I treasure Helichrysum (Helichyrsum italicum), for it's amazing healing properties. Its popular name is Everlasting.

I carry it with me when I go hiking in case someone gets hurt. You can apply it straight on the open wound for immediate healing.

If you bump yourself (hard) onto something, rub Helichrysum on right away, and you'll see that just a few minutes later, there will be no pain or a bump. Helichrysum also helps you re-grow damaged nerves. I had great experiences with this oil, using it on my bumped head, and helping a friend with a broken spine stop the pain within minutes ( see Healing Story #1) .

Helichrysum is also great for clearing the noise in your ear (it worked for me in 2 days!) and supporting hearing - please see the end of David Stewart's article below and here.

"Helichrysum and cardamom are examples of oils thought to have heavy metal chelating power. (See books by Highley, Manwaring, or Young for more on this." - from The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple by by David Stewart.

Helichrysum is included in many Young Living blends, like Juva Flex & Juva Cleanse (liver ), Deep Relief Roll-On, PanAway, GLF (gallbladder & liver), AromaLife (heart).

From EDDR:

"Juva Cleanse" was clinically tested in 2003 for removing mercury from body tissues".

For information on Helichrysum's constituents, medical uses and research, please read here:http://eugeniyamusic.blogspot.com/2013/09/helichrysum.html

Helichrysum oil has a sweet and fruity smell with honey or nectar overtones. It is an uplifting oil and assists us in releasing emotional blocks that are rooted in the subconscious mind.

posted at http://www.oil-testimonials.com/essential-oils.php?tID=7084&sID=374941

Burned while lighting a fireplace

Author: Gay Bauer

Location: IN, United States

Posted: 04-13-2012

A neighbor down the hall from me came for help. She had burned the right side of her face and arm lighting the fireplace. I put Helichrysum on her face and gave her some aloe gel. The next morning her face looked like it had never happened, except for her eyebrow and lashes.

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Lip instantly stopped bleeding

Author: Tony van Kessel

Location: ON, Canada

Skills: Esthetician

Posted: 04-20-2012

One day while shaving, I accidentally cut my upper lip and it started bleeding profusely, running down my chin and even pooling in my mouth - I couldn't believe the volume of blood!

I immediately grabbed a styptic pencil, which is specifically designed to stop minor shaving cuts, and it did absolutely nothing to help.

Meanwhile, my partner rushed to look up bleeding� in our Essential Oils Desk Reference and the first recommendation was Helichrysum.

I put a drop on the tip of my index finger and touched it to the cut, and to my amazement, the bleeding stopped INSTANTLY, as though a switch had been turned off! When I removed my finger and looked at it, there was a perfectly round globule of blood suspended in the residual oil on my finger tip.

I now carry a small sample-size vial of Helichrysum in my shaving kit, and I threw out my styptic pencil (which is not very good for the body anyway, because it uses aluminum sulfate).

from EDR

Anticoagulant, anesthetic, antispasmodic, antiviral, liver protectant/detoxifier/stimulant, chelates chemicals and toxins, regenerates nerves

Herpes virus, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, hypertension, blood clots, liver dissorders, circulatory dissorders, skin conditions (eczema, psoriosis scar tissue, varicose veins).

Fragrant Influence: Uplifting to the subconscious

Application: (1) Apply 2-4 drops on location, temple, forehead, back of neck, or outside of ear, (2) apply on chakras and/or Vita Flex points, (3) inhale directly, (4) diffuse, or (5) take as dietary supplement.

Making your Own Helichrysum

by David Stewart, PhD, DNM, BCRS

Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum) is a powerful and versatile oil as a single. It is also used in many Young Living oil blends and products as follows: Aroma Life, Brain Power, Forgiveness, Awaken, JuvaFex, JuvaCleanse, Live With Passion, M-Grain, PanAway, Trauma Life, Chelex Tincture, ArthroTune, and CardiaCare. It is also an ingredient in Gary Young’s Magic Relief Formula, as mentioned in the recipe given in the article just above.

Unfortunately, Young Living’s European source for Helichrysum is no longer availalble. Hence helichrysm is no longer availalble as a single oil through Young Living.

Gary Young is planning to establish an annual helichrysum crop on his new farm in Ecuador. However, it may be a a year or more before the oil is in production in sufficient quantities to offer all distributors again. Helichrysum italicum also goes by the common names of “Everlasting” and “Immortele.”

Until Young Living can produce enough to sell again, you can make your own substitute from oils that are available. I have developed this formula based on a chemistry that approximates the compound composition of helichrysum. I call it “Helichrysum Blend.”

It is simple. Mix equal parts of the following six oils, all available from Young Living:

Clary Sage (Salvia schlarea)

Elemi (Canarium luzonicum)

Roman Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile)

Wild Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata)

You can use equal numbers of drops or equal numbers of any other measure you wish depending on the quantity of Helichrysum Blend you want make up.

The similarities of chemistries between Actual Helichrysum and Helichrysum Blend are as follows:

GENERAL CHEMISTRY OF HELICHRYSUM

(Helichrysum italicum)

Esters . . . . . .43%

Ketones. . . . . .20%

Sesquiterpenes . .15%

Monoterpenes . . .12%

Alcohols . . . . . 6%

Phenols. . . . . . 1%

Oxides . . . . . . 1%

Other Compounds. . 2%

GENERAL CHEMISTRY OF HELICHRYSUM BLEND

(Equal parts of Clary Sage, Elemi, Roman Chamomile, Wild Tansy, Wintergreen, and Ylang Ylang)

Esters . . . . . .41%

Ketones. . . . . .15%

Sesquiterpnes. . .14%

Monoterpenes . . .16%

Alcohols . . . . . 8%

Phenols. . . . . . 1%

Oxides . . . . . . 1%

Other Compounds. . 4%

The category, “Other Compounds,” includes minor amounts (less than 1%) of Aldehydes, Carboxylic Acids, Coumarins, and Ethers. For the definitions and properties of “Esters,” Ketones,” “Alcohols,” and other classes of compounds, see “The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple,” available from http://www.RaindropTraining.com and many other sources.

