[Everything doTERRA] Re: Are oils all classified as "fire"

Here are some notes from a course I am taking from Dr. Pappas, related to this question: 

Alchemists searching for the "elixir of life" and "the philosophers stone" made many chemical discoveries. In the Hippocratic system of medicine it was said that the four temperaments, nervous (hyper), sanguine (cheerful), lymphatic (slothful), and bilious (grouchy) correspond to the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water and that disease is due to an imbalance of these elements. Thus rheumatoid arthritis, a watery condition, should be treatable with heat (or the fire element) as a remedy to the water imbalance. Distillation was a symbol of purification and concentration of spiritual forces into the missing element, the "Quintessential" or 5th element. Alchemists distilled everything looking for the 5th element and quite often blew themselves up in the process. In distilling plants they found oils which they called the "Quintessence" and thought they had found the missing element. This explains the roots of the term "essential oil."

I think that your learned friend is referencing a very ancient system of medicine that explained things in very simple ways. It is not for me to say whether this system is valid or not, but it is obviously very different from what we have been taught in this modern age. 

As for the long-term objective of using essential oils, it is to give the body help to achieve its own healing. Plus the aroma gives us pleasure, and puts us back in touch with the natural world--which too many of us have lost. 

On Saturday, February 9, 2013 11:33:54 AM UTC-5, Pari wrote:

Hello all,

Recently I was in a discussion with a very experienced holistic spiritual healer and homeopath. He said that all oils are classified under 'fire'.  Is this true or not and how should one respond?

Also they wanted to know the long term objective of using the oils bc they said in homeopathy the aim is long term and to try to get the body back to its normal functioning state.

Any comments?
Pari

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