Emu Oil - Natures Knows Best
Emu Oil has many benefits when it comes to the health of your skin. In fact, Emu Oil benefits are known throughout the world through scientific studies. The Australian Aborigines used Emu Oil for many thousands of years for all manner of health problems including arthritis, pain relief, to heal wounds, burns, sunburns, and to reduce the pain, itch & swelling of insect bites and stings. This validation of indigenous use for many thousands of years is a testimony in itself, regardless of what science has to say about it in my opinion! I first came across this product about a year ago when a patient mentioned how fantastic it was for her eczema. Not long ago after, another patient commented how Emu Oil was amazing and that her husband only found relief from his psoriasis once he started to use it regularly instead of a cupboard full of lotions and potions he had been using for over twenty years.
Traditional Australian Aboriginal Medicine
Emu oil is sourced from the emu, a prehistoric bird that has roamed the outback of Australia for about 80 million years and still exists today. To the Australian Aboriginals, the emu was a very important part of their culture and lifestyle because it provided them with food, clothing, shelter, medicine and was even held spiritually in high regard. Emu oil is rendered from a thick layer of fat which is below the skin on the back (subcutaneous fat) of the emu. Valued for many thousands of years by the Australia’s native Aborigines for its healing powers, emu oil offers many natural qualities to help that can be beneficial to one’s health.
It has not only been used more lately by the white man to make cosmetics of exceptional quality, but has proven to be a most valuable medicine as an intensive pain reliever used in the treatment of chronic arthritis, strains, sprains, and muscle pain. It is also widely used as a wound healing accelerant and to soothe and heal chronic skin afflictions such as eczema and psoriasis. Emu oil is a good emollient and water-binding agent with anti-inflammatory properties. However, be aware, not all emu oil sold on the market today is of animal origin! For that reason we have chosen to partner with the Kalaya company in New Zealand who have been involved with the Emu oil industry for many years and make a product of exceptional quality. Kalaya means Emu in the Aboriginal language.
Emu Oil Works Really Well
It means a lot to me what patients tell me, a product either works or it doesn't. They say you can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool the majority of folk time and again! The same applies to natural or chemical based medicines, products we use on our skin to heal, soothe, repair and to restore the skin's natural function.
Do you have a chronic skin complaint and have never tried the power of Emu Oil? I'd like you to try this product for twelve weeks - every day, just apply a tiny amount because this product goes a very long way indeed. No need to lay it on thick, no need to constantly apply it several times a day. Just apply a little morning and night to the affected areas. You will be pleasantly surprised with the outcome.
A product either works with a few people or it works for the majority, and the feedback I am now getting with Emu Oil is that it works with the majority of people who use it regularly. One hundred percent natural products work the best, consistently, time and again, and beat these conventional chemical based "healing" drugs any day. That is my experience based on twenty five years of full-time practice. Maybe your experiences are different if you are a conventional based practitioner, but I prefer to recommend natural medicines to my patients.
How Does Emu Oil Work?
Emu oil has a most positive effect on the function and chemistry of our body's cell walls in particular, and a large number of steps within our body's chemistry involve fatty acids in these cell membranes. No pharmaceutical drug can offer the wide scope of the natural cellular activity seen with Emu Oil. Our body's need for fats can be grouped into structural and functional needs:
Structural Needs For Fats
All our cell walls are made of fat. When fats are missing from our diets our body makes fat from the protein and carbohydrates that we eat. Unfortunately, it cannot make some types of fats that are required by the cell wall. Therefore, all cell wall structures are defective when some necessary essential fats, such as found in Emu Oil, are missing from our diets. A dry, itchy skin (i.e. a defective skin) is a sign of missing essential fatty acids.
Functional Needs For Fats
Fats play many different roles in our body. All cells produce hormones directly from the fatty acids which we must receive from our diet or from topical application of these fatty acids. These hormones influence all aspects of local cell activity, such as inflammation, healing, cell growth and dying. When we don't have enough of the correct fats, these processes do not operate efficiently. Emu Oil can provide the necessary fats that are required for normal cell function.
A Healing Agent
Emu oil naturally contains Vitamin E, which is a major antioxidant and healing agent; Vitamin A, a known skin repairer and antioxidant; Linoleic acid, which helps to ease muscle aches and joint pain; Oleic acid, which is a proven skin cell re-generator and anti-wrinkle agent; Sapogens, proven skin softeners; and Terpines, known antiseptics.
A Natural Moisturiser
Emu oil products make wonderful natural moisturisers that can smooth and condition rough elbows, knees and heels; soften and moisturise hands and cuticles; reduce the itching and flakiness associated with dry skin; and protect the face and hands from wind and weather.
A Powerful Antioxidant
Best of all, emu oil skin care products contain powerful antioxidants, as well as a known skin cell re-generator and anti-wrinkle agent, helping to improve the condition of ageing skin. Offering both skin-thickening and moisturising properties, emu oil skin care products help counter the wrinkles and dry, scaly, thinning skin that commonly occur with ageing by moisturising, lubricating and replenishing dry or irritated skin on the face, hands and body: and by preventing additional moisture loss by forming a protective barrier.
