Which oil should I use?

When you are new to essential oils, you face a bewildering array of choices. Which oils should you start with? If you want to share the best single oils or blends with a friend or relative, how do you choose? Here are just a few basic Young Living oils that can effect your everyday life.

Peppermint (Mentha piperita) is a sweet, highly fragrant essential oil with a
long tradition of easing the digestive process

Peppermint essential oil has traditionally been used to promote healthy respiratory function and ease tension headaches. Its fresh, minty aroma combats mental and physical fatigue.

Peppermint can replace chemicals and products like: Pepto-Mismal, Imodium-AD, Tums, Mylanta, Prilosec, Tylenol, Bengay, and Exedrin

Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is a multi-faceted oil that soothes yet also revives.

Lavender is a versatile oil used to cleanse and soothe minor burns, cuts, and other skin irritations. Its refreshing, relaxing scent has balancing properties that calm the mind and body.


Great for replacing chemicals like: Neosporin, Aleve, Motrin, Tylenol PM, Speeling Aids, Zyrtec, Claritin, Dramamine.

Lemon (Citrus limon) is now recognized for its powerful antioxidant power as well as its refreshing and uplifting scent. Taken internally, lemon is a good source of d-limonene.

Lemon replaces everyday chemically induced products like: Mucinex, Children's Tylenol, Imodiom-AD, Pepto-Bismol, and tastes great in food and beverages!

Frankincense is used to support skin health. Its earthy, balsamic scent has calming properties that can increase spirituality and inner strength. Historically used in the bible, frankincense is a powerful oil from the Boswellia tree in Oman, Jordan that lifts the spirit, removes blemishes on skin, and reduces visibility of aging.

Frankincense saves your body from chemicals and drugs like: Prozac, Celebrex, Abilify, Wart Remover, Neosporin, Asthma Symptoms.


PanAway is a soothing essential oil blend containing eugenol, a constituent used
historically to numb gums. Also containing wintergreen and clove—two oils traditionally used for pain relief—PanAway aids the body’s natural response to irritation and injury

PanAway is a comforting blend of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum), clove (Syzygium aromaticum), and peppermint (Mentha piperita).

PanAway replaces chemicals in your medicine cabinet like: Bengay, IcyHot, Aleve, Thermocare, Aspercreme, Sinus Decongestants.

The Thieves blend is founded on the legend of a group of thieves in fourteenth century France who used clove, rosemary, and other aromatics while robbing plague victims in order to stay immune. Young Living’s Thieves contains clove for its antimicrobial properties and cinnamon for its purifying properties. `Anti bacterial, Ant fungal, antiseptic oil blend is perfect for cleaning clothes, household items and no harsh fumes or harmful chemicals.

Use Theives to replace: Ricola, Chloraseptic, Dayquil, Throat Lozenges, Vicks as well as all cleaning products for your home.

The sweet, refreshing scent of Purification deodorizes and purifies the air. This blend also contains citronella to deter insects and soothe bites.

Purification is a cleansing blend of citronella (Cymbopogon nardus), lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), melaleuca (Melaleuca alternifolia), lavandin (Lavandula x hybrida), and myrtle (Myrtus communis).

Purification can replace: Cortizone, Oxy-Spot Cleaner, Off!, Neosporin, and Febreeze

Tea Tree oil, also known as Melaleuca alternifolia, can be found in a wide spectrum of skin care and spa products that can comfort and beautify the appearance of skin.









Joy™ is a luxuriously exotic blend with uplifting overtones that creates magnetic energy and brings joy to the heart. When worn as cologne or perfume, Joy exudes an alluring and irresistible fragrance that inspires romance and togetherness. When diffused, it can be refreshing and uplifting.






Young Living’s Stress Away™ essential oil blend is a natural solution created to combat normal stresses that creep into everyday life. Stress Away is the first product to contain the unique stress-relieving combination of lime and vanilla pure, therapeutic-grade essential oils. Stress Away also includes copaiba and lavender to reduce mental rigidity and restore equilibrium. Featuring powerful plant constituents, such as the cedrol found in cedarwood and the eugenol that occurs naturally in vanilla, Stress Away can help induce relaxation and reduce occasional nervous tension.*

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