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Are Essential Oils Good For Candida Cleanse?

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Channel: CanXida · 2018 · Education

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Hi there, Eric Bakker, naturopath. Author of the Candida Crusher book, and formulated of the CanXida range of supplements. Thank you for coming back. 

I have a question here from my subscriber wanting to know if essential oils are good for Candida cleanse. So, this lady basically wants to know if she can use essential oils for Candida cleansing, or use it in combination with diet or something else. 

Yes you can. You can successfully use essential oils for Candida cleanse. My favorite oils would have to be tea tree oil and oregano oil. But, also you could use thyme oil, and you could use many other oils as well. These oils are quite, some of them are quite aggressive, corrosive, powerful, strong. You need to be very careful.
                    
In my opinion, a better solution over the essential oils is actually to use the oregano herb itself and thyme. Thyme is [inaudible], we've got oregano we could put in there, potentially some marjoram, some basil, some rosemary. All those woody, herbaceous, Mediterranean herbs are very good, not just for cleansing Candida, but also for keeping the bacteria in check in the gut. So, it's a very good idea.

But, in saying that I do know several patients that put a few drops of oregano oil in with their salad dressing, or they'll mix a bit of tea tree oil in as well, you know different types of foods. Although technically you're not supposed to take essential oils internally, into your body, I know of many people that have done so for a long period of time, with no problem at all. 

But, these people actually are intelligent, they weren't dumb. These weren't people that were drinking, like one ounce bottle of oregano oil every day, or doing crazy things like that. There are people that do dumb things like that and literally would drink a whole, a proper bottle of essential oils per day. 

I've known of a few patients to do silly things like that. It's not a good idea to consume essential oils internally, unless you really know what you're doing. You have to either be trained or work under the direction of qualified aromatherapist, somebody who really understands essential oils. 
                    
Some essential oils are very dangerous, indeed to take in internally. If we look at pennyroyal for example, or Tanzene, or oils like that. These are actually extremely toxic oils to use internally, they're very dangerous to use. They cane cause major liver disease. So, before you take any oils internally you want to see your naturopath, naturopathic doctor, or aromatherapist. You need to talk to someone who has training in this field. 
                    
Over training in the aromatherapy field, I would not use generally essential oils internally, unless it was very small amounts, as I mentioned of oregano or tea tree oil. I've got a very good practitioner, a friend of mine, who took 20 drops of tea tree oil per day for months on end. 20 drops per day with no problem at all. He took that internally. 
                    
If you're healthy you can get away with these sorts of things, if you're trained and know what you're doing. But, just be cautious with essential oils because they can be very strong and powerful, and in the wrong hands can create a lot of problems. Topically, I've got no problem with oils topically, but I'm talking more internally, to take them internally. That's think about that. 
                    
This is where teas are probably safer and herbs themselves, rather than the oils. Because the oils are super concentrated, so you really should know what you're doing before you do take those internally. So, that's a little bit about essential oils and Candida.
                    
Thanks for the question.

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