Pre and Post Surgery using Young Living Oils

 One big thing about surgery is arming the body. The healthier the body is going into surgery, the quicker recovery takes place. Here are some suggestions that may be helpful for an upcoming surgery.

Pre-Surgery:

Put lemon in water several times daily. This should be continued after surgery.

If you're not eating 8-10 servings of fruits and veggies and even if you are, Super C and Super B and MegaCal are really great options for arming your body pre surgery!

With that I'd say add Ningxia Red. By nature it's antiflammatory and antioxidant. This will helpyour body   recover faster.
Here is Gary Young's Anti-inflammatory/Anti Pain recipe. 
Valerian -20 drops

Vetiver -20 drops
Helichrysum -10 drops
Clove -5 drops
Idaho Balsam Fir -5 drops
Peppermint -5 drops

Take in 2 capsules every 3-4 hours as needed. You can also put this in coconut oil and rub it on the site of incision. 

Valerian: in old times it was revered to as the "heal all" It's anti-anxiety and antibacterial. It's going to help keep the bad stuff out, but will also calm the central nervous system (CNS), which in turn calms you. Stress prohibits healing in all aspects (2)!

Vetiver: is also antiseptic, calming, grounding, stimulates the immune system. It's used to help heal after trauma and surgery is a big trauma (2). 

Helichrysum: helps improve circulation and also controls bleeding and works on pain. It also helps regenerate new tissue, but reducing scaring. The less scar tissue the healthier the body. Sulfurzyme is also a great product for helping digest scar tissue! Sulfur is the 4th largest element in our body and most people show deficiencies in it. Especially if you weren't breast fed as a baby (2) 

Clove: Clove is a great fungal killer! It's also has a high antioxidant, antibacterial, analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. The people of Penang (among the "Spice Islands") had no history of epidemics until the 16th century when Dutch Conquerers destroyed the clove trees. Clove is also great for sinus infections (2).

Idaho Balsam Fir: is great for being an antiseptic, stringent, its anti-inflammatory and helps sedate nerves. It may also help enhance the body's production of hGH (human growth hormone) which is needed for healing and production of new tissue. It may also helps reduce levels of cortisol. Cortisol is the stress hormone=bad and surgery is stressful on your schedule, lifestyle, but its also super stressful on your body. Any time you can reduce that hormone, it's to your overall benefit!

Peppermint: If you've read my previous blogs you know that peppermint is my favorite! It's a pain killer and also helps amplify the affects of the other oils. Its invigorating to the senses, but also your cells. It helps kick your pain, but also helps speed up recovery.

If you're just interested in oils that can help in surgery  this is your ending place, but since I love the body and talking about it I couldn't help, but talk about how it heals itself :) 

The body goes through 4 phases of healing. The body is super smart and realizes what needs to be done. It's important to realize that even if the surgery is neccesary, it reeks havoc on your body. I mean your colon shuts down for up to 72 hours after being under amnesia...I wish I would have known that when I had surgery :) Make sure you're eating tons and I mean TONS of fresh fruits and veggies to help get fiber and nutrients, but to also give your digestive system plenty of healthy enzymes.

Phase I-Vascular response-
This happens immediately. As soon as the tissue is cut the body works to slow down bleeding and blood vessels constrict to prevent contniued bleeding and protect against infection. Platelets form to clot the injured area (1).

Phase I-inflammatory phase-can last up to 5 days: 
Your body has figured out that it's been compromised and is responding with a force. Blood will clot at the incision/injury site and white blood cells will spike as the body prepares for possible infection. Macrophages then remove damaged cells and other bad stuff(1). 

Phase II-The Proliferative phase can begin anytime from 2 days to 3 weeks after the surgery or injury.  This is when the body works to secrete collagn to reconnect damaged tissue. Vitiamin C, Zinc, Oxygen and Iron are required for this...drink the ningxia! The oils will help oxygenate the body and increase nutrient absorption (1)

Finally, Reconstruction (maturation) phase occurs from 3 weeks to a years after the surgery/injury.  The body replaces collagen put in place in the poliferative phase with stronger, more sturdy collagen and tissue, but this is not as strong as the original tissue. (1).


Thanks for reading!!! Hope this was helpful :) 

Citations 

(1) http://www.wrha.mb.ca/professionals/ebpt/files/WC-03NormalWoundHealing.pdf

(2)  "Reference Guide for Essential Oils" (New 2013 Edition) by Connie and Alan Higley