Cade EO

[Guest guest]

You're right. Just grabbed a couple of books and looked up eczema, at about

3:30am. It is recommended for that ailment, but is a skin irritant. Never

heard of the carcinogenic variety, though. Thanks. (actually, I've never

seen cade eo, either personally or advertized)

 

> But I'm amazed you'd recommend cade - this is a highly toxic essential

oil,

> particularly the unrectified type which is carcinogenic, and should not be

used on

> damaged skin. My reference is 'Essential Oil Safety' by Tisserand and

Balacs.

[Guest guest]

Personally (and also as a nurse) I am a bit shaky about anyone recommending

cade, benzoin, unrectified, not-FCC/bergaptene-free bergamot and some of

the other eo's I've seen recommended for excema.... especially in light of

the fact that there are far safer, just as effective if not more so, other

eo's and treatments for eczema. (I'll add a few here: german or roman

chamomile, bergamot fcc, lavender and lavendin, rose otto, carrot seed,

patchouli, in some very carefully selected carrier oils such as

fractionated coconut oil, jojoba, evening oil of primrose, sesame seed,

.... and .. not to mention some very wonderful sorts of hydrolats

(distillation waters).

 

Benzoin is also a *very well known* skin sensitizer and the risk of

applying this and other sensitizing or skin irritating oils is VERY VERY high.

There are *countless* references regarding the *truth* about benzoin and

its major potential for allergic reactions .... which I dare add, create

allergic reactions known as " cross sensitization " . What this means is ...

once sensitized to benzoin, there are many many other things that you will

also be sensitized or allergic too.

 

Please people, why risk this when " do no harm " should be the rule rather

than the exception?

I'm sorry, I just don't understand this.

Respectfully,

Susan

[Guest guest]

>> But I'm amazed you'd recommend cade - this is a highly toxic essential

>oil,

>> particularly the unrectified type which is carcinogenic, and should not be

>used on

>> damaged skin. My reference is 'Essential Oil Safety' by Tisserand and

>Balacs.

 

Hi Frank,

 

your mail about cade oil (juniperus oxycedrus) caught my attention.

Please bear in mind that there is not only the " old fashioned " cade oil on

the market, made through destructive distillation, thus giving an

" essential oil "

with a dark brown to blach color, smelling awfull to tar.

It has been used for centuries.

I used to " paint " horses with it to prevent a skin disease, that is called

in my language " schurft " (soory, no dictionnary available actually.

 

But there is also another cade oil available on the market, steam distilled,

with a very nice cederwood-like fragrance, uncolored to yellow .

I have an analyse somewhere, resembles components of sandalwood and cedarwood.

 

I like to use it in skin care recipes with good succes.

 

Regards,

 

Michel Vanhove

[Guest guest]

> Fri, 10 Dec 1999 13:46:42 +0100

> Michel Vanhove <michel

>Re: Re: Cade EO

>

 

>your mail about cade oil (juniperus oxycedrus) caught my attention.

>Please bear in mind that there is not only the " old fashioned " cade oil on

>the market, made through destructive distillation, thus giving an

> " essential oil "

>with a dark brown to blach color, smelling awfull to tar.

>It has been used for centuries.

>I used to " paint " horses with it to prevent a skin disease, that is called

>in my language " schurft " (soory, no dictionnary available actually.

 

Schruft is called mange in English!

 

 

 

BB,

 

Marjo