KB'S Healthy Alternatives, LLC
Welcome to KB’S Healthy Alternatives LLC Your Wellness Center and Tea shop, Located in Sublimity Oregon.
My name is Karen Boedigheimer and I graduated from The American Herbal Institute over 10 years ago. I hold a Masters Certificate in Herbalism and Nutrition.
Many know me from The Herb Lady Shoppe whom I worked for many years as a Consultant and herbal formulator.
Here at KB’S Healthy Alternatives we will specifically design a wellness program for you that suit your needs and life style. For more information on consultations see Services. We are all about Healing The Way Nature Intended.
We have many Products and Services to choose from. We have over 20 wellness Teas (KB’S Teas) all designed by Master Herbalist Karen Boedigheimer. Cold and flu, Menopause, Clear Thinking, Longevity, many more, to choose from as well as a children’s line of wellness teas. We also carry Tea Supplies- tea pots, tea balls, Metropolitan Tea Co. Specialty Gourmet Teas from all over the Globe. You can find Bulk Herbs, Aromatherapy items, Oils-Independent Young Living Essential oil Distributor, Bath, Hot Pac’s. There are many exciting items and always more on the way.
Special Formulations: Have a formula you can’t find anymore? Just ask KB
Questions? Ask the Herbalist
Monthly Newsletter! Always full of great wellness information for the whole family - coming very soon!
Coming soon: Bach Flower Remedies, and Gem Elixirs’
Aromatherapy is the art and science of using the therapeutic properties of fragrant, concentrated plant extracts known as essential oils to promote health and well-being. Related to herbal therapy, it has been used for thousands of years by many cultures for religious, ceremonial, and medical purposes. Today, essential oils are being used to treat physical, psychological, and energetic imbalances and have become increasingly popular as interest in self-care and natural products grows.
What is an Essential Oil Poetically called the “life force” of a plant, essential oils are very complex. Essential oils are stored in special cells, ducts, or glandular hairs that are distributed among the roots, leaves, bark, stems, and flowers of the plant. Uplifting, protective, calming and regenerating essential oils is a unique gift from the plant world. Essential oils protect the plant from insects and other herbivores, from bacteria, molds, fungi, and other microorganisms, and also helps to heal inflicted wounds. These unique characteristics make essential oils highly beneficial to humankind. Single oil may contain hundreds of constituents that are molecularly aligned in exactly the right manner to trigger a number of responses in the human body. Very concentrated and very powerful, a drop or two of distilled therapeutic grade essential oil produces a quick and significant result.
How Essential Oils Work Our senses connect us to the world and allow us to respond to our environment. Essential oils fill our senses and trigger physiological and psychological responses in our bodies. Fragrance is the substance of memories. One whiff of a childhood aroma can set the memory in motion, bringing back thoughts, faces, and feelings long forgotten. How does this happen? Fragrance consists of volatile molecules that float in the air. Millions of olfactory receptor cells line the nose. Aroma causes these nerves to fire and send messages to the limbic area of the brain. From there, the messages travel to other parts of the brain, activating thought and memory. The pituitary gland is also stimulated to releases chemical messages that travel via the blood to glands and organs that create physical body responses. Hence a scent has the power to activate a number of physical and emotional responses. It happens in less than a second!
What’s The Difference? There is a significant difference between essential oils that simply smell good and those that are therapeutic-grade. Independent laboratory testing proves that Young Living essential oils meet and often exceed industry requirements, and as stewards of nature’s plant remedies, Young Living maintains higher internal standards, built upon the magnitude of our own rigorous quality assurance requirements. This standard is known as “therapeutic-grade.” In order to achieve therapeutic-grade classification, each essential oil must achieve the designation naturally, without excess manipulation and refinement, and meet specific criteria in four key areas: plants, preparation, purity, and potency. Young Living oils are 100% pure and are unadulterated, uncut, and free of chemicals, pesticides, and heavy metals. Young Living analyzes the finished oil’s photochemical profile to ensure it delivers optimal amounts of every key plant compound.