Did the Three Wise Men Want the Christ Child to be Wealthy and Healthy?

Hark, did the Herald Angels Sing about Essential Oils?

So, you’re probably wondering, “What does Christmas have to do with essential oils?”

Well, you may recall the story of a visit by three wise men to the Christ Child, as told in the Bible, St. Matthew 2:1:

“. . now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem . . . they presented unto him gifts: gold, and frankincense and myrrh.”

RX For holiday gladness and joy.

PS 45: 7-8 …anointed with the oil of gladness so that your garments smell of myrrh, cinnamon and aloes….

Could it be those three wise men really were wise beyond their times? Obviously they wanted the newborn Christ Child to be wealthy (gold) and healthy.

Healthy?

Well, truthfully, numerous essential oils such as frankincense and myrrh were in fact quite a valuable commodity in ancient times – even more valuable than gold. Face it, wealth isn’t much good without one’s health.

Evidence clearly suggests that oils were an integral part of healing in ancient times. I know because Egyptian medicinal scrolls dating back to 1500 BCE were uncovered in the tombs of Egyptian royalty.

Add to that the fact that in 1817, an archaeologist discovered one of the most vital scrolls – the Ebers Papyrus medical scroll – tucked between the legs of a mummy in the city of Thebes, Egypt. This 870-foot long scroll describes more than 800 remedies for diseases, many of which included numerous essential oils that possessed powerful medicinal properties.

The scroll also reveals that Egyptian healers had a remarkably high success rate, treating as many as 81 diseases with oils, such as: frankincense, cinnamon, myrrh, rosemary, galbanum, hyssop, cassia, and spikenard, often mixed with honey.

Of course, the Egyptians didn’t have controlled scientific conditions to test essential oils as we have today. Instead, they just learned by trial and error and simply passed along any healing secrets they discovered.

We are still researching and learning all we can about essential oils today. The only difference is we do strict clinical testing. We write down our results and pass them along to colleagues who can test our theories and conclusions.

It seems that modern society and yes, the medical community, is slow to remember the ancient healing roots humankind once possessed but we are learning something new each day. Will we ever catch up to our essential oils past?

I think so. We just need to be diligent and a bit more open-minded about accepting new possibilities and finding alternative means to heal our bodies and prevent illness, rather than filling a prescription.

There is a natural means to good health and that’s why I’m here to tell you all about it.

I hope you enjoy a wonderful, happy, and healthy Christmas!

Dr. James L. Geiger
The 0ilMD

There are very many health benefits to be gained with the implementation of essential oils from plants into the management of medical diseases.

This presentation, by a board certified anesthesiologist, who is also a clinically certified aromatherapist, using essential oils in the operating room, describes the science of aromatherapy.Current medical journal articles and abstracts are discussed in great detail, including bacterial quorum sensing, biofilms and synergy with antibiotics.

I don’t have to be a mind reader to know that many of you are already thinking about making a New Year’s Resolution.

For most of us, a worthwhile resolution usually involves our health.

My own personal resolution is to give you some of the best reasons in the world to exercise and follow a healthier lifestyle.

Exercise is essential to our health, particularly for women.

Studies show that exercise at different “doses” of physical activity yields different responses in cardio-respiratory fitness among sedentary, overweight, and postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure.

Women who exercise to varying degrees experience the positive changes of increased muscle mass and decreased fat, proportionally determined by how much they work out.

Exercise not only builds muscle and burns fat; it also resets the body’s resting metabolic rate to a higher set point, so you burn more calories when resting.

Walking is an ideal exercise, because it is low impact and still somewhat strenuous. Walking 10,000 pedometer-measured steps daily has been shown to create positive metabolic balance (i.e., weight loss). Normally, we walk about 6,000 steps a day and need 30 minutes more of treadmill time to gain the remaining 4,000 steps.

If you walk less than 5,000 steps a day then your lifestyle is considered sedentary: couch potato status.

Women and men need daily walking and workouts with weights several times per week.

Yes guys, both women and men may begin developing osteoporosis in their thirties, so get moving!

As the oilMD I’d also recommend several essential oils that may contribute to bone health, such as: sage, juniper, pine, dwarf pine, and eucalyptus, and even oils derived from common kitchen spices. Rosemary, thyme, and sage are also effective due to their high monoterpene content. Choose Bone Balancer by the oilMD.

These oils work by inhibition of osteoclasts that remodel and tear down bone cells (Muhbauer, 2003).

Here’s another powerful reason to exercise more: your brain.

Exercise Your Brain Power

Scientists have made preliminary observations that new nerve cells can be grown in the human brain simply by putting subjects on a three-month aerobic workout regimen.

New brain cells are actually created as we exercise.

The wonderful Miracle Gro-like substance called brain-derived neutrotrophic factor (BDNF) induces growth of new neurons. Exercise affects cognitive ability just as it affects muscles, making the brain better and smarter. These new BDNF-stimulated brain cells have increased capillary circulation and higher levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.

