Young Living's Farm in Quayaquil, Ecuador
Since 2005 Gay Young and his family have lived in Ecuador, where he has now developed another farm in Chongon, a small farming community outside of Guayaquil. Many exotic plants are being grown and harvested for distillation as well as known plants such as oregano, ylang ylang, basil, eucalyptus, etc. Gary also buys many crops from growers and wild crafters, who deliver their plant to Young Living's Finca Botanica Aromatica farm, where we have three 14,000-liter distillers, the largest on any of our farms. gary travels throughout Ecuador and other countries of South America searching for new plants and meeting with indigenous tribes in his desire to find natural plant remedies to foster a global community of healing with essential oils.
These oils are unique because of the soil found in this area, the temperature, the humidty, the rain, the unique growing conditions makes these oils very potent.
The growing season in Ecuador never stops so the land can be worked
year-round. Gary spoke of some of the differences that he’s finding in the oils
that he's distilling from plants grown in Ecuador, where Young Living has 2,347
acres of farmland, and where they’re around two months away from organic
certification.
For instance, traditionally therapeutic-grade oregano oil should have high levels
of the phenol, carvacrol. This is what makes the oil hot on the skin. When
tested, Gary found that the Ecuadorian oregano has low levels of carvacrol but
more of the other naturally occurring constituents. At first, Gary thought that
the oil was not of therapeutic value, but found that it actually worked better for
in Raindrop sessions because it was more harmonic…plus it didn’t burn the
skin. He has found that this is the case with many of the Ecuadorian-grown oils.
This exciting finding dovetails with Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt’s interest in what he calls
“Plant Language Aromatherapy”, which says that the therapeutic benefits of
plants come from their biology, rather than their chemistry. And that coming
from a world-renowned essential oils chemist. Check out Dr. Schnaubelt’s
website for information on a Plant Language Aromatherapy course that he will
be teaching in October in both Seattle and San Francisco:
https://www.pacificinstituteofaromatherapy.com/.
Copaiba Essential Oil has been used by the healers of the Amazon to treat chronic pain, ande it is used as a topical anti-inflammatory agent for all tlypes of skin irritations and infetions. This oil has also been used by the healers of the Amazon as a strong antiseptic and expectorant for the respiratory tract, ( sinusitis and bronchitis). And they have used it traditionally also for treating urinary infections, stomach ulcers, herpes, tuberculosis and many other health issues.
From the heart of the Amazon jungles of Brazil, copaiba oleo resin is tapped directly from the tree. A hole is drilled into the trunk of the 50 to 80- feet tall tree and out will pour this liquid resin. The resin is then vacuum distilled, using no water, no heat, only vacuum pressure to separate off the precious essential aromatic oil. Brazilian tribal natives harvest and process the copaiba sold through Young Living.
Sold in Amazonian pharmacies and used for nearly 800 years in folk medicine, copaiba was also listed in the US Pharmacopeia from 1820 to 1910 for topical and oral uses and is still on the FDA GRAS list (Generally Regarded as Safe). Some of the historic uses are digestive complaints including stomach aches, stomach infections, gastritis, antiseptic, arthritis, cellular mutations, tumors, Fibromyalgia, and pain.
Copaiba is the highest in beta-caryophyllene which is an anti-inflammatory compound. A 1996 study showed beta-caryophyllene to be effective in treating stress induced ulcers. Beta-caryophyllene is also found in helichrysum at between 8 and 12%, while copaiba contains 50% beta-car. Clove oil contains 6-8% beta-caryophyllene in comparison.
Marc Schreuder said on the conference call – that copaiba was helichrysum on steroids. He has been studying copaiba for eight years and says it is his number one favorite oil with frankincense coming in at number 2. He also says that combining copaiba and frankincense would give you the highest spiritual and emotional oil blend. Just like sandalwood is considered and excellent emotional supportive oil, copaiba is six times better and Marc calls copaiba sandalwood on steroids due to its high sesquiterpene content. He also likes copaiba mixed with a little peppermint for pain applied topically.
