Sometimes you’ll see it: the disclaimer on a label or the bottom of an information page to talk to your physician if you are pregnant, nursing, or under a doctor’s care.
This isn’t a new phenomenon: many supplements in the market come with this advice.
But it does bring up an important question: how do you bring up using Essential Oils or supplements from dōTERRA with your healthcare provider?
The answer is more intuitive than you think.
In order to get a physician’s point of view, we asked Dr. Brannick Riggs, Vice President of Healthcare Initiatives and Chief Medical Director of the soon-to-be dōTERRA clinic. Dr. Riggs himself has had plenty of experience using Essential Oils, both at home and in recommending them to his patients.
Q: How do I approach the topic of using Essential Oils or dōTERRA supplements with my doctor?
A: The first thing in approaching your doctor about Essential Oils is to speak their language. Really, that’s true when you speak to anyone about oils, you’ve got to meet them where they are and speak to them and their experience. So, with physicians, we speak the language of science. When a patient comes in and says that they just feel it would be good to try something, the physician is going to see it as an idea that doesn’t hold a lot of water. What’s important to a physician is that there is evidence to support why you want to use Essential Oils or other alternative methods. So, when I get asked this question by Wellness Advocates, I usually recommend that they pull articles from PubMed, the nih.gov site, and present their doctor with information. Say, “Here’s an article about this and I would like to try it.” That tends to peak our interest a little bit.
QUESTION – HAVE YOU EVER READ A PUBMED ARTICLE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE TO GIVE TO A DOCTOR? IF SO, FEEL FREE TO POST A LINK BELOW.
