Cold and Flu - which essential oils are useful?  Are you, or someone you care for, suffering through multiple colds and flus this winter?  If so then these videos should be very useful.  It is a series of videos (Part 1 and Part 2) about which essential oils I recommend using when you or someone you are caring for is coming down with, or already suffering from, a cold or flu. I will talk about how our bodies are actually designed to heal themselves. When we have a cold or flu our body is giving us a message to STOP.  The traditional treatment for cold and flu of 'resting and keeping up your fluids' is actually spot on!  Unfortunately listening to our bodies and giving them time to rest and recover is not readily accepted in today's Western society.  We are expected to 'soldier on' with a cold and keep doing everything we would normally do.  Because of this societal expectation allopathic cold and flu 'remedies' are readily available that treat the symptoms of the illness and therefore allow us to keep going with our normal lives.  However, this actually slows down and prevents the natural healing processes of your body.  You cough to remove irritants, you have excess mucous production because your body is protecting and moisturising itself, you have a fever because your body is fighting the infection.