July 30, 2017
Last week I had a moving-quickly-in-a-distracted-haze kind of moment. I was washing dishes with quick efficiency, determined to re-find my countertop. I turned to see what was left to be washed and grabbed the cookie sheet that was behind me on the stovetop - with both hands. It was hot. Fresh from the oven in fact. My son had just lifted his lunch off the baking sheet onto a plate behind me. The pan clattered to the floor in my haste to stop the burning feeling in my fingers.... I quickly put both hands under cold water and filled the sink so I could immerse them while I thought about my next move.
I remembered reading from my Essential Oils pocket reference that a French scientist discovered "lavender's ability to promote tissue regeneration and speed wound healing when he severely burned his arm in a laboratory explosion." I decided to put a drop of lavender and a drop of frankincense (another oil noted for its skin support properties) in some calendula lotion and slather it on the hot spots on my fingers. I pictured many days of inconvenience as I tried to cook, clean, type, drive, and live with two burnt index fingers and several other fingertips. I covered the worst areas with a bandage and went lightly on hand use that day.
Within an hour, the heat had gone out of my hands. By evening I removed the bandages and was stunned to see that my hands were a normal healthy pink with only some white spots that would have been blisters. The skin hadn't blistered and was no longer sore. My hands have been ready for action all week with no ill effects from my hasty blunder. They have a slight dullness in sensation at the worst spots but are healing remarkably fast.
Thanks Young Living!
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