Researchers also believe that exercise benefits your memory. Paradoxically, exercise is remotely chemically akin to the combined antidepressant effects of taking Prozac and the mental stimulation of taking Ritalin. Call it natural medicine for your body, if you will. Physical activity could also become instrumental in preventing Alzheimer’s disease, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and other cognitive disorders.

No matter what your age, an active body is essential for an active mind and strong immune function.

Also keep in mind that the better quality foods you eat and the more you exercise throughout your life will not just build up your muscles, but it may prevent heart and brain failure.

Will you keep that New Year’s Resolution to eat well and exercise?

I guess it all depends on how much smarter, happier, and healthier you wish to be to enjoy many more New Years to come.

The oilMD Holiday Sale features oil and book deal! You can choose any oilMD blend, especially Bone Balancer and The Sweet Smell of Success hardcover book for $24.95. Save $25.

Look for the soft cover version of The Sweet Smell of Success, Your Doctor’s Natural Guide to a Longer Healthier Life, coming out early in the New Year.

I should also tell you that I will be appearing on the Lifetime Network national cable television show, The Balancing Act in January 17th, 2011@0700 EST/PST.

The Balancing Act is America’s only one-hour morning show about women and for women and in the past they have interviewed such notables as Evander Holyfield, Carl Brown, singer Danny Gokey, and reality show host, Jeff Probst. I will be interviewed by host Danielle Knox.

Among other almost-miraculous medical secrets, I’ll be revealing to the world why I’m so fascinated by the field of aromatherapy and essential oils and you’ll get a rare glimpse of what it’s really like to be a doctor in the operating room.

I hope you’ll tune in.

Have a Healthy and Happy New Year!

Dr. James L. (Tad) Geiger has been an anesthesiologist since 1986 and an aromatherapist since 2004. He went to college in San Francisco where worked in a San Francisco hospital doing cardiac anesthesia for his father who is a retired cardiothoracic surgeon. Dr. Geiger’s book, The Sweet Smell of Success, offers critical health information on a number of essential oil blends, especially oils scientifically designed for women’s and athletes’ health to enhance whole body wellness. To learn more about Dr. Geiger you can visit him at www.oilMD.com or www.jamesgeigermd.com.

Host Ann Butenas  interviewed  Dr Geiger, a board certified anesthesiologist and clinically certified aromatherapist.

The doctor’s new book The Sweet Smell of Success: Health and Wealth Secrets promotes medical aromatherapy research in the 21st Century

and a whole lot more secrets revealed.

Consider this……..if an anesthesiologist found novel wellness information that was so new and exciting to him,  shouldn’t you think it is worth checking out as well.

Available for interviews in 2010.

The Sweet Smell of Success by James Tad Geiger MD

Books on wellness and aromatherapy have been written from many points of view. The Sweet Smell of Success takes a very unique approach to both of these topics. As an acute care anesthesiologist, I believe clinical aromatherapy should be integrated with conventional allopathic Western Medicine in the Wellness Revolution of the twenty-first century.

Aromatherapy with essential oils is one entity of the vast array of holistic specialties comprising nutriogenomic medicine and complementary alternative medicine. Although these specialties and aromatherapy are not appreciated by many physicians and are often misrepresented to the public, there are tremendous advantages to be gained from their diverse applications.

There is a widening health care information gap between health consumers and care providers. The material presented here bridges the gap between laypeople as health care consumers and medically oriented health care providers, with detailed natural healing information based on the art and medically scientific knowledge. It is my impression from working with my patients and their families that many people have an interest in using “natural” ways of healing but have doctors who are uninformed, disinterested, or not accepting of alternative medicine. This text contains current and compelling scientific explanations and references, offering food as medicines alternatives meant to be integrated with all forms of healthcare including traditional medical treatment. Patients can give this book to their doctor to provide another medical doctor’s viewpoint, a second opinion.

This process represents a tremendous shift in thought and action for most people. Awareness and concern for the health of the people of our country and all the nations of the world are increasingly shared by growing numbers of medical and health care workers, professionals, celebrities, and even some politicians. The maldistribution of food worldwide perpetuates starvation and obesity epidemics, affecting more adults and children with each passing day. A generation of premature deaths, whether from obesity or starvation, is a sad and unacceptable result. Awareness of these problems is the critical first step to circumvent the predictable progression of illness, disability, and death due to these malnourished states.

Another major concern for our society is aging. Aging increases the need for essential foods as medicines that function as antioxidants, which the body uses as critical building blocks for the formation of free radical scavengers and the energy required for effective metabolism. Read and get enthused to practice these revealing wellness secrets, acting on exciting healthy choices that are naturally good for you.

