One of the greatest violinists of the nineteenth century was Ole Bull, of Norway. Born in Bergen in 1810, Bull could play the violin by the age of five and was professionally touring by the age of 21. He spent over thirty years on tour around the world, often performing fund raising concerts for Norwegian independence from Sweden, which did not occur until 1905.
Bull toured the United States several times, and bought a large tract of land in Pennsylvania specifically for settlement by his fellow Norwegians. Robert Schumann called him “the greatest of all violinists,” and he was instrumental in encouraging Edvard Grieg to study musical composition while still a boy.
As Bull grew older he found it harder to execute the brilliant pizzicati and trills that audiences demanded of solo violinists -- his fingers began to stiffen up as middle age crept up on him. A doctor in Paris told Bull to rub his hands with peppermint oil an hour before each performance to keep his fingers nimble. He did so, and the problem disappeared. For the rest of his life, Bull carried a small vial of peppermint oil with him on his concert tours. He advised aspiring violinists to keep their fingers agile with regular peppermint oil treatment.
Modern medicine has shown that peppermint oil is useful in fighting the effects of arthritis in the hands, as well as being an excellent mood enhancer for aromatherapy, and a brilliant anti-dyspeptic. If you depend on your hands for a livelihood or for enjoyment with hobbies, make sure you keep some peppermint essential oil with you at all times. Like Ole Bull, you’ll find it comes in very handy!
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