Ezekiel 47:12 -- Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. The fruit thereof shall be your meat, and the leaf for medicine.
The above is a link to an article someone sent me today called, “Plants found in ancient pills offer medicinal insight”. Scientists are re-discovering what ancient man knew all along about the healing power of plants. Plants and their oils are referenced in both biblical and ancient secular history, and are man's first known medicine.
Here is some interesting information I’ve gathered on the subject of modern medicine versus the art of using plants and their oils for health and healing...
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The therapeutic bio-chemicals within essential oils are among the most potent healing substances known to man. Their anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-infectious, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, anti-microbial anti-neuralgic, anti-rheumatic, immune-stimulating qualities are without equal in the world of medicine and healing.
In the 18th century, man began to identify the individual active ingredients of these healing plants and use them as single drugs. The properties of these chemicals display quite different properties from the original herbs. Initially, these drugs could only be obtained from plant extracts, but later when the chemical structures of many extracts were identified, the drugs are now made synthetically. In the transition from the use of crude plants to clinical pills, modern medicine has lost the art of combining herbs to modify toxicity and of using the whole plants, which themselves contain chemical ingredients that can reduce the risk of side effects.
In Phil 4:18, Paul refers to “a fragrant offering” as an acceptable gift “and pleasing to God,” which is a reference to the aromas of the essential oils used in the incenses, anointing oils, and sacrifices of worship among Jews and early Christians. For thousands of years, from the ancient Egyptians to the Israelites to the early Christians, frankincense has been widely used in worship, as well as a cure-all for disease. It seems that daily use of essential oils in biblical times were extensive, as seventy percent of the books of the Bible mention essential oils, their uses, and/or the plants from which they are derived.
The medicines manufactured by man cannot compare with the healing capabilities of essential oils. Man-made pharmaceuticals lack the life force, the intelligence, and the vibrational energy found in essential oils.
Synthetic prescriptions all have undesirable side effects, even when taken according to a doctor’s directions. Some side effects can be deadly. Have you ever listened to the list of possible side effects they rattle off at the end of drug commercials? No drug is capable of true healing. Also, when two drugs are taken together, they work in disharmony and dangerous inter-reactions can occur.
Tens of thousands of people die every year from prescription medicines, not because they overdosed or failed to follow directions, but because such drugs are inherently dangerous--that is why only licensed doctors are allowed to prescribe them. Meanwhile, people on drugs are not cured. Instead, they find themselves trapped in a life-long dependency on drug companies and the health care system.
Compare this with essential oils. They have no serious side effects—none that are deadly—and they can and do affect true healings. When more than one is used at once, they work in harmony and dangerous inter-actions do not occur. No one has ever died from a properly applied essential oil. They are inherently safe. That is why anyone can use them without the supervision or prescription of a doctor—which is why pharmaceutical companies and the medical world are not interested in them, as they can’t make as much money from them. It takes more time to grow the plants, harvest and distill the essential oils than to combine chemicals to make a cheaper and faster imitation. When people with chronic diseases are cured and no longer need oils or any other medicine, they become free and are no longer dependent on the medical system.