Aromatically Yours,

James Tad Geiger MD

the oilMD

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Get Healthier using your Mobile Smart Phone

Smart phones are evolving rapidly. One day there may well be an specialized application (APS) for everything. Some of the health care oriented APS, include Mobile Phone Click Diagnostics offering a wide variety of consultations services and Airstrip OB which can monitor fetal heart rate and maternal contractions. Major medical concerns can be facilitated, like medication compliance of infectious disease patients with programs like Stop TB. Patients can be given a cell phone, touch speed dial and the SIM mediprogram by CompuTrainer verifies that they took their dose of medication. Diabetics and patients with psychiatric disorders can monitored using multidisciplinary protocols which improve outcomes.

The Department of Public Health in Arizona offers STOMP Stop Smoking over Mobile Phones from Health Phone solutions. STOMP has some great statistics to support the success of the program. STOMP sends smokers trying to quit a series of personalized text messages over 26 weeks. This next-generation service uses text messages based on a clinically-developed program with proven medical efficacy and offers several interactive features. Clinical trials have shown that using STOMP doubled reported quit rates from 13% to 28% after six weeks.

There are many more APS available now which are flashed onto Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed plus many more to be created, many of which will include video.

Digital Telemedicine Services

Telemedicine has improved health care in underserved areas of the world. The American Telemedicine Association defines the use of telemedicine as the exchange of medical information from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health status. Telemedicine was first pioneered and adopted by the Department of Defense for ships at sea and later implemented into the Veterans Affairs system and Indian Health Service.

The digital age of medicine offers radically expanding methods of diagnosis and treatment. Digitized signals can be broadcast live so that physicians can remotely monitor intensive care units in other hospitals, worldwide and treat them as one electronic intensive care unit (eICU) or provide daVinci robotic surgery remotely. Critical care specialists and surgeons trained to use computers monitoring vital signs and laboratory values of critically ill patients can make interventions rapidly and remotely. Healthcare in the 21st century is facing challenges digitally head-on.

Dr. James L. Geiger is a board certified anesthesiologist practicing acute care anesthesia and clinical aromatherapy in Arizona. He completed residency at USC and Internship at St. Mary’s Center in San Francisco where he remained to perform cardiac anesthesia with his father, a Cardiothoracic surgeon, for 16 years. At St. Mary’s he developed and lectured on Fast Track Cardiac Anesthesia programs for early recovery from anesthesia and was chairman of the critical care committee. Currently Dr. Geiger is on staff at several medical centers, orthopedic hospitals and surgicenters where he has introduced therapy with essential oils into the operating and recovery rooms. Dr Geiger’s special interest is consulting in the development of patient services for Integrative Therapies and Medical Spa services which care for the needs of those seeking integrative treatments. Dr. Geiger’s speaking presentations are suitable for conventions, resorts, spas and business meetings worldwide. He is the author of The Sweet Smell of Success: Health and Wealth Secrets (LifeSuccess Publishing/ Feb 2009).

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A convincing body of scientific research confirms the singular ability of essential oils to reduce the risk of developing tumors. Studies on the antitumor effects of essential oil components have been funded by the NIH and have resulted in a key patent held by the United States.

The fact that essential oil efficacy against tumors is not better known is a consequence of the way health care and pharmaceutical dollars are allocated. Since well known and traditional natural medicines cannot be patented, returns on investment are difficult to monopolize. Funds for research predominantly go to synthetic substances which can be owned exclusively by their manufacturer.

The most pertinent American research of the day proving the anticancer effects of essential oils was presented at the 2000 conference Essential Oils and Cancer (Available in the proceedings of the 4th wholistic aromatherapy conference). The 2009 Conference builds on this basis and presents the most fascinating development of aromatherapy to date: New scientific understanding resulting in healing concepts that do not require the expensive, impersonal and frightening intervention of high-tech medicine. Instead, simple uses of essential oils deliver a maximum of protection against the most dreaded diseases of our time.

Plenary lectures, featuring world-renowned scientists and physicians, are complimented by panel presentations where members of the aromatherapy community share their practical essential oil applications.

Aromatherapy in the 21st Century

Dr. James Geiger, MD is a practicing anesthesiologist and author of The Sweet Smell of Success. He will present a review of the latest research covering hitherto unfamiliar areas of essential oil efficacy:

Efficacy of Essential Oils against the Chagas pathogen.

Inhibition of the inflammatory protein NF-KB by sesqui terpenes.

Treatment of diabetic gangrene with essential oils.

Black Pepper essential oil for stroke patients.

Inhibition of inflammation by essential oils of Ginger, Helichrysum and Frankincense blocking LOX (Lipo oxygenase) and COX (Cyclo oxygenase).

Preventing osteo arthritis.

Essential oils and appetite suppression.

And much more……………………………..   See ya on fisherman’s wharf.

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Dr Geiger’s radio interview 1510 AM Saturday January 24th 0900 AM CST.

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