A recipe that's good for people who bathe with soft water?

[Lindy]

There are a lot of sources of information for clinical and medical aromatherapy where it discusses how each EO affects the body. Again think of nicotine and pain patches - it has been proven this is an effective delivery method for drugs. Most drugs originated in plants and science is now trying to reproduce - digitalis is a good example of science imitating nature.

Here are some links that are worth reading:
http://www.aromaweb.com/articles/hype.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatherapy
http://www.holisticonline.com/Aromatherapy/aroma_benefits.htm
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/50591.php

Here is a good site that describes the effects and uses of EO's:

http://www.aworldofaromatherapy.com/essential-oils-atoz.htm

If you don't want to take a course in aromatherapy here are some books that are exceptional:

Medical Aromatherapy by Kurt Schnaubelt
The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy by Valerie Ann Worwood
Advanced Aromatherapy by Kurt Schnaubelt
The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils by Jullia Lawless

These books are wonderful and yet they only touch the surface - if you really want to know more about aromatherapy I recommend at least the first level course.

Part of the training I've been required to take for Clinical Aromatherapist includes physiology, major organs and how each essential oil affects certain areas of the body.

 

[carebear]

An essential oil is a gas?
I'm hoping that was a translation issue, since I believe the article was first written in French.

Since every EO is different, I'm not convinced that the sweeping statements about their ability to cross the epidermis and enter the bloodstream is universally true.

Keep in mind the source - that article was about making money. Just mentioning that. Doesn't mean the information isn't valid (tho the statement above makes me question that somewhat) but always keep that in mind.

It's interesting we've moved into EOs - I think we started with EDTA.

my take is this: SOME things get absorbed into the outer layers of the skin, SOME things make it to deeper layers, SOME things even go beyond and enter our bodies via our blood stream or lymphatic system. But 40% of things? or was it 40% of everything? Either way - that statement is inaccurate. (maybe 40% of the EOs tested were found to make their way through? or 40% of the bulk of the EO?)

 

[Lindy]

I think it's wonderful that we are all entitled to our own opinions which is developed by our own personal experience and training. Carebear before I took this training I would have been standing right there beside you, but the last 6 months of training has changed that opinion.

The best part of all is that we are allowed to agree to disagree. I am not going to try to convert you to my way of thinking. I am going to state what I have learned. I am at the final stage of my Clinical Aromatherapist training through http://www.aromatherapyinstitute.com/. I am working on my 10 case studies, research paper and then I will take my final exam to get my certification.

 

[carebear]

Lindy - are you talking only about EOs? Cuz 40% of what we put on our skin doesn't sound like you were limiting that statement to essential oils.

My education was founded in Food & Nutrition and I've taken a lot of courses in pyhsiology and chemistry, biochemistry, etc. plus food chemistry and food safety (including - ugh - food sanitation). There was no focus on essential oils, but there was a focus on way nutrients and toxins can enter the body and how they can be modified by the body's chemistry. My current role continues that, tho now I work with fragrance chemicals and essential oils supporting product development in the fragrance industry.

 

[carebear]

Absolutely we are all entitled to our own OPINIONS.

 

[Lindy]

No Carebear I am referring to more than EO's. Consider this - our bodies absorb toxins carried on the air. mercury poisoning occurs through direct skin contact, not mucous membranes, yes our skin is a barrier but it filters and as an organ it is affected by anything it comes into contact with. Salt water draws fresh water out our bodies dehydrating us even though we are in contact with water. People with latex allergy are likely to react to Shea Nut Butter, people with Cashew Nut allergies are going to be allergic to Mango Butter, with both of these butters being applied topically.

I already know that you are well educated and work with the food industry and it is not my intention to diminish your knowledge, I assume you are not trying to prove my training is not fact or science based. We come at this from 2 different directions. So when I say 40% of what comes in contact with our skin is truly 40%. Our skin breathes but it does it without lungs because it absorbs oxygen from the air. Go back to the science and look at cells, they are each living organism in their own right. When we coat our skin with mud, the body through the use of the skin is absorbing essential nutrients. Our skin is a very complicated system which we are only now beginning to understand and it is through that learning, that scientific discovery that they discovered how good it is as a delivery systems for medications, hormones, etc. When a nicotine patch is used, after 24 hours there is still a significant amount of nicotine still in the patch becasue even with total contact the skin does not absorb it all..... but absorb it it does and then it delivers the drug to the body through the blood stream.....

 

[dagmar88]

There are a lot of sources of information for clinical and medical aromatherapy where it discusses how each EO affects the body. Again think of nicotine and pain patches - it has been proven this is an effective delivery method for drugs. Most drugs originated in plants and science is now trying to reproduce - digitalis is a good example of science imitating nature.

Here are some links that are worth reading:
http://www.aromaweb.com/articles/hype.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatherapy
http://www.holisticonline.com/Aromatherapy/aroma_benefits.htm
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/50591.php

Here is a good site that describes the effects and uses of EO's:

http://www.aworldofaromatherapy.com/essential-oils-atoz.htm

If you don't want to take a course in aromatherapy here are some books that are exceptional:

Medical Aromatherapy by Kurt Schnaubelt
The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy by Valerie Ann Worwood
Advanced Aromatherapy by Kurt Schnaubelt
The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils by Jullia Lawless

These books are wonderful and yet they only touch the surface - if you really want to know more about aromatherapy I recommend at least the first level course.

Part of the training I've been required to take for Clinical Aromatherapist includes physiology, major organs and how each essential oil affects certain areas of the body.

Thanks!
I prefer to inhale my nicotin If it's going to enter my body than I at least want to enjoy it.
I just quickly browsed through your links; I was hoping for numbers, statitics and well performed research by scientist :wink:
Like blood test, interpreted surveys, placebo tests, brain scans etc.
Just some 'neutral' information. Because all those links, other than wikipedia are from people that aren't exactly unbiased
BTW, this is what wikipedia states:
The effectiveness of aromatherapy is yet to be scientifically proven, however some evidence exists that essential oils may have therapeutic potential
But I'm not really into wikipedia as anyone with acces to the internet can place an article over there.
Thanks for taking the time anyway!

 

[carebear]

i give up

 

[Lindy]

Dagmar, since most of the information that I have studied is in my textbooks and I've had some production toi get done today, it has taken me a bit to find the info you are seeking on the net.

http://www.essentials4health.biz/resources/modern.shtml
http://www.younglivingsuccess.com/2004/ ... me_ex.html
http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl ... icrosoft:*

This last one is the translation of Dr. Paul Belaiche's text.

Dagmar I hope this is the information you were looking for. I would have had this up earlier but I've had some other things to take care of and didn't have time to dig into my text books.

 

[Healinya]

I think western and eastern philosophies will always disagree while at the same time, mirroring and borrowing from the other.

 

[Zenobiah]

If 40% of what we put on our skin was absorbed, come to think of it, we wouldn't even have to swallow - we could just rub our food on our skin.

Carebear, if you don't mind I will put it in my signature. That is the best quote I have heard in a while!

 

[dagmar88]

Dagmar, since most of the information that I have studied is in my textbooks and I've had some production toi get done today, it has taken me a bit to find the info you are seeking on the net.

http://www.essentials4health.biz/resources/modern.shtml
http://www.younglivingsuccess.com/2004/ ... me_ex.html
http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl ... icrosoft:*

This last one is the translation of Dr. Paul Belaiche's text.

Dagmar I hope this is the information you were looking for. I would have had this up earlier but I've had some other things to take care of and didn't have time to dig into my text books.

Thanks, Lindy, I'll read them when I find the time