Thank you Angela. Hubby and I have now concluded there is no way this was "detoxing". As we talked about it again today, we discussed only even THINKING about putting lemongrass or Cypress on the bottoms of the feet in future. But I think they are on the no-fly list around here now. It's sad but just is the case. Today he is out mowing the lawn and I suggested, since it is black fly time in New England, that he might want to try out TerraShield. I got a "look". He got the bottle and read aloud the ingredients and I got another "look". His one leg is still scarlet and swollen all the way up from ankle to high thigh from where he last applied the oils 2 weeks ago. But honestly scarlet looks better to me than what it's been. It's a deeper darker more dull red now. It still itches of course and we've been trying a variety of things trying to help, and of course ongoing LLV and ongoing water with citrus eo etc as well as the Aveeno soaks at night. He did try the baking soda but not much effect. And he's a little suspicious now that lavender may have contributed to this misery. But until this horrific reaction dies down and goes away, I don't think I'm going to see him trying much else for a while. He's not "off" the oils but definitely much more "wary". He's afraid of all the Pines now since Cypress seems to have been the worst culprit and there are some pine family oils in the TerraShield. You know we tell people "there are no side effects only side benefits" and other such good catch phrases and believing in that enthusiastically enough that when an allergic reaction happens we tend to "blame ourselves" - thinking that well it must be my sick body's fault - it's detoxing. And both of us believe in and are all for detoxing. But this far exceeded that so we've learned a painful lesson and are really wondering how-on-earth long it will take his body to recover from this. We keep on working with it and this episode is still far from over. Thanks for everyone's supportive help.
On Friday, May 2, 2014 12:22:26 PM UTC-4, Angela wrote:
-- On Friday, May 2, 2014 12:22:26 PM UTC-4, Angela wrote:
I have been using doTERRA essential oils for probably 4 years and love them. But, I know what oils I have to personally be careful with because I break out in an itchy rash that lasts for days. The oils I am especially sensitive to are lavender and myrrh. I cannot put either of these oils anywhere but on the bottom of my feet. There are people that will say that if you break out in a rash, your body is just detoxing. This is not the case with me. Your husband may have to add back the oils one at a time to see which oil he may be sensitive to. Good luck!
My poor husband who has been SOOOO supportive of everything doTERRA since I got in last November (2013) and who like me is on LLV every day - was reading one of the doTERRA reference books - either Modern Essentials or the new one which came out near Christmas at this site - and discovered a treatment he decided to try on varicose veins in his legs which were giving him some achy pain. I believe it was a mix of lemongrass, cypress, lavender, lemon. I THINK he blended info from the 2 books in this mixture. He applied this neat for 4 days on his thighs and lower legs. To relieve the pain of the veins - which has come and gone for years - he alternated each night between ice applications and heat applications. On the 5th day he broke out in a terrible itchy rash and stopped all applications of oils on it immediately. He was already drinking a lot of water spiked with grapefruit or with lemon so that suggestion was already in play. He had also been on the LLV so that suggestion was already in play. Of course I brought up the "body-releasing-toxins" idea and he'd already thought of that. Now the rash has spread to his arms where he probably touched the cypress - that's what he thinks is the culprit - or the lemongrass - the 2nd candidate as the culprit - when he was applying the oils to both legs. Of course I brought up "fractionated coconut oil" but the guy can't stand coconut on his skin. He's had a lifelong allergy to it and immediately throws up - no kidding - if somebody slips a little coconut into a salad. Can't stand smelling other people's coconut-laced suntan oils in summer etc. And yes we both know how pure the fractionated coconut oil is. He's suffered with this wild rash for 2 weeks since he last touched the oil-mix to his legs. His legs where the rash is are hot to the touch. He hasn't slept a decent night in days since he wakes up and itches like crazy. He's taken to doing bath soaks every night with Aveeno trying to get the itchiness down but very modest relief. I've tried to get him to do a cortisone cream but he is determined to lick this "naturally". Any good suggestions? The poor guy is either "on fire" as he sits in long meetings at work or is crazy to scratch himself all over legs and arms. Yesterday he gave me the cypress and the lemongrass bottles and said he was sure he would never use those 2 oils again in his life.
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