Immune8 Wellness Journal

Your guide to natural living and essential oil wellness.

Dive into the world of natural wellness with our Wellness Journal.

Here, we share articles on essential oils, DIY mixtures, healthy living tips, and stories from our Immune8 community. Explore, learn, and live your best life, naturally.
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What’s the difference between bacterial and virus infection?

Just what is the difference between a virus or a bacteria illness? When we get sick, how do we know what we have? The old saying “feed a cold, starve a fever” is not practical anymore.

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What’s For Dinner? Omega 3

The purpose of this article is to introduce evidence that will connect the importance of omega 3 fatty acid to mood and cognitive disorders.

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What are the benefits to Cinnamon Leaf Essential Oil?

Safety data on Cinnamon Leaf oil states non-toxic, non-irritant, and non-sensitizing. However, different compounds from various parts of this plant can be toxic.

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What are the benefits of White Camphor Oil?

The reason “why” I added White camphor into my blend was because of its ability to destroy bacteria, and fungi.

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What are the benefits of Rosewood Essential Oil?

Each oil consists of many active constituents (chemical makeup) that are unique to just that plant, tree, or shrub.

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What are the Benefits of Patchouli Oil?

Patchouli is a thick, misty aroma oil. It is a grounding oil and is known to help improve the appearance of the skin.

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What are the benefits of Lemongrass Essential Oil?

Used in many Thai and Chinese dishes. Lemongrass has been used in Indian traditional medicine for helping the immune system with fever and infectious illnesses.

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What are the benefits of Lavender oil?

Flowers, buds, and leaves are used for the oil. Stream distillation is used without harming active ingredients.

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What are the benefit of Tea Tree oil?

Given the variety of species, the International Standard has set a requirement on the chemical and physical criteria of the oil composition to be called Tea Tree and not the species of location or origin.

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Vacation- Will it get you sick?

Eighteen years as a flight attendant, may I give you helpful tips for a flawless vacation? There is always that craziness of stress of actually getting out the door.

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Understanding ADHD, For You And Your Child

Many parents and children struggle with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). I am writing about understanding ADHD for you because of my first child having ADHD.

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TRAVELERS – Health Warning – BE AWARE!

If you are among the many people who travel from airport to airport for work, business, or pleasure, there are several environmental obstacles that you should be aware of…

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Sugar – One Thing Leads To Another

Sugar…sugar…Ahhh…honey…honey. Sugar – one thing leads to another sweet thing. We think sugar is bad but are we switching to something worse?

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So…Do You Think You Are Stressed!

So…Do you think you are stressed? It is that time of the year! The Happy Holidays!! Just more stuff to worry about.

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…About Essential Oils (EO)

Essential oil is derived from a plant, flower, or tree through different forms of extraction. Essential oils have dated back to the Egyptians 4500BC.

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Homeopathic, Naturopathic, or Holistic, Good Question?

Homeopathic or naturopathic may seem confusing when you are looking for natural healing practitioner and medicine.  This blog will try to define them with some clarity.

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Hom-Nat-Hol. Not a chant!

Homeopathy, also known as homeopathic medicine, was developed in Germany over 200 years ago and is based on two unconventional theories…

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Help Boost Your Immune System and Fight Germs

The Immune 8 blend consists of eight 100 % pure therapeutic grade essential oils of Cinnamon leaf, Lavender, Lemon, Lemongrass, Patchouli, Rosewood, Tea tree, and White Camphor.

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COVID-19 – Staying Healthy Check List

The 2017-2018 flu season had registered high outbreaks from November to February, normal flu season.  According to the CDC, the proportion of deaths was at or above the epidemic threshold.

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Chronic Disease Characteristics of Type 2 Diabetes

The chronic disease characteristics are problems with sleep, depression, stress, distress about having the disease, how to cope with the illness, and lack of social support from family and society.

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Chronic Disease – What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is believed to be discovered by Charcot in 1868, who made the first real clear description of MS.

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Bacteria, Superbugs, And Viruses….Oh My!

What does the research say about them? What can we do for prevention?  This is an extension to my blog I wrote in December 2018

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Are You On The HUNT for a solution?

Are you on the hunt for solution? for pain relief, stress, relief, or self-care, to just treat yourself to good things?

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Are Goals and Self-talk Important for Motivation?

Are goals and self talk important for motivation and our success? I am sure you are familiar with goals and new year’s resolution.

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Adaptogens – Get Ready – Get Set – ADAPT

An adaptogen is an herb that helps the body to adapt to stress on a physical, mental, or emotional level and brings the body back to normal balance.

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A REAL Pandemic: Type 2 Diabetes

The topic of the paper will be the REAL pandemic of type 2 diabetes. However, a pandemic can be seen in diseases and famine, not just in viruses.