Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

WebMD.com defines Essential Oil Therapy as follows:

What is aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy, or essential oils therapy, is using a plant's aroma-producing oils (essential oils) to treat disease. Essential oils are taken from a plant's flowers, leaves, stalks, bark, rind, or roots. The oils are mixed with another substance (such as oil, alcohol, or lotion) and then put on the skin, sprayed in the air, or inhaled. You can also massage the oils into the skin or pour them into bath water. Aromatherapy as used today originated in Europe and has been practiced there since the early 1900s.

Practitioners of aromatherapy believe that fragrances in the oils stimulate nerves in the nose. Those nerves send impulses to the part of the brain that controls memory and emotion. Depending on the type of oil, the result on the body may be calming or stimulating.  The oils are thought to interact with the body's hormones and enzymes to cause changes in blood pressure, pulse, and other body functions. Another theory suggests that the fragrance of certain oils may stimulate the body to produce pain-fighting substances.

What is aromatherapy used for?
Aromatherapy may promote relaxation and help relieve stress. It has also been used to help treat a wide range of physical and mental conditions, including burns, infections, depression, insomnia, and high blood pressure. But so far there is limited scientific evidence to support claims that aromatherapy effectively prevents or cures illness.

Is aromatherapy safe?
Practitioners of aromatherapy are not specially licensed in the United States. A wide range of licensed health professionals (such as massage therapists ... ) may have experience and training in aromatherapy. It is important to talk with your medical doctor to see whether aromatherapy may be helpful and safe for your specific health condition.

Do not swallow the oils used in aromatherapy. Many of the oils are potent and can be dangerous if taken internally (swallowed).  Children younger than age 5 should not use aromatherapy, because they can be very sensitive to the oil. Nor should anyone use oils near the eyes or mouth, because irritation of the skin and membranes may occur.
People with certain chronic illnesses or conditions should not use aromatherapy without first consulting a doctor. These illnesses and conditions include:

• Lung conditions such as asthma, respiratory allergies, or chronic lung disease. Oils may cause airway spasms.
• Skin allergies. Some oils may cause skin irritation, especially in the membranes of the eyes, nose, and mouth.
• Pregnancy. Pregnant women should not use aromatherapy. Some oils (such as juniper, rosemary, and sage) may cause uterine contractions.

Always tell your doctor if you are using an alternative therapy or if you are thinking about combining an alternative therapy with your conventional medical treatment. It may not be safe to forgo your conventional medical treatment and rely only on an alternative therapy.

Use of essential oils should ONLY be preformed by well trained individuals, like a Massage Therapist

We agree.  That's why our products were created by a Massage Therapist with over 15 years of training in the uses of Essential oils, the properties of Essential oils, the combination effects of Essential oils and the warnings associated with their individual and combined use.  Dilution rates and strengths are just a small part of the regime that needs to be perfected before offering products containing Essential oils.  That being said, we make no claim that any essential oil added to any product has or performs anything therapeutic. 
                                         Our products have NO THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES.  

The FDA weighs in on Aromatherapy and Essential oils in no uncertain terms!  If therapeutic claims are made, the product is a drug and regulated as such, including massive testing and product registration.  Any products on the market making therapeutic claims, without this registration is in violation of federal Law!!

Is it a drug?
If a product is intended for a therapeutic use, such as treating or preventing disease, or to affect the structure or function of the body, it’s a drug. For example, claims that a product will relieve colic, ease pain, relax muscles, treat depression or anxiety, or help you sleep are drug claims.  Such claims are sometimes made for products such as soaps, lotions, and massage oils containing “essential oils” and marketed as “aromatherapy.” The fact that a fragrance material or other ingredient comes from a plant doesn’t keep it from being regulated as a drug.  Under the law, drugs must meet requirements such as FDA approval for safety and effectiveness before they go on the market.

Wikipedia may not be the best source, it does tend to accumulate opinions about a huge range of topics.  The use of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy are included in this list.  There are many references to essential oils and what is deemed Alternative Medicine, Thus:

Although medicinal use of essential oils is seen as pseudoscience in the healthcare community, essential oils retain considerable popular use among advocates of alternative medicine.  Therefore, it is difficult to obtain reliable references concerning their pharmacological merits.  Studies have shown that certain essential oils may have the ability to prevent the transmission of some drug-resistant strains of pathogen ... Taken by mouth, many essential oils can be dangerous in high concentrations. ... Some essential oils are valued for their diuretic effects.  With relatively recent concerns about the overuse of antibacterial agents, many essential oils have seen a resurgence in off-label use for such properties and are being examined for this use clinically.   ...  Some essential oils, such as clove oil or eugenol, were popular for many hundred years in dentistry as antiseptics and local anaesthetics. Thymol is well known for its antiseptic effects.

Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine in which healing effects are ascribed to the aromatic compounds in essential oils and other plant extracts.

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