Dana Duggins - The Oily Nurse

03/16/2025

Let’s compare!!!

Essential oils, herbs, and homeopathy are all natural approaches to healing, but they differ significantly in their composition, mechanism of action, and application.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts obtained through distillation or cold pressing. They contain volatile aromatic compounds that have potent therapeutic effects. These oils work primarily through aromatherapy (inhalation), topical application, and sometimes internal use (when safe and appropriate). Essential oils act quickly, influencing both physiological and emotional health by interacting with the limbic system and exerting antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and immune-modulating properties.

Herbs

Herbs are whole plants or plant parts (leaves, roots, seeds, or flowers) used in teas, tinctures, capsules, or extracts. Unlike essential oils, herbs contain a broader range of active compounds that work synergistically but are less concentrated. Herbs primarily support healing through digestion, affecting systemic functions such as detoxification, gut health, and hormonal balance. While slower-acting than essential oils, herbs offer comprehensive nourishment and long-term support.

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is based on the principle of “like cures like” and involves using ultra-diluted substances to stimulate the body’s self-healing response. Remedies are diluted to the point where little or no original substance remains, relying on the body’s energetic response rather than biochemical interactions. Homeopathy works on a deeper, often constitutional level, but it requires precise remedy selection and can take time to observe changes.

Why Essential Oils Are the Best and Easiest Choice
1. Fast-Acting & Potent – Essential oils work almost immediately through inhalation and topical absorption, making them a powerful tool for acute and chronic conditions.
2. Versatile & Convenient – Unlike herbs, which require preparation, or homeopathy, which demands precise dosing, essential oils are easy to use in diffusers, roll-ons, or diluted for topical application.
3. Broad-Spectrum Benefits – They support physical, emotional, and mental well-being in a single application. One oil can serve multiple purposes (e.g., lavender for sleep, stress, and skin healing).
4. Minimal Processing – Compared to herbal supplements, which may undergo extraction or encapsulation, essential oils are purely distilled plant essences, ensuring high potency.
5. Immediate Sensory Impact – The limbic system responds instantly to essential oils, influencing mood, stress, and cognitive function in ways that herbs and homeopathy cannot match.

While all three modalities have their place in natural medicine, essential oils offer a unique combination of potency, ease of use, and versatility, making them an excellent first-line approach for natural health support.

03/15/2025

This is significant! There are studies comparing this to Ativan and Paxil for anxiety as well!

And now this one and depression!

Ask me more :-)

Lavender essential oil has been the subject of multiple clinical studies for its effects on anxiety. Could lavender oil also be a natural option for depression relief? A new study suggests that Silexan, a lavender oil preparation with roughly two drops of oil, is effective for mild-to-moderate depression, performing better than a placebo and comparably to a pharmaceutical antidepressant (sertraline). Participants took one 80mg capsule of Silexan every morning for eight weeks. The Silexan group also experienced significant improvement in functional impairments related to depression (benefits in work, social life, and family responsibilities).
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38558147/

03/15/2025

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03/09/2025

How’s your multivitamin doing?

VMG+ has blown me out of the water. It gives me my vitamins, minerals and greens all in one yummy drink - that tastes like pineapple mango 😱😋

It’s the essential oil component that changes the game. doTERRA uses the essential oils to create a liposomal delivery system that takes the nutrients right to the cell for maximum absorption and unheard of retention 💪💪

The bottom line- if you can’t absorb your vitamins (FYI- all of the one a day types are not absorbed) and if they don’t stay in your bloodstream working, then you are missing out!

Look at how much better vitamins and nutrients are absorbed in VMG+ and look how long they are still working in your bloodstream stream 😱

I’m looking for 4 people to try doTERRA for the first time with a foundational wellness bundle that includes VMG+. I’m going to offer free health coaching for 3 months while you give it a try!

Does this sound like you? Comment below for all the details!

03/06/2025

Doterra is doing research and clinical trials thatvare changing how essential oils are seen medically. The reason we can do this is because we are different.

When we say doTERRA oils are in a completely different category from other oils, this is what we mean. The tiny purple section is what is acceptable for doTERRA lavender, and the huge orange blue and green sections are what is acceptable by governing bodies for all the other lavender. It is very clear our quality is very precisely defined and we hold ourselves to a much higher standard.

This standard is what is allowing doTERRA to do significant research that will change how essential oils are seen medically now and in the future

02/27/2025

Two years ago, I shared that I have been dealing with swelling in both of my legs for about 2 years. Worse on the right than the left. It had gotten to where it was daily. Pitting edema below my knee. My shoes and socks would be tight esp on the right. You could barely see my ankle most days and no veins ever in the top of my foot. I was told I had Venous insufficiency from being over weight and working on my feet for all those years with no compression hose. They told us to wear them in nursing school 🤣🤣

That swelling is 95% gone!!!!! I can see my ankles and veins! This was after just 2 weeks!! It’s fabulous.

Would you like to meet MetaPWR? Click the link below for a short video and more info!

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02/12/2025

This morning I woke up stuffy with some sinus pressure! This worked like a charm!

I actually put mine in a glass bowl with a lid. I can usually reheat it 2-3x before it’s not effective anymore.

Get this set of oils or a collection of natural products that will reduce your need and cost of over the counters and pharmaceutical rx. These will last you months!

My top recommendation- a collection of 10 oils, diffuser, veggie caps and more: https://doterra.me/rSF15M

Sinus steamer collection: https://doterra.me/RQyE-1

02/12/2025

It’s the season for the crud!

Would you like to know what my family and I do to help us feel better as quickly as possible?

We put a drop of each of these in a veggie cap and take it every 3-4 hours. Offers great immune support. I recommend starting as soon as you begin to feel yucky.

I can even make a roller bottle out of it! Rub on our chests and bottoms of feet.

These bottle will last for months- some of them even years. For ~$200 you can eliminate most over the counters and pharmaceuticals for your entire family.

My top recommendation- Kit with 10 oils, diffuser, veggie caps and more: https://doterra.me/rSF15M

Just these items: https://doterra.me/rudwa5

01/02/2024

This morning I woke up stuffy with some sinus pressure! This worked like a charm!

I actually put mine in a glass bowl with a lid. I can usually reheat it 2-3x before it’s not effective anymore.

01/02/2024

We took ours down today…. As Sophia said, the house looks bland 😢