My first remarkable experience with Clove Essential Oil was last year when I developed a rather nasty sore throat from a bug I picked up on a plane on my way to a conference presentation. My throat became so parched and sore that simply swallowing was painful. Luckily, as I always do, I had my repertoire of essential oils with me. I often carry Peppermint, Clove, Lemon, Lavender, Frankincense and a number of very powerful Oil Blends. Their uses and their aromas are extraordinary.

In this particular case realized that I simply could not endure a 3 hour presentation with the painful throat I was experiencing. So I reached for one of my oils called Thieves which is a combination of Clove, Cinnamon, Rosemary and other oils and I used one drop of this powerful blend. I simply swallowed the oil and about an hour later my throat was completely better. I continued to use the oil blend a few more times that day ever few hours and by the next day my sore throat had completely disappeared.

Now as a physician who in my early days as a GP used to prescribe antibiotics for my patients this was truly a remarkable experience to have. As many of you already know antibiotics are fraught with problems, the most significant of which is the development of resistant strains of bacteria that can literally be life threatening. Many of these "super bacteria" are now found in many hospital settings where antibiotics have been and continue to be extensively used.

What's interesting is that many of these strains are likely susceptible to the very oils I used for my sore throat. Unfortunately modern medicine has yet to awaken to the power of essential oils.

As a skeptical physician I too for many years doled out what later I learned was not only ineffective but in the long term dangerous forms of treatments.

I am glad to have been open enough to awaken to the power of therapeutic grade essential oils that are currently available.