Are Essential Oils Really Essential?

I have always been somewhat interested in natural healing and alternative medicines. Not overly into it or anything, but I see a chiropractor even though my husband calls him the "witch doctor." In high school I wanted to know all about massage, reflexology, and aromatherapy. I have type I diabetes, so I take insulin, and I can obviously see the value of western medicine, but I don't think it is the only option, or always the best option.

I was recently introduced to a line of essential oils. I was immediately interested in them, because as I mentioned before I've always thought things like that could be useful. I ended up getting several of the oils for myself and I've been using them for a month or so. I decided I want to try to record ways that I've used them and what has worked for me so that I can see if they really work and if it's worth it to me to buy them. The person I learned about them from has done this same type of blog and I found it to be really interesting, which is another reason I thought I'd try it. By the way, you can see that blog here.