Tangerine and Osteoporosis (not connected!)

[Guest guest]

Hi Melanie

I think you could safely assume that tangerine is very similar to mandarin in

content and application. Mandarins originally grew in China; tangerine is a

similar fruit grown in the States. So useful particularly for children

especially

tummy aches and insomnia; good in pregnancy for indigestion; useful on the

skin

and for cellulite and stretchmarks.

As for your lady with osteoporosis, I think your initial intuitive feeling for

lavender and marjoram is excellent (how often our gut feeling is the right

one!).

You're not going to be able to do anything with aromatherapy for the

osteoporosis

itself, so go for alleviating lower back ache. Ravensara is excellent here too,

especially with these two, or either of the camomiles. I have an 85 yr old

client

with osteporotic fractures all over her body so I was rather worried about

massaging

her, but was assured by her chiropractor and doctor that normal aromatherapy

massage

would not harm her.

Good luck

Helen in Cape Town