Hey so long story short. I've been dealing with Crohn's for almost 7 yrs, been to Mayo Clinic 3 (soon to be 4), had a bowel resection 3 yrs ago, and am on my 3rd biologic drug. So about 6 months ago I did a ton off research on essential oils. I started looking into for my horses but the more I looked into it the more I started thinking I could use them too. So I know there's no quality control in the oils and a lot of them are synthetic crap but I came across a particular company (DoTerra) that makes certified therapeutic grade oils that are safe for internal use. Then I found out that they make supplements too and got super excited to try some of it. So I've been using a combo of oils and supplements for almost 5 months now and am kinda blown away with how I've been feeling. So I guess I'm curious if anybody has any experience with essential oils vs drugs. I would really like to come off of at least some of the meds I'm currently on but I want to make sure I do as much research as I can before I quit taking anything. I have an appt at Mayo Clinic coming up and am planning to bring it up with my dr then. So any advice on what I should be asking my dr or if anybody has any experience doing something similar I would really really appreciate it.
Curious about experience with Essential Oils
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I tried one of my oils yesterday for the first time to see if it would help, and it really did. I am truly not sure if it was a coincidence or not so I am going to continue with it while lowering the dosage of my prescribed med. This way, I will know whether it's really the oil helping or not. Too soon to tell for now, but more to come..... I just applied a copy of drops topically (yesterday) on my belly and I did not have to go ALL DAY yesterday. This is in comparison to where I am going LITERALLY 15 times a day. And that was the ONLY change I made yesterday. So, stay tuned....
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Hello! I am really interested in hearing which oils and supplements you guys are using! I would appreciate any info! Thanks so much!! 
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An hour ago started taking internally a blend following Jen C's idea with our little DoTerra oils kit. i put this in a capsule (leftovers from opening slippery elm caps) this is all that fit:
5 drops of coconut carrier
1 drop Frankincense
2 drops peppermint
2 drops Digest-zen (prop blend of Ginger, Peppermint, Tarragon, Fennel, Coriander and Carroway (flavor of anise but not anise)
noticed heat in my upper chest, neck and face after 10 minutes, felt nice. has continued for the last hour. nice to feel warm again. i'm usually very cold. I'm hoping this stops the diarrhea like it did for you Jen C.
BTW Jen C do you have an update? i'll look around thanks!
5 drops of coconut carrier
1 drop Frankincense
2 drops peppermint
2 drops Digest-zen (prop blend of Ginger, Peppermint, Tarragon, Fennel, Coriander and Carroway (flavor of anise but not anise)
noticed heat in my upper chest, neck and face after 10 minutes, felt nice. has continued for the last hour. nice to feel warm again. i'm usually very cold. I'm hoping this stops the diarrhea like it did for you Jen C.
BTW Jen C do you have an update? i'll look around thanks!
