Here’s something I read that I never knew: Silver mechanically purifies water without breeding “super” bugs–so a silver spoon is naturally antibacterial. In the old days a silver dollar was kept in the water barrel to keep it free of pathogens (whatever those are).

Applying a couple drops of essential oil to the soles of your feet is the fastest way for the oils to be absorbed into the body. The soles of our feet contain more skin pores than any other part of the body, plus they are the largest pores on the body. I imagine this is why in Bible times they would anoint their feet with oil, as in the story of Mary anointing Jesus’ feet with spikenard (Mark 14:3).

It is strongly suggested that stronger essential oils should be diluted with a carrier oil in order to apply them topically, such as oregano, thyme, cinnamon and clove to name a few. The one location where even strong oils can be applied, where irritation is least likely to occur, is on the soles of the feet.  If you ever wonder if an essential oil is too strong to be used comfortably, it should be applied to the soles of the feet.

Other quick absorbing areas include under your arms, behind the ears and on the insides of your wrists. According to Chinese medical knowledge, our human body has over 360 acupuncture points, with more than 60 found under the feet, known as the second heart. The soles of the feet also contain reflex points for all the organs of the body and these points can be used to enhance the impact of the oil.

For thousands of years, until the early 1800s, medicine was practiced according to the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 BC), who is called the founding father of natural medicine. He taught that the first and foremost principle of medicine is to respect nature’s healing forces, which inhabit each living organism. Hippocrates considered illness a natural phenomenon that forced people to discover the imbalances in their health. He strongly believed in good food and related the course of any ailment to poor nutrition and bad eating habits. He stressed, “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”, advice that has not lost its validity.