Blood-Brain Barrier 

Recently I found an article by David Stewart, called The Blood-Brain Barrier, in which he describes why they are effective.   (Personally, I absolutely love science...love learning how essential oils work...and.... If science feels like drudgery  for you to read and this interests you, I have starred the most important paragraphs to get the "gist" of what this means)!

**A question has come up regarding the so-called Blood-Brain Barrier and the use of essential oils. It would be more accurate to consider it a sieve or filter through which only molecules of a certain size or smaller can penetrate. Most of the molecules of the substances used in chemotherapy are too large to pass through the Blood-Brain Filter,which is why doctors say that chemo doesn't work on brain cancer. Some of the molecules get through, but not the whole suite of drugs intended.

When it comes to essential oils, small molecules are what they are made of. That is why they are aromatic. The only way something can be aromatic is for the molecules to be so small that they readily leap from the surface of the substance and circulate in the air so they can enter our noses and be detected as odor and smell. That is why massage oils (fatty oils) such as corn, peanut, safflower, walnut,almond, olive, and other oils pressed from seeds are not aromatic. Sure, they have a smell, but you can't smell them across the room in minutes (or seconds) as you can when one opens a bottle of peppermint or other essential oil.

**Back to the so called Blood Brain Barrier. Essential oils are mixtures of dozens, even hundreds, of constituents all of which are primarily composed of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen. The molecules of Essential oils are all very tiny and most of which can pass through the Blood Brain Barrier. All essential oils are principally composed of a class of organic compounds built of "isoprene units"; where each unit is a set of five connected carbon atoms with some hydrogens attached. Molecules built of isoprene units are all classified as"terpenes"; Terpenes are what make essential oils unique in the world of oily substances.

Terpenes with molecules containing only one isoprene unit are called Phenylpropanoids and are found in Clove (90%), Basil (75%), Cinnamon(73%), and to a lesser extent in most other essential oils. Among other functions, Phenylpropanoids cleanse receptor sites. 

Sesquiterpenes (substances containing three isoprene units or fifteen carbon atoms per molecule) are principally found in Cedarwood (98%),Vetiver (97%), Sandalwood (90%), Black Pepper (74%), Patchouli (71%),Myrrh (62%), Ginger (59%), as well as Vitex, 
German Chamomile,Spikenard, Galbanum, and Frankincense (8%). Sesquiterpenes deprogramm is written codes in the DNA.

Monoterpenes are substances containing two isoprene units or ten carbon atoms per molecule. Monoterpenes are found in most essentialoils, but especially in Spruce (38%), Valerian (34%), and Juniper(14%) as well as Cistus, Fir and Pine. Among other functions,Monoterpenes reprogram the DNA at a cellular level which is why healings via essential oils are often permanent, I.E., the miswritten codes in the cells has been corrected.
There are also Diterpenes (substances containing four isoprene unitsor twenty carbon atoms per molecule), as well as Triterpenes and tetraperpenes containing thirty and forty carbons er molecule each respectively.

All of the Terpen family of molecules are small enough to penetrate the blood brain barrier. Sesquiterpene molecules have the capability of carrying oxygen, like hemoglobin does in the blood. Hence they are oxygenating to human tissue and are especially effective in fighting cancer cells which cannot tolerate oxygen.

**The combination (triple punch) of Phenylpropanoids, Sesqueterpenes,and Monoterpenes is especially healing with cancers and every other type of illness. That's because with this combination you: (1) first clean the receptor sites allowing proper transfer of hormones and proper information between cells; (2) second, you deprogram or erase the wrong information from cells stored in the MRNA and DNA; and (3) third, you reprogram the cells with the correct information so they can function properly and effect a permanent healing. To one extent or another, most essential oils contain some of all three of these three types of terpens which is the secret to their healing power.

**So there you have it in a nutshell: The Blood-Brain Barrier and the chemistry of how Essential
Oils work to support the body's own healing intelligence.


Happy Oiling! 

Much Love and Light, Joanie 

PS If you need help in choosing any of  doTERRA's essential oil or with your order, please feel free to call/text or email me @ 814-777-0410 and I'll be more than happy to arrange a time to talk. 

**THE ADVICE ON THIS PAGE IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP. THESE STATEMENTS ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO DIAGNOSE, TREAT, CURE OR PREVENT ANY ILLNESS OR DISEASE. THIS INFORMATION IS OFFERED AS A WAY TO USE ESSENTIAL OILS TO ASSIST THE BODY IN ITS OWN NATURAL PROCESSES OF REACHING BALANCE AND HOMEOSTASIS. 

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