Natural Help for Skin Pigment Changes / Issue #156 - November 19, 2008

Home Spa Lady's
Tips of the Week
Issue # 156 - November 19, 2008
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
mailto:marilee777@aol.com
http://www.HomeSpaLady.com

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Home Spa Lady ~ Simple Solutions for Self-Care At Home
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In This Issue
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1. Natural Help for Skin Pigment Changes

2. Essential Oil Tip: Scent Your Business Cards
(video: 1 min 17 sec)

3. Success Tip: Bernard M. Baruch

4. Recipe of the Week: Organic Homemade Cranberry Sauce

5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week

6. The "Green Tea with Marilee" Show


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1. Natural Help for Skin Pigment Changes
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When I was in my early 20's, I was dealing with a skin condition
that my dermatologist couldn't explain, and it had me hiding in
my house.

I was diagnosed with "vitiligo" which showed up as irregular
patches of pale skin - mostly on the top of my feet and behind my
neck.

I was so upset because I was living at the beach and having a tan
was so important to me. Tanning was the worst thing to do if I
wanted to hide the white spots that wouldn't tan on my skin.

My doctor prescribed a steroid cream and antibiotics - they
didn't help at all.

For most people, vitiligo is a chronic condition. For me that
was not the case. Mine went away when I started to adjust my
diet and started to drink raw juices and make other positive
lifestyle changes.

At that time, I didn't know exactly what made it go away, just
like I didn't know what brought it on.

Now, after a few decades of study and experience in holistic
health, nutrition, detox, and alternative medicine - I have a
"hypothesis" related to vitilago. I never read any material about
this anywhere, but like often occurs with me I determine helpful
approaches to health challenges by combining my knowledge,
experience, common sense, and intuitive abilities.

When I received the testimonial (below) from Sandra, my
"hypothesis" was reinforced.

I want to share this information with you in the hopes that it
might help bring awareness to someone with this condition where
they may apply this hypothesis to themselves and explore natural
approaches mentioned here.

First I'll tell you my hypothesis, and then you can read the
email that I received from Sandra a few months ago.

I won't go into how I came to my hypothesis other than to say
that right before I had my case of vitilago I was put on lots of
antibiotics for bronchitis and other respiratory issues. I also
was dealing with some major life stressors.

My hypothesis is that vitilago is a systemic fungal condition
similar to, if not, candidiasis (yeast overgrowth). Internal
fungal overgrowth often shows up on the skin (psoriasis is
another skin condition affected by this).

Overtaxed adrenals are often at play here as well - so stress can
play a big part in contributing to this. Often candida issues go
hand in hand with stressed adrenal glands.

One of the best ways to combat a fungal problem is to not feed
the fungus (it LOVES sugar - so sugar and simple carbohydrates
like bread and pasta - are a big no no) and to use
a natural anti-fungal substance (I'm not talking about man-
made medications - antifungal meds are chemicals that are often
extremely harsh on the liver). Also, resting and nourishing rests
the body to lessen the stress hormones released by the adrenals.

In my opinion the best natural anti-fungal substances come from
our plant kingdom (nature takes care of nature) specifically
therapeutic essential oils.

Many of our essential oils have anti-fungal properties, and the
two that Sandra mentions here are anti-fungal (and they smell so
good!) such as Purification and Melrose.

Sandra is originally from the States and currently lives in
Germany.

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Marilee,

Hi!! :) Finally I am writing to you regarding Vertiligo.

We met not long after I had returned from India, my energy was
down. My body felt polluted and I had several problems with both
stomach and my kidneys.

I saw your training posted for essential oils and felt drawn to
go. (my chiropractor-also said that he would highly recommend
you) ;)

There we focused on getting my energy back and through the use of
Juva flex and Endoflex applied topically over liver and on my
feet- I "returned" ;)

Eventually I took a class for raindrop technique and bought the
reference book. To my surprise I saw a cure for Vertiligo,
something I also returned home with from India.

All the doctors I had seen had told me that there
was absolutely no cure for this-that it was something I got from
heredity and that perhaps the stress of backpacking across Nepal
and India had taken its toll on my body. I would have to learn
to live with it.

