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Ostrich Oil

Posted by Caroline Lawrence on 4 September 2009 | 2 Comments

Ostrich Oil

Oil from ostrich has been used for centuries. It is natural and soothing oil, highly penetrating, with natural anti-inflammatory characteristics offering natural pain relief, with excellent moisturizing capability. The ostrich oil is also available in “natural” to use as is or you may add your own favorite aromatherapy oil. Try it for: arthritis, rheumatism, skin moisturizer, acne and pimples, muscular aches, joint pains, sprains, massage, multiple sclerosis, antiseptic, burns, dry chapped skin, cracked heels, dry hair, and insect bites.

Ostrich oil has excellent penetrating qualities. It goes right through the skin barrier with the ability to carry other active ingredients with it deeply into the body.
Ostrich oil is naturally high in essential fatty acids, which are required by the body for health.
Linolenic Acid(Omega 3) can provide temporary relief of joint pain and aches and sprains. Another component, Oleic Acid(Omega 10)has a local anti-inflammatory effect on dermal tissues which helps stop the itch of poison ivy, rashes, insect bites. Together these fatty acids can restore the balance in cell membranes. Nerve cells thus rejuvenated are believed to have resulted in improvements to patients with multiple sclerosis.

Essential Fatty Acids

The fatty acids that are necessary for health and cannot be made by the body itself are called Essential Fatty Acids (EFA’S.”Every cell, every tissue, and every organ of the body needs essential fatty acids, ”states Udo Erasmus, Ph.D, an internationally recognized authority on essential fatty acids. The Omega-3 and the Omega-6 oils are two essential fatty acids that together form the membranes of every one of the billions of cells in our bodies control the way cholesterol works in our system are the only fats that become prostaglandin, which play key roles in regulating the cardiovascular , immune, digestive, and reproductive functions, inflammation and healing, functioning of the brain, and the body heat and calorie burning (weight loss)
REF:(“Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill,” Udo Erasmus,PhD)
REF: (”Flax Facts,” Flax Council of Canada)

History Facts

Western Europe , including Belgium, has been conquered with the Romans, 2000 years ago. They already knew the qualities of ostrich oil in skin protecting. As they conquered Europe , there of course of injuries. They healed their wounds with ostrich oil. They knew the, benevolence of massage with ostrich oil. That’s history , not fairy tales!

The ancient Egyptian Queen, Nefertiti, was the wife of Pharaoh Akenarten, who ruled Egypt form 1353- 1335 BC. Nerfertiti was the mother of the Pharoh Tutenkamen whose tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. Among the many artifacts found in Tutenkamen’s tomb were the remains of healing ointments which contained an oil believed to be obtained from ostriches.
Queen Netertiti, reputedly favoured cosmetics made from ostrich oil, because of the oil’s ,moisturizing and emollient properties and because it kept her looking youthful.

Recent Reports
A report of the University of Boston (USA) written by professor dermatology Michael Holick: “Test results confirm the growth with 20 percent in reproduction of skin cells when ostrich oil is applied on a regular basis. Human skin becomes more elastic and younger.”
Studies done at Texas A&M comparing ostrich oil and emu oil have found that ostrich oil is higher in oleic and linoleic essential fatty acids - the skin condition.