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Where to start, as you are asking for knowledge far beyond mine.

Maybe Kyla will ask her father in law, how he will treat it, that I would like to know.

I would reach first for the Oregano Essential Oil (E.O.), let me warn you first, that Fragrance oil is not an E.O, it is a perfume and must not be used for healing, as it will not do so and there is no way of knowing what is in Fragrance oils.Take a look at the 'real tests' that have been done on the Oregano, it shows promise of great healing, I use it to smell for sinus infection, or a drop in the mouth for infected teeth...it tastes bad and is like Jalapeno pepper in heat, but works.

I also find that a drop of it by mouth, with a glass of water, helps settle upset stomachs.

any E.O. that I use by mouth, is from the Health Food Store and the name brand that I have is "Now", not that it is the greatest, but it is what I can afford and has served me well for years.

If I could buy the finest, then I would buy it from Butch at the AV-At. com link below. He also has links to all kinds of information on his site, I have read his opinions for years and take them above all others.

The TLC Soap list can be joined at the link below, do so and go to the archives at the Yahoo Group and do a group search for Butch or for the herbs you are interested in.

The TLC group, is the finest on the Internet, with accurate info and it is not just soap, it will cover whatever your need is, Rita the owner of TLC can stand beside Jim Robinson, they are of a type of gifts from God.

I would go to the "Back to Eden " book by Kloss, it is the
grandfather of all the herbal books of today, people have made millions in the last 50 years by re-writing it, under a different name.

I couldn't check to see if it was on-line for free readin, as my computer would have crashed on the bigger sites.

Tea Tree EO is a valuable product, I have it and have used it on infections, but have not used it that much.

The Neem EO, I have not used, it needs to be further investigated, as the information on it was just coming out when I got caught up in terrorists and left the herb reading.

You can drink oregano tea, or peppermint tea, for inside healing.

Orange EO, or Lemon EO, are both germ killers and can be used in cleaning or sprayed in the room, do not use citrus
products on the skin, if going in the sun, or you will burn
your skin, there is a word, just out of my mind, photo ? maybe it is photosensitive.??

Of course, Lavender EO, is the one you should have for all the other uses/illnesses.

A drop on the pillow and you will sleep better. It helps breathing, sneezing and if rubbed on the soles of the feet,
will even help people who snore, the feet bit came from a man who did not like the smell.

Eucalyptus for helping with breathing.

I am alone, so do not have to consider others, I simply take the lid off the bottle and smell them, as needed.

Some will spray the room with them, which I do, with 1/3 vinegar, the rest water and about a 1/4 teaspoon of EO, the vinegar is a good killer also and kills odors, like cooked fish or cabbage, simply by setting an open bowl of vinegar by the stove.

I use the vinegar and water and EO for room spray, insect bites and the peppermint feels good on a hot day, after a shower.

If you can only have 2 bottles, make them Oregano and Lavender, maybe you know someone with the common peppermint growing wild, or it is not expensive in bulk at the herb stores.

Do look at the googles below, they may shed more light on the subject.

I will try to find the recipe for the Thieves Vinegar, it was used by the robbers of plague or some such outbreak, to keep from catching it while robbing corpses.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=research%20on%20oregano%20%20essential%20oil

http://www.google.com/search?q=research+on+tea+tree+essential+oil&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet

http://www.google.com/search?q=research+on+neem+essential+oil&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet

Back to Eden herbal book:

http://www.google.com/search?q=herbal+recipes+from+the+book+Back+to+Eden+written+by+Jethro+Kloss&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&start=10&sa=N

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=where%20to%20read%20Back%20to%20Eden%20%20by%20Jethro%20Kloss%20free%20on%20the%20Internet

The best of E.O.'s, Butch swears that he has a tablespoon or more of Oregano EO every day, to keep him disease free.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=av-at.com

Rita's soapmaking supplies and she did have a page for herbs and the uses of them.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=tlcsoaps.com