For oral consumption, traditional uses are as much as ½ teaspoon twice daily. Four to six drops per day in a capsule should show benefit. It is not really a diffusing oil and this aromatic treasure is currently found in Young Living’s Deep Relief and Breathe Again Roll-ons.
Eucalyptus Blue is a member of the eucalyptus family. This blue version is highly prized for its aromatic uses. It is great for respiratory infections.
Ruta also know as "rue" in Ecuador is highly known for it ability to reduce stress.
Palo Santo comes from the same botanical family as frankincense, although it is found in South America rather than in the Middle East. It is known as a spiritual oil, traditionaly used by the Incas. The incas used this oil in their religious ceremonies to purify ahnd clease the spirit from negative energies.
Dorado Azul ia very rich in eucalyptol and beta pinene. It has been found to be excellent for digestion and enhancing ones' mood.
Another oil that is distilled on this farm is Ocotea Quixos. This oil has a wonderful fragrance and is often called the "American cinnamon". I find it very helpful for balancing my blood levels. And I love the taste of it.
OCOTEA (New single oil)
(Compiled from various distributor notes)
Ocotea, pronounced oh/ko/TAY/ah is distilled from the leaves of Ocotea Quixos tree deep in the forest of the Amazon. The leaves are gathered and loaded into a bush plane and flown 14 hours back over the Andes Mountains to the farm for distillation, thus wild crafted and distilled at Finca Botanica Aromatica- Young Living’s farm. Ocotea is related to the cinnamon species though the aroma is different from any common cinnamon. It also has far less skin sensitivity than cinnamon bark or cassia.
An unusual cinnamon-like plant that also has a lot of eucalyptol--3.46. Ocotea has the highest level of alpha-humulene of any essential oil and is known to balance the body's internal response to irritation and swelling. Only Copaiba essential oil has a comparable level of this natural plant compound.
MEDICINAL USES: Blood glucose, local antiseptic, prevents blood clots, anti-cancer, candida, anti-diarrheal, fungal skin infections, anti-asthma, reported weight loss, foot fungus, non-adaptive sustained stress (death, divorce, etc.)
WONDERFUL FOR DIABETICS AND JUVENILE DIABETICS!
- Ocotea is very good for lowering blood glucose levels.
- 1-3 drops under the tongue dropped glucose levels 30 points in less than 10 minutes. Then monitor.
- Lowers cortisol, which lowers insulin.
- 3 drops, 3 times a day or 4 drops, 4 times a day has proven to be better than glucaflague for diabetes.
- The local natives use it for diarrhea and as an anesthetic....by drinking a tea infusion.
- Balances body levels of irritation.
- It also regulates liver and balances metabolism.
- Works like the anti-inflammatory drugs without the side effects.
Marc Schrader mentioned during the break out session that for weight loss to take 2 drops 4 times a day. Could be in capsule or just 2 drops in a glass of water.
Here's what Gary shared on candida and strep elimination. Three months ago they started a research project on 88 of the children at the school in Ecuador. Sixty had parasites and 36 of them also had candida. They mixed 1 drop of Ocotea with 8 oz. of water. Then they gave 1 oz portions of this mixture to the children daily and diffused it in the classroom. It killed both the parasites and the candida.
PROMISING RESULTS
A video was shown at convention of a Naturopathic Doctor in Utah using Ocotea with a patient. He made a tincture out of it along with a couple of drops of cinnamon oil. Patient had low energy, cold feet, and had high blood sugar, around 340. Blood sugar levels responded as follows:
4/21/09-- blood sugar level at 340
4/28/09-- came down to 212
5/7/09-- down even lower to 140
Patient also noticed a feeling of well being and peace.
Weight loss was noted.
Research Link: http://tinyurl.com/yhz7qzd
Antiplatelet and antithrombotic activities of essential oil from wild Ocotea quixos (Lam.) Kosterm. (Lauraceae) calices from Amazonian Ecuador
Here are some more hi-lites of Young Living's Farm in Ecuador
