2/18/20 update by Beau Miakinkoff to this article:   I received a letter from Young Living stating that I need to “manage” my website and make corrections to bring my site into compliance with Young Living’s membership Section 5.3.1 regarding product claims that are (1) not suported by competent and reliable science and/or (2) are intendd to diagnose, mitigate, cure, prevent, or treat diseases.    I hereby disclose that I am not  doctor.  I do not diagnose anything.  I am a certified amromatherapist.  I  can offer you suggestions on how to use essential oils to help yourself.  I stand by every suggested use of essential oils as posted on my website.  I can ethically attest to the success of these uses and I have personally found them to be to be true and effective.

By Beau Miakinkoff, LMT, LMP, CA, IAC

I have noticed lately, there are quite a few recommendations circulating around for including essential oils into a first aid kit.  (Personally, I would like to take every one of my bottles of essential oils with me – just in such a case of an emergency, but that is not practical.) I found first aid lists of oils for kids at camp, kids at school,  to keep in your automobile, have at the office, to be handy in the home, a baby-sitters’ helper, must have for travel, pet care and many more. After investigating the wide range of these suggestions, I have concluded that I need to share my list of preferred oils to keep on hand for use in an emergency situation.

A little bit of an explanation is in order here to preface my essential oil first aid kit recommendations.  This list names 16 oils that will fill the Young Living 16 unit oil carrier that in turn will fit very nicely into any duffle, case, backpack, etc. that is set up to specifically serve as your emergency first aid kit.  I am figuring that limiting the list to 16 will keep it simple.  The reason I am recommending that you place your oils in the YL 16 unit oil carrier is so that the bottles will stay safe and secure.  I saw so many demonstrations of first aid kits including essential oil bottles where the bottles were being crammed into the same box as all the bandages, tape, ointments, salves, pills, scissors etc. that it just was not very organized for ease of reference or use.  Keeping a small bag of essential oils inside the bigger bag of first aid supplies is better.

Here we go.  My first 10 oils I am keeping in my essential oils emergency first aid kit are the Everyday Oils Collection.  I can not improve on this selection of oils for use in any minor to non-life threatening emergency situation.  Please see the Everyday Oil Booklet for more information about the some of the uses of lavender, peppermint, lemon, frankincense, Purification, Thieves, Tea Tree, PanAway and Stress Away, and Joy or take a few more minutes to check out the compilation I made of the Everyday Oils kit.

Now, here’s the fun part for me!  I am so happy to be sharing with you 6         *(now 8) more essential oils to fill up your emergency essential oil kit.  These are not chosen in any particular order,  I am only listing them here for now:  Roman Chamomile, Idaho Balsam Fir, Onycha, Rosemary Cineol, Helichrysum, Copaiba, Valor, and Peace and Calming .  Tah-dah…..are you impressed?  *laughing* You will also need to fill a 2 oz, bottle of carrier oil.  I recommend YL V-6 blend.  This bottle of carrier oil will fit snuggly in the spine of the carry case with no problems.

Note:  The Everyday Oils Kit was changed a while back and I had to come back to this article that I wrote to make some “re-arrangements” to my first aid kit….and to my horror, could not take out 2 oils from my much needed oils in the original writing of this article….so…. have now made sure the two extra bottles are snug, secure and will not break in my first aid kit….yes, you can put 2 more bottles into that carrier case with no problems!

For the lay person using essential oils I will set up a quick cheat sheet to reference.  You may print this out and keep it inside the essential oil case for ease of retrieving the information during the emergency.

Keeping the injured person calm:  lavender, Peace & Calming, peppermint, Roman Chamomile, Valor, Stress Away, Joy.

Addressing pain:  PanAway, ID Balsam Fir, Rosemary Ceneol, Helichrysum, lavender, peppermint, Copaiba.

Disinfecting:  lavender, peppermint, lemon, frankincense, Purification, Thieves, Tea Tree, Onycha

Promoting healing: lavender, Thieves, Onycha, Valor, Rosemary Ceneol, frankincense, Joy

These will pretty much keep the situation in hand until the professional first responders arrive for the more serious emergencies or you can receive assistance from emergency personnel at a medical facility.

You may order your essential oils for your emergency first aid kit here at:  EssentialEverydayOils.com 

Beau is a licensed massage therapist practicing in Myrtle Creek, Oregon.  She is also certified in Integrated Aromatherapy and uses essential oils to assist her clients with health and well-being issues.

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