How are essential oils different than herbs?
Young Living essential oils are far more potent than either dried or fresh herbs, so they must be used in small amounts and mindfully applied. For instance, one drop of Young Living peppermint oil is equal to 28 cups of peppermint tea, that’s potent! When you think about the fact that it takes about 2,000 pounds of fresh Cypress material to produce 1 pound of Cypress essential oil you can begin to imagine just how concentrated an essential oil is compared to it’s dried or fresh plant counterpart. You can also begin to understand the value in having plant material that is free of chemicals. A dried herb is far less potent than an essential oil. A good example is when you go into a room where fresh herbs are hung for drying, the room smells amazingly good. Well, that’s the essential oil ‘leaving’ the plant. Essential oils are ‘volatile’ oils which means they dissipate into the air (unlike a vegetable oil). Once an herb is dried it contains very little of its original essential oil. This