Not that it should matter - but it may be important to note that
I am an educator and a woman. All I could think about was how
people would react to me.

Luckily it was not on my face, but it was all across my chest and
on my shins among many other places. I started wearing shirts
that covered my chest.

Normally I am sporty and like to show off a bit of my chest
muscles - but no more - I was ashamed of my body. No more skirts
or shorts as well. In fact when I did wear them- I saw even
small children look afraid....truly. No one wants to "catch it".
I understood.

I decided to try what the book suggested Melrose and
Purification - I also read a bit about illness as well and heard
that the last places "hit" could be the first to combat. Since
the two biggest problem areas - chest and shins were the last
ones affected- I started there.

I continued applying the oils alternating between layering
Melrose over Purification and visa versa - soon I saw some
changes - but I couldn't be sure.

Perhaps it was my imagination? Slowly I couldn't think it was my
imagination. Except for two small spots (behind my collar bone)
my chest was clear.

I began to feel human again. Then I started to see changes with
my shins, almost like some one was beginning to color in the
white parts - soon what was the size of the palm of my hand
became the size of a small coin and on the other leg nearly non-
existent.

For me, that was enough - since I also believe that certain
things can also come from things inside - I elected to stop
treatment and try and look at why it had happened to begin with
before going further. (If you don't know what I am talking about-
check out Louise Hays or Carolyn Myss)

I now feel ready to get rid of that last bit on my leg and start
battling other areas- for now I will leave the collar bone alone-
its a reminder for me since sometimes I can't believe that it
ever happened - and its a bit of something that I can share when
talking about the wonders of essential oils. :)

If you know of anyone suffering from Vertiligo please share this
- in the newer version they have another suggestion that I have
not tried - but perhaps I will if I don't get success with my
tried and true remedy.

Please note that you will find more info on the internet - all is
about living with this and nothing about curing it. Spelled both
Vertiligo and Vitiligo.

I hope that this can help others.

lots of love, Sandra


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You can get more info about these Young Living essential oils
from your Young Living wholesale distributor or go to:
http://tinyurl.com/aenfp

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2. Essential Oil Tip: Scent Your Business Cards
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I went to an internet marketing conference this past week and it
was mostly professional women and it was fabulous!

Of course we were all networking like crazy and my business cards
were a hit because they were scented with essential oils. Do you
have any idea how powerful that is? I learned how powerful it
was by all of the positive feedback - people just loved it!

Here is a quick video on how my cards were "scented", and also
I've included the link to where you can get this fabulous
business card holder!

Here is the video: (1 min 12 sec)
http://snipurl.com/vidaromawearcardcase

Here is where you can get the great case!
http://snipurl.com/aromawear_4_you

For more info or to order any of these Young Living
products see your Young Living Distributor or go to
http://tinyurl.com/aenfp

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3. Success Tip: Bernard M. Baruch
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"To me old age is always 15 years older than I am."

~Bernard M. Baruch


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4. Recipe of the Week: Organic Homemade Cranberry Sauce
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Make this the night before Thanksgiving

--2 cups organic sugar or sucanat (Yes - this DOES have sugar)
(sucanat will give you a darker colored sauce)
--2 cups water

Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally for five minutes

Add:

--4 cups fresh organic cranberries
--1 Tablespoon grated orange peel (optional) {I think a drop of
Young Living orange essential oil would be great here!}

--Boil for at least five minutes longer or until the cranberries
"pop"
--The cranberries must pop to release the natural pectin that
will thicken your cranberry sauce
--Refrigerate for at least three hours before serving

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5. HSL's Joke or Cute Quote of the Week
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An elderly lady was stopped, waiting to pull into a parking space
when a young man in his new red Mercedes went around her and
parked in the space she was waiting for.

The sweet little old lady was so upset that she went up to the
man and said, "I was going to park there you rude man!"

The man was a real smart aleck and he said, "That's what you can
do when you're young and bright."

Well, this really upset the lady even more, so she got in her car
and backed it up and then she stomped on the gas and smashed
right into his Mercedes, trashing the front end.

The young man ran back to his car and asked, "What did you do
that for you crazy old woman"

The little old lady smiled and told him, "That's what you can do
when you're old and rich!"

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