In late 2013 Wise Men founder and formulator Stan McSwain attended a seminar on essential oils and was intrigued. He learned there are naturally occurring oils harvested around the world from the seeds, leaves, stems, bark, and flowers of plants. Since trees and plants are rooted and cannot move from their toxic setting, the plants evolved these oils to shield them from disease. Since his introduction Stan experimented with many different essential oils which would eventually lead to his own healing balm. Despite his deep research into many essential oil blends and their multitude of uses, he selected an ancient recipe that could have been obvious to him from the beginning. He chose frankincense, basically tree sap or resin extracted from the boswellia serrata tree and myrrh, a resin that comes from the commiphora myrrha tree.
THE MAGICAL THIRD INGREDIENT
Essential oils embody the regenerating, protective, and immune-strengthening properties of plants. However, for human use the challenge has always been how to best absorb essential oil compounds through the skin, since oils are not water-soluble and can evaporate quickly from the surface.
Stan’s solution was to use a perfect balance of coconut oil in his Wise Men Healing Balm formulation. Because of its small molecular structure, coconut oil helps carry the frankincense and myrrh across the outer layers of the skin. Coconut carrier oil also helps reduce evaporation and keeps the oils in contact with the skin longer so the body can better utilize their properties.
It Began with Stan
Behind Wise Men Healing Balm is a real family story of faith, persistence, and helping others feel better. My brother Stan approached me in 2008 with the news that he was diagnosed with terminal chronic lymphatic leukemia. He learned that chemo and radiation therapies were the only approved treatments for cancer by the FDA and AMA at the time, and he believed they were more harmful than helpful.Original Blessings
Stan was a deeply religious man of faith. He and his brother Pastor Cleveland McSwain lived in
the Marshall Islands in the 1990s when Stan married Paulina, his islander wife. Stan and Cleve would pray over the original batches of Wise Men to offer a double healing (physically and spiritually). Wise Men Healing Balm officially set afloat in 2014 when Stan and Paulina sold the first bottles to their Marshallese family and friends, a community rooted in strong values that appreciated the biblical origin of frankincense and myrrh and the spiritual anointing it offered.
When Stan was exploring experiential treatments for cancer, he helped me with an essential oil blend for my eczema affliction. This sparked my enthusiasm, so we stepped up our research and testing, and with his guidance we developed Wise Men Derma Balm.
In my opinion these natural substances that evolved to shield plants from disease can also do remarkable things for the human body. The future possibility of using essential oils to fight cancer looks promising, but I must be clear Wise Men has not been evaluated by the FDA and we make no claim that it is intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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1 According to numerous clinical research studies on frankincense and myrrh available here: https://wisemenhealing.com/research-studiesBlogs
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