Archive for the 'Essential Oils' Category

Mar 03 2010

Business Scents: Need a New Website?

Published by Andrea under Education, Essential Oils, business

Over the years, many of our friends and students have asked for advice and recommendations for web design. Cindy and I are excited to be working on a project with Andi, our web designer, that will offer a great solution for creating a new website.
We are now in the final stages of this new website [...]

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Feb 16 2010

The Healing Potential of Sitka Spruce

Common name: Sitka Spruce
Latin name: Picea sitchensis
I am always interested in essential oils that contain beta-myrcene as part of their chemical make-up. The most recent Sitka Spruce we imported from one of our French distillers has 23.5% beta-myrcene. The research on beta-myrcene indicates that the component offers analgesic, anti-inflammatory and CNS (Central Nervous System) sedative [...]

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Jan 12 2010

Eucalyptus Dives

Published by Andrea under Education, Essential Oils

Eucalyptus dives is a unique essential oil that I love having in my collection. It is especially good for reducing thick mucus, great for that cold or flu that you just can’t get rid of and the congestion is driving you crazy! You can steam with it, put it into a chest rub, dilute [...]

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Jan 04 2010

Ylang Ylang

Published by Andrea under Essential Oils

The heavy scent of YlangYlang fills our heads during warm humid nights and early mornings. The scent is so strong and carries so far that we have neighbors a few houses down inhaling deeply whenever the tree blooms.  Our little neighborhood is indeed mellow and sweet smelling these days as the tree has sprung [...]

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Dec 04 2009

Essential Oil Industry Standards: Aromatics International Supports GC/MS Testing

At Aromatics International we believe that in order for essential oils to have a therapeutic effect, they must be pure plant extracts. The best way to assure the purity and quality of each batch of oil is to test with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS).
The precise breakdown of the chemical components in individual oils is [...]

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Nov 23 2009

Interview: The International Journal of Clinical Aromatherapy

Published by Andrea under Education, Essential Oils, Interviews

The International Journal of Clinical Aromatherapy is an excellent professional journal. I have asked the editor of the journal, Rhiannon Harris, to tell us about the journal’s history, content and goals.
Please tell us about the IJCA
The International Journal of Clinical Aromatherapy started in 2004 at the initiative of myself, Bob Harris and John Kerr. [...]

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