Blog — coconut oil

~detail: Coconut oil is a fantastic natural skin moisturizer and softener, and is absorbed readily by the skin. This ability to deeply penetrate the skin also helps to enhance the effects of other healing plants, such as essential oils, because it carries these oils past the skin barrier into the body. Coconut oil is also soothing and anti-inflammatory, and has anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties. It contains a high amount of lauric acid, which is known to be anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-oxidant. It is also full of other nutrients, such as Vitamin E, which is also a natural anti-oxidant. This means...