Pure essential oils are the life force of plants. These are highly volatile, concentrated substances that are extracted from the different parts of a plant such as flowers, leaves, seed, resin, bark, fruit or fruit rinds, stem and root. Only very little oil is present in most plants. Therefore, a LOT of plant material is required to extract just a few hundred pounds of oil. It usually takes tons of plants to do this.

Pure essential oils are made up of beneficial natural compounds that cannot be found anywhere else.  These compouds help protect our bodies pathogens like viruses and parasites. They also help boost the immune system and improve health in general.

It is very difficult to extract pure essential oils. First, the plants being used must be harvested at the right time of the year. Contamination with other plants must be avoided, and strict quality control standards need to be in place to ensure a powerful final product. Most oils are extracted through steam distillation under low pressure and low temperature to preserve the beneficial compounds in the plants. Testing is done on the final product to ensure those compounds are present and active.

While using chemicals in the extraction process can result in a greater quantity of oil, those same chemicals can be harmful to the human body.  The beneficial compounds of the plant can also be destroyed by chemicals. Finally, pure essential oils are natural and plant-derived, which distinguishes them from artificial oils, which are created in the lab and have no health benefits at all.