We also use essential oils for our various maladies (lots of kids in the house). We have had to go through very, very few courses of antibiotics and have also used Grapefruit Seed Extract to great affect, as well as essential oils.
I have used essential oils for years...never get sick. (In unhealthy East Tennessee, that is saying something.) As usual, my wife gets her MANDATED FLU SHOT, gets the flu, and is hacking and sneezing all around the house. Me? Not even a sniffle. She hates that damn shot...hates it.
Thanks for the heads up on Grapefruit seed extract.