Research published in April 2009 delved into the relationship between the chemistry of essential oils and the growing conditions of the plants from which they were distilled. We had just made a post regarding the chemistry of Helichrysum essential oil, and how the oil distilled from plants grown on the French island of Corsica have […]
French researchers at the Antibiology Laboratory, CHU Hospital Nord, Saint-Etienne, have just published data on the antibacterial action of several essential oils against a variety of microbe strains. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the potential of essential oils in treatment of nosocomial infections — those that tend to occurr in hospitals that […]
Helichrysum is one of our favorite essential oils, as it has such immediate, profound pain relieving and healing effects for most folks who use it. The particular species of Helichrysum italicum, also known as Everlasting or Immortelle, is the most broadly therapeutic of the 500 Helichrysum species — and the sub species (spp) of serotinum […]
We’re often asked which are the ‘best’ carrier oil. The answer of course completely depends on the application. There are a few very profoundly therapeutic carriers for healing the skin, and here we’ll have a look at the four most important, along with how to use them and what their therapeutic effects might be. ‘Carrier […]
Many of the current memory enhancing/anti-dementia drugs for the targeting of Alzheimer’s disease strengthen the actions of the acetylcholine system by inhibiting cholinesterase, the enzyme which breaks down acetylchoilne in the body. This improves the stores and availability of this neurotransmitter, resulting in improved mental cognition. Several essential oils thought to sharpen the min have shown […]
The Dubiousness of the Dubious Labels of Aromatherapy Searching for the term ‘Aromatherapy’ brings up several pages claiming aromatherapy is a fraud of some sort. That essential oil manufacturers and retailers are making ‘dubious’ claims of the efficacy of essential oils. These folks don’t seem to have done their homework or compared the validity of […]
We get the question all the time: “Is it safe to ingest essential oils“. There is a pervasive attitude in America that they are not, while in much of the rest of the world, they are even prescribed by health professionals to be taken this way. What seems to be happening is that authors are […]
A study released in the June 2009 Journal of the Korean Academy of Nursing did a complex study on the effect of inhaled scents and several markers of stress. The markers included stress and anxiety self assessments, blood pressure, pulse rate, cortisol levels, and immune system responses. The study group was made up of high […]