Supportive to healthy immune response, hypothalamus and pituitary gland function and may help with mental alertness, memory.
Medication/Health Condition: Caution All Routes: Drugs metabolized by CYP2B6 (if unsure, ask your MD or pharmacist) Caution Orally: Diabetes and Anticoagulant medication (such as aspirin, heparin, warfarin), Hemophilia, Peptic Ulcer, Internal bleeding, and other Bleeding disorders, Major Surgery and Childbirth (up to one week before or after), Severe Hepatic (liver) or Renal (kidney) impairment, Hypertensive or Diabetic Retinopathy, Thrombocytopenia (decreased blood count), Vasculitis
2. Recently my aunt developed an abscess on her spine where years ago she had an epidural. By the time she asked for help, the actual abscess was the diameter of a baseball and the surrounding redness was as big as a dinner plate. I read which oils might work best and mixed a fairly strong dilution of Ancient Shield. Once the abscess opened and began to drain, she reported it was very itchy. We continued to treat the abscess with Ancient Shield, and the irritation from bandages with a bit of Lavender. Within ten days, the abscess was totally healed, and all for less than the price of one 2mL sample of Ancient Shield. I used organic olive oil to dilute the Ancient Shield at 10% because of the enormous size of the abscess. That's an incredible bargain compared to what would have been a costly hospital stay for such an infection! Thank you, thank you, thank you! - Allison
3. I used Ancient Shield on a bad toe nail, and it healed up in a few months time. I had something heavy drop on it, but it never fell off like I expected. Then due to a mission trip where tracking through the mud made it a little concerning, I tried the Ancient Shield. It healed up, and you can't tell anyting was ever wrong with it. - Christy
4. I love the scent of Ancient Shield, which I have effectively used on a recurring mystery skin issue on my hands. It was something like warts coming from deep down inside somewhere which would eventually go down, and then the skin would flake there, only to come back after I let up on using the Ancient Shield. I still don't know what it was, but when I switched from a regular dish soap to a natural one, I haven't had any more manifestations of whatever that skin issue was. I'm glad it's gone, because the spots hurt and were itchy and ugly, being kind of yellowish and bumpy. - Savannah 5. I recently used Ancient Shield with some wrist and elbow pain I was having and it had immediate effect. - Patty
Avoid contact with the eyes and other sensitive areas. Essential oils are both lipophilic and hydrophobic. Lipophilic means they are attracted to fat—like the membranes of your eyes and skin. They are also hydrophobic, meaning they do not like water. Flushing with water will only send the essential oil back to the eye's membranes. Applying a carrier oil will create another fat for the essential oil to be attracted to other than the membranes of the eyes or skin. We’ve not known this to cause permanent injury or long-term discomfort, but if you feel concerned, please call your health care provider.
