All About Essential Oils & Their Safe Use for Kids: My Interview on the Healthy Vibrant Kids Summit

Are Essential Oils Really Safe for Kids?

As a result of misunderstanding and fearmongering, people can become nervous about incorporating natural remedies into their and their families’ wellness regime. This is especially true about essential oils, particularly with children and pets.

Recently, I had the honor of being featured as an expert on the Healthy Vibrant Kids Summit. The host, Sarah Hatt, is a mom on a mission to empower parents with holistic and integrative options for their little ones that are effective, safe, and accessible.

I thoroughly enjoyed my chat with Sarah about using essential oils across the lifespan. In fact, I even went a little uncensored.

During the interview, we discussed:

• An introduction to the basic properties of essential oils, including their mechanism of action and the importance of their quality
• The safety of essential oils for kids
• Myths and misconceptions about essential oils
• The best oils to use with children and their applications
• General advice about using essential oils for the whole family

As always, all the references, resources, and links to articles will be in this accompanying article.

Enjoy the discussion!

 

Everything You Need to Know About Using Essential Oils with Children

During my interview on the Healthy Vibrant Kids Summit, I explored various aspects of essential oils and their relevance to children’s health.

The topics covered in our conversation included:

1. Some of the basics about essential oils such as:

• • How essential oils affect the brain and body
  • Determining good quality essential oils
  • Why GC/MS isn’t enough to determine the purity of essential oils
  • Dosage and dilution ratios of oils for newborns, toddlers, kids, teens, and adults
  • How to determine when topical or aromatic applications of essential oils will work best
  • The controversy surrounding ingesting essential oils

2. The media’s use of scare tactics regarding the safety of essential oils.

• • Many of the ‘toxicity” reports on essential oils and children are really due to over-dosage.

3. The myths and misinformation about essential oils.

• • Lavender and tea oil have been touted to be “estrogenic,” but the studies concluding this have many flaws.
  • How safe essential oils are when used properly.

4. My favorite oils for kids and adults and their applications for:

• • better immune function
  • brain health and mood balance
  • sleep
  • improving attention and focus
  • digestive support
  • skin health
  • hormones
  • overall wellness

Some of the oils covered in our talk included:

• • lavender oil
  • chamomile oil
  • bergamot and citrus oils
  • fir oils
  • peppermint oil
  • tea tree oil
  • Thieves oil blend
  • geranium oil
  • … and more

 

Who Should Watch This Interview on Essential Oils and How to Use Them Safely with Children?

This is the episode for you if you:

• own oils but are too nervous to start using them with your kids or yourself
• want natural wellness tools that are simple and not overwhelming
• need support for big emotions, bedtime battles, and other common complaints from your children
• seek someone with clinical experience using essential oil safely and successfully
• want to feel confident about using essential oils with yourself and your family
• want to learn more about essential oils, including what they do, the importance of their quality, the best applications for them, and which oils to use for specific conditions

I believe essential oils are great companions to assist you with raising the healthiest, happiest kids possible!

Feel free to share your thoughts and check out the additional resources below.

Many blessings.

 

Other Resources

• Using Essential Oils for Healthy, Thriving, Happy Kids with Integrative Pediatrician Dr. Elisa Song, MD – The Essential Oil Revolution Podcast (Episode 387)
• The Evolution of Aromatherapy: From Massage to Self-Care with Jade Shutes – The Essential Oil Revolution Podcast (Episode 378)
• Essential Oil Quality, Standards, and Safety Part 3: Verifying Quality, Certificates of Analysis, Sourcing, and Purity from Plant Source to the Label (Video Blog)
• You can still  register here and get instant access to my interview and all the other experts on the Healthy Vibrant Kids Summit.