When it comes to dealing with an illness of bacterial or viral origin, the antibiotics of doctors are totally ineffective against viruses (which are the causes of flus and the common cold). When they do what they are designed to do, that is, destroy pathogenic bacteria in our bodies, they also destroy the friendly bacteria that our bodies need to support metabolism and the immune functions of the body.

When we have recovered from an illness with the help of antibiotics, the invading organisms may have been destroyed, but our immune systems have also been depressed. This makes us more susceptible to the next invasion of a bacteria, fungus, or virus. Hence, when children start receiving antibiotics for ear infections and other ailments of childhood, they get caught in a descending spiral of ever-recurring sickness. Once they get over one illness, they are ripe for the next. When they are sick again their systems require stronger and stronger antibiotics until they eventually end up with some sort of chronic (and possibly serious) disease later in life.

By contrast, when essential oils are used to attack a bacteria which has invaded our bodies, they are selective because they are imbued with God's intelligence. They know which are the bad guys and which are the goods ones so that when they have killed off the bacteria causing the sickness, the good bacteria are still alive to serve us. Healing and dealing with bacteria illness with God's medicines leaves our immune systems stronger after the illness than before, thus working toward the prevention of future disease. This is quite unlike antibiotics that weaken us and encourage the contraction of future diseases.

We are not saying that antibiotics have no place in the healing arts. They do, but they should be used sparingly and with caution. Their side effects must be taken into account. Their long-term negative consequences may, in most cases, well outweigh any immediate temporary benefit. God created our bodies to fight off most infections. That's why He gave us immune systems. It is important not to take medicine (or any substance) that compromises the innate healing abilities God has given to us. God's medicines support our innate healing abilities.