A Natural Anti-Inflammatory
Naturally enriched with pain relieving and anti-inflammatory agents, emu oil products also reduce discomfort and soothe sore muscles and joints offering a fast respite from leg cramps, muscle aches, pains and pulls. Used increasingly in sports medicine, emu oil products are applied by professional sports teams and fitness centres around the world.
A Cell Re-generator
Finally, the natural bacteriostatic, anti-inflammatory and cell regeneration properties of emu oil help repair minor wounds quickly and with less scarring. These same qualities have also been shown to help reverse the effects of hair loss as well as certain chronic skin disorders. In addition, these properties can help:
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Reduce the pain and scarring associated with burns and sunburns
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Soothe and alleviate the discomfort of eczema, psoriasis, nappy rash and shingles
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Decrease pain and infection from insect bites & stings
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Promote the repair of skin damage, including scars, wrinkles and stretch marks
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Decrease the pain and inflammation associated with arthritis and muscular aches and pains
The Many Benefits of Emu Oil
Emu oil can be used effectively on many different skin types, it is entirely non-toxic and natural, completely chemical-free and non comedogenic (it does not clog your skin's pores). Emu oil is also non-allergenic and a fantastic product for those with the most sensitive of skin and allergies of many kinds. Emu oil has a strong anti-inflammatory action and has been found to be comparable in anti-inflammatory action to conventional corticosteroid based drugs, yet without the side-effects. It has even been compared to medication such as ibuprofen, except without the side-effects frequently common with traditional prescription or non-prescription anti-inflammatory medications.
Emu Oil For Skin
Emu oil has been shown to reduce the depth and length of fine lines & wrinkles in many studies as well being moisturising and a natural skin softener. It has been proven to be the fastest and most penetrating oil into the skin, as well as a trans-dermal carrier for any other added therapeutic ingredients or skin care. For example, I have found it fantastic for tinea or Athlete's foot, because it carries
Tea Tree oil exceptionally well. It also carries lavender oil well. Just a few drops of lavender oil and a few drops of Emu oil mixed together works well for
stress,
anxiety and
insomnia.
Why not try this amazing product? You will find that it has a non-greasy and very fine soft texture which is most agreeable. Some creams I have recommended in the past left the skin feeling greasy, you will never get that feeling with 100% pure emu oil.
The 9 Properties of Emu Oil
Emu oil is particularly rich in Omega 3 and Omega 6 as well as vitamins A and E. It contains long carbon chains in its Omega 3 which makes it one of the rare few oils with excellent anti-inflammatory properties. It is also a deeply moisturising oil and assists in the healing process of burns, bites, all manner of skin rashes, wounds and skin diseases.
The oil acts as a natural liposome by delivering the many other ingredients as it readily and gently penetrates the skin's outer layer and together with the other containing natural oils and vitamins helps to diminish the formation of scar tissue. Emu oil is recommended especially for severely dry, irritated and cracked dermal (skin) tissue, psoriasis, eczema and post-laser surgery irritation.
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Highly penetrating - carries active ingredients onto and into the skin
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Non-irritating
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Highly and deeply moisturising
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Highly blend-able - blends oils and waters together
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Softens wrinkle lines - contains high levels of vitamins A and E and Omega 3
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Non pore-clogging - will not produce acne
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Wound healing - burns, wounds, diminishes scar tissue
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Natural anti-inflammatory - great for arthritis, joint and muscle aches and pains
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Bacteriostatic - no bacteria will grow in Emu oil
Emu Oil - A Psoriasis Product
Emu oil is excellent for the relief and treatment of psoriasis symptoms. This is a drug-free topical product designed to relieve and treat the symptoms of psoriasis of the skin and scalp. Psoriasis is a condition in which the skin renews itself too quickly, causing painful inflammation, excessive flaking and thick silvery scales. You can read
my article about psoriasis for more in-depth information about psoriasis.
Emu Oil - An Eczema Product
Emu oil has the ability to improve eczema significantly, and the Emu oil product I recommend here is called Skin Repair. This cream promotes rapid skin cell repair, helping skin wound healing with minimal scarring. Helps to reduce scaling and redness in eczema and psoriasis. It is also effective for nappy rash, chaffed skin, cracked nipples or dry and chapped skin. You can read my page about
Eczema for more in-depth information about eczema.
Emu Oil - An Arthritis Product
Emu oil is very effective indeed for different forms of arthritis and muscular and joint aches and strains. Emu oil is excellent with both
osteoarthritis and
rheumatoid arthritis. The Emu oil product I recommend here is called E-Balm, it contains a very high percentage of Emu oil, blended with a selection of essential oils to help relieve strained muscles and joints. E-Balm is highly effective for deep-tissue massage and is used by Rugby, Netball, Hockey, Cycling, and Tri-athlete New Zealand teams as well as thousands of arthritis sufferers world wide.
