Immunity Boosting Tea
Before you read any further PLEASE BE AWARE NOT ALL ESSENTIAL OILS are SAFE to ingest. Before making this tea read your essential oil bottles, if it says “do not ingest” ‘on the bottle do not use that oil in your tea. A reputable brand of oil such as DoTerra, Revive, or Young Living will be safe to use for this essential oil tea recipe.
In this Immunity Boosting Essential Oil Tea recipe the brand used is DoTerra, but use whatever you have provided your essential oils are SAFE to ingest.
Immunity Boosting Essential Oil Tea recipe
Combine all the ingredients below, stir, and enjoy!
Limit your Immunity Boosting Essential Oil Tea servings to one serving per sitting, and 2 mugs per day (total).
- 1 mug of boiled water
- 1 spoon full of raw honey (to taste)
- 3 drops Lemon essential oil
- 2 drops Orange essential oil
- 1 drop Cinnamon essential oil
- 1 drop Copaiba essential oil
- 1 drop Frankincense essential oil
Benefits of drinking essential oils on Our Immune System
Taking (safe to ingest) essential oils internally supports and promotes a healthy immune system. Our immune system is our number one defender against outside threats such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
Many essential oils are good for maintaining a highly efficient immune system when taken internally.
Lemon, Orange, Cinnamon, Copaiba, Cassia, Frankincense, Cilantro, Clove, Helichrysum, Lime, Marjoram, Melissa, Myrrh, Oregano, Roman Chamomile, Tangerine, Thyme, Vetiver, and Orange ALL support our immune system.
CLICK on each Essential Oil NAME below to see the benefits our immune system gets when we drink this tea!
Lemon essential oil is purifying, cleansing and protective for our bodies. Acting as a defender against harmful pathogens, bacteria, and parasites; as well as promoting detoxification through the blood and liver. Lemon essential oil also stimulates lymphatic drainage, helping our body to cleanse itself of wastes and toxins.
Containing limonene a monocyclic monoterpene orange essential oil is a powerful defender against oxidative stress that can negatively affect our immune systems. Orange essential oil also has cancer-fighting abilities, because monoterpenes have been shown to be very effective chemo-preventive agents against tumor growth.
Contains a number of antioxidants and beneficial compounds for immunity such as cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl acetate and cinnamyl alcohol. Studies show that taking Cinnamon essential oil internally boosts immunity by preventing or treating infections, such as bronchitis and candida, by fighting bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms.
Used in natural medicine since 1625, Copaiba essential oil is a powerful antiseptic and expectorant (medication that helps bring up mucus and other substances from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea) for respiratory problems, and is also beneficial as an internal anti-inflammatory for urinary tract issues.
Studies have shown that frankincense essential oil provides immune-enhancing abilities that may help destroy dangerous bacteria, viruses and even cancers.
Frankincense essential oil may be used to prevent germs from forming on the skin, mouth or other areas of our bodies. This why frankincense is recommended to naturally relieve oral health problems; antiseptic qualities of this oil help prevent gingivitis, bad breath, cavities, toothaches, mouth sores and other infections.
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Aimee