What are Essential Oils? “Essential oils” is an umbrella term used to describe highly hydrophobic liquid containing volatile, concentrated, steam-distilled or cold-pressed extracted chemical compounds of almost any part of a plant, such as seeds, flowers, fruit, leaves, stems, resins and roots. Essential oils have revered for centuries for their restorative properties on the mind, …
Oils Listed in the Bible The following list includes essential oils that are referenced in the Bible. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These oils are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Essential Oil General Safety Information: Essential Oils (EOs) are highly concentrated extractions of plants …
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Clinical Trials to Test the Effectiveness of Essential Oils 10 minutes, 48 seconds Read Before there was an aspirin there, were herbs, barks, resins, roots, leaves, branches and plant fruit. Before the currently used form of morphine there was opium poppy. It is safe to conjecture that modern medicine takes its “roots” from herbal and …
Essential Oils Not to Be Used in Aromatherapy or Home Care In her book, The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils: The Complete Guide to the use of Aromatic Oils in Aromatherapy, Herbalism, Health & Well-Being, Julia Lawless identifies the following essential oils as oils that have NO USE in aromatherapy or in the home. Many of …
Essential Oils Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) “GRAS” is an acronym for the phrase Generally Recognized As Safe. Under sections 201(s) and 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), any substance that is intentionally added to food is a food additive (FA), that is subject to premarket review and approval by FDA, unless the substance …
Impact of Grief on Mind, Body and Spirit We grieve the passing of a loved one divorce and the death of that relationship a friendship or other relationship that has ended about things that “could have been” things that “will never be” about our own life, not pleased with where it is going or perhaps …
Royal Apothecary of London Book Summary: History of the Apothecaries, The Royal Apothecaries. By Leslie G. Matthews. (Pp. 191 + xiv; illustrated. 25s.) London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library. 1967. The author of this book undertook a long, arduous, but fruitful research into historical records dating from the Norman Conquest to the present time. The result …
Are Allergies Ruining Your Life? Thirty Minutes Could Change Your Life Forever Itchy eyes? Sore throat? Runny nose? Welcome to life with allergies. Are you sick and tired of not being unable to breathe properly, of never being able to go outside or to visit friends with pets? Are allergies ruining your life? There is a …
