spanish sage can ease the way along a new path that one did not and would not have chosen if there had been a choice. Spanish sage is recommended for grief and for fear of loving (and, possibly, losing) again.
Physical Aspects: Probably the most outstanding characteristic of Spanish Sage is its affect on the brain and nervous system. This oil has been shown in studies to improve memory and mental acuity. Spanish sage is being utilized in treatments for Alzheimer’s and other age-related memory disorders. Other studies are following – with growing excitement – the result of the use of Spanish Sage by college students as an aid in memorizing and retaining facts and information.
Spanish Sage is useful as an aid to digestive dysfunction, especially if the problem has emotional or nervous drivers. Spanish sage acts as a stimulant to the liver, the adrenals, and the circulation. This essential oil is often effective against headaches of nervous or digestive origins. Spanish sage appears to lower blood sugar without negatively affecting insulin levels. The anti-microbial and skin regenerating properties of this essential oil make it useful for skin conditions such as eczema and dandruff. Spanish sage is also used for coughs, colds, and flu.
General Information: This essential oil is being used by some aromatherapists as a replacement for sage (Salvia officinalis) as the higher concentration of ketones in sage produce some contra indications. However, it should be noted that the ketones in sage, in such quantity, are responsible for some of the healing properties of sage oil, as well.
Cautions: Spanish sage essential oil is generally considered safe for topical use but is strong enough that a carrier oil is advised.
