When someone uses the term, “oil,” in this day and age, they are usually thinking of either fuel or food. But, in an awesome confluence of friendship and researching for Sacrifice I found that oils have another use – medicinal.
My research told me that oils have been used for centuries to treat everything from toothache (clove oil) to menstrual cramps (geranium oil) to cancer (frankincense and sandalwood oils, among others). Many oils have detoxifying properties (lemon and grapefruit) and some can be used to combat pain (peppermint oil). The ancients believed in oils so much that they were used as components of sacrificial offerings (See Leviticus 2:15 for a start) and ritual purification (I Samuel 16:13). Evidence for the use of oils in promoting both physical and spiritual health can be found in most early cultures right down into the middle ages and beyond. And it doesn’t stop there.
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