In my search for homemade spa treatments and herbal home remedies, which I really enjoy playing with, I came across a product called Emu Oil.

The next time i was at my local health food emporium shopping for various essential oils and herbs for my latest herbal experiment, i asked the vendor if they sold emu oil. He handed me a cobalt blue bottle with a picture of a large, prehistoric-type bird on the label.

I really wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with this yet, but I usually go with my gut feeling when I feel like I should buy something. It’s almost always clear to me within days exactly what I’ll be using it for and I’ll be glad I bought it and have it on hand. I learned a long time ago to trust that little voice in my head that seems to always be there for me, even when I don’t fully understand why.

That day I proceeded to create some delicious herbal spa treatment recipes that were quite delicious, but the emu oil remained locked up and out of the way.

It wasn’t until several days later that I found myself on the internet looking for a solution to a problem I had been having for about a month. The last time I visited my stylist, he recommended a hair product that would add volume and body, which I needed for the cut I was currently sporting.

I bought the product you had recommended and I liked the results. But soon I started noticing that my scalp was having a bad reaction. After several weeks of using the product, I finally decided that I needed to stop using it completely. But by this time my scalp had become irritated and itchy.

If you’ve ever felt itchy, you know it can drive you crazy. I wanted relief and I wanted it NOW!

I found information online that something that could alleviate my condition was massaging my scalp with emu oil.

Hey, how about that! Turns out I have a bottle of emu oil in my closet, and now I know why I bought it.

Well, it not only brought me instant relief but also made my hair very soft.

So I started reading up on some of the other things that emu oil has been said to be helpful in relieving.

Some of the items were:

*Burns, including sunburn and radiation burns

* Heal wounds, minor cuts and injuries.

*Relieves eczema, psoriasis and acne

*Relieves the discomfort of insect bites and skin rashes

*Helps prevent healing of recent wounds

*Helps reduce stretch marks and other skin imperfections

*Reduce pain and inflammation caused by arthritis

*Reduces swelling and muscle pain

*Improve the condition and growth rate of hair and nails.

Apparently there are some people who claim that emu oil has been effective in reversing hair loss. Is there anything emu oil can’t do?

I personally don’t have any experience with Emu Oil other than using it as I mentioned above. But I’d certainly give it a try if I ever needed relief from one of the other problems so many people say it can help.

Although 100% Emu Oil doesn’t really have an unpleasant odor, it certainly doesn’t contain any of the perfumed scents that are usually added to other products we buy over the counter. I found that adding a few drops of my favorite herbal essential oil to emu oil was a great way to get the scents I love while still being able to enjoy the benefits of emu oil’s healing properties.

Copyright © 2005 Sherry Sims