Except for a slight minty tone from wintergreen and a floral tone from ylang ylang, the fragrance of Helichrysum Blend is very similar to the oil of the single species, Helichrusum italicum itself.

While the chemistry of none of these six individual oils are like that of Helichrysum, as a combination they come very close. For example, it has been suggested that Wild Tansy is a good substitute for Helichrysum, and in many ways it may be. But the dominant chemistry of Tansy is 77% ketones with only 5% esters while that of Helichrysum is only 20% ketones with 43% esters.

Another suggested substitute for real Helichrusum is a blend of Tansy, Elemi, and Wintergreen. While Wintergreen (like Helichrysum) is predominantly esters (97%), this is double the concentration of esters as found in Helichrysum italicum. Furthermore, wintergreen oil does not contain any of the remaining compounds of Helicrysum. As for Elemi, it is mainly monoterpenes (71%) and contains no esters or ketones while Helichrysum contains mostly esters and ketones and only 12% monoterpenes. even so, despite the major differences chemical between Helichrysum and any of these six oils separately, when these six oils are combined in equal proportions, the general chemical profile of Helichrysum is duplicated to a very close extent, as seen by the percents above.

Specifically, there are seven compounds found in Clary Sage that are also found in Helichrysum, except in different proportions. These are beta-caryophyllene, curcumene, 1,8 cineol, l-limonene, linolol, nerol, and neryl acetate. Beta-caryophyllene is also found in Ylang Ylang and Roman Chamomile. Linalol is also found in Ylang Ylang. And l-limonene, which has a pine-like fragrance, is also an ingredient of Elemi. Helichrysum and Ylang Ylang both contain eugenol, which is a local anesthetic and is the predominant compound of clove oil.

But all of this is academic concerning Helichrysum Blend as a substitute for real Helichrysum if it does not provide some of the same therapeutic benefits of real Helichrysum.

The extent to which the therapeutic action of Helichrysum Blend mimics that of actual Helichrysum italicum can only be determined by trial and experimentation. The formula developed above is based on matching the common chemistry, not an attempt to match any common effects. There are many potential benefits from this blend, but are the same benefitsas Helichrysum italicum? And what additional benefits might there be? Those are the questions at this time. I am trying the blend myself at this time to observe its effects — physical, emotional, and otherwise. I will report my findings through this newsletter in about six months.

If you create some of this blend and try it yourself or on others, please let me know your observations and experiences of its results and I will report them, giving you credit. This will probably be in my July-August or Sept-October issue of the Raindrop Messenger.

One of the most dramatic therapeutic effects of actual Helichrysum is in the restoration of hearing loss in applying the oil with the vitaflex ear technique. Among other things I am going to experiment with the hearing restoration effects of this blend as compared to my past experiences with Helichrysum italicum. If you try the Helichrysum Blend with the ear vitaflex, please let me know what results are achieved. We want to know any results, positie or negative, and whether like those of actual helichrysum or otherwise.

posted at http://www.oil-testimonials.com/essential-oils/2553/nerve-deafness-restored-with-helichrysum

Nerve Deafness Restored With Helichrysum

Author: Trudie Crawford

Professional skills: Naturopathic

Location: IN, United States

Posted: 11-26-2007

My sister has had nerve deafness in her left ear for 19 years. It came on very suddenly and her doctor told her there was nothing they could do about it.

After listening to 'The Missing Link' by Gary Young and learning that in Egypt they had experimented with Helichrysum for nerve deafness with success, I called my sister and encouraged her to give it a try. What did she have to lose? I did warn her however, that it could take between 6-12 months of putting the oil on every day before she would see a significant result. She faithfully put one drop on every day. Six months later, she had regained 55% of her hearing in the left ear. Ten months later she had regained 70% of her hearing. She continues to put one drop on every day and is enjoying the benefits of her restored hearing.

posted at http://www.oil-testimonials.com/essential-oils/5379/hearing-loss-restored

Hearing Loss Restored

Author: Evagelia Lyras

Location: NJ, United States

Posted: 02-06-2011

I, as other members in my family, have calcium deposits on the ears, which causes hearing loss. We all wear/wore hearing aids.

I eventually had operations on the ears to restore the hearing, both of which were successful. Insurance would pay for the operation but not for a new hearing aid!

I still had a slight loss and since I was a teacher this made a difference in the classroom. Over time my hearing was decreasing again and I had to go back to a hearing aid.

When I heard about YL oils, I learned about helichrysum and restoring hearing. At that time, however, that price was out of reach for me. I saved and saved and used up a bottle over a few months. Saved for another and somewhere along the line I realized I no longer needed my hearing aid.

My mother and father began using helichrysum also and had some of their hearing restored.

Hope this helps!!

http://www.oil-testimonials.com/essential-oils/693/hearing-difficulty-solved-with-helichrysum

Hearing Difficulty Solved With Helichrysum

Author: Judy Jamison

Professional skills: Nurse

Location: GA, United States

Posted: 05-16-2005

I suffered a head injury from a motor vehicle accident 20 years ago and lost hearing in my left ear. One year ago I hit my head and had recurrent symptoms similar to the head injury 20 years ago--tinnitis and fullness in the head and difficulty hearing in my good ear. I was especially concerned to conserve my hearing in my right ear. I put helichrysum oil around the ear and on the reflex points for the brain and ear on my feet. I repeated this every 20 min and after 2 hours my symptoms disappeared! I was amazed!