SO CA WILDFIRES - United Aromatherapy Effort Activation

[Guest guest]

Many of you have asked if there is some way our community can help in SoCal

.. . . for those of you who aren't familiar, UAE (United Aromatherapy Effort)

http://unitedaromatherapy.org/ works closely with ERMI (Emergency Response

Massage International) http://www.ermassage.org/ These folks aid emergency

responders and help provide aromatherapy relief to the shelters and those

affected.

 

The needs are for respiratory help (environmental sprays, synergies,

essential oils that can be placed on masks, etc.) and massage oils, burn

lotions/sprays as well as other items. I am initially donating a case of

our Ultrasonic humidifier/diffusers, so any respiratory pure essential oil

blends and single oils will be welcome. Environmental spritzers will be

wonderful as the air is very, very arid and any moisturizing/humidification

will be extremely helpful. As you might imagine, emotional support type of

oils are also needed, as well as any other aromatherapy comfort tools.

Bottles, dispensing caps and spritzers will also be in need.

 

The efforts of ERMI are coming together and the teams should be deployed

within the next couple weeks. If you know of someone in the area of San

Diego who is in touch with the massage therapists who are already working at

QualCom, please let me know so that we can coordinate with them and put them

in touch with ERMI. If you know of an area in California that could be

served and have contacts there, please let me know also and I will pass this

on to ERMI.

 

Marcia Elston/Samara Botane http://www.wingedseed.com

<http://www.wingedseed.com/>

http://www.aromaconnection.org

" If we treat the earth as disposable, we shouldn't be surprised when it

treats us the same way. " Mark Achbar

 

 

 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES

October, 2007 NEWS: CALL TO ACTION

 

We are now sending supplies to our staging area in Huntington Beach, CA. Deb

Halvorson, Aromatherapist, (NAHA Director) UAE ANGEL has steeped up and

volunteered to collect, house, disseminate to teams. Please send donations

to her: Deb Halvorson, 5602 Mangrum Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. Check

Supplies Tab on the site www.UnitedAromatherpay.org to see whats needed.

 

Please help pass the word.

 

 

 

<http://www.Un>

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

-Please don't send Essential Oils. What will they do except make

those with allergies have a severe reaction. Sheesh!

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Liz . . .To make this a little more clear for those of you who

aren't familiar. UAE http://unitedaromatherapy.org/ coalesces

professional aromatherapy companies to provide products to support the

efforts of ERMI http://www.ermassage.org/ (who are the massage

professionals who actually deploy). This appeal was primarily for natural

product companies; however, any individual can support the effort by

monetary donation. These orgs originally formed after 9/11 to support rescue

workers in NY with massage, respiratory and aromatherapy relief. The

efforts have continued during other disasters like Katrina and volunteers

from the aromatherapy and massage communities have quietly given of their

services and products to provide much-needed stress relief, respiratory

support, burn remedies, etc. Many of our good aromatherapy companies on

this list provide products and tools - this is a plea for the same product

support for UAE/ERMI who will soon be deployed to SoCal. The situation in

SoCal is somewhat different, and we imagine that teams will be not only be

supporting rescue workers and firemen, but also helping dispense our

aromatic products to victims, as well. The incidence of allergies to

essential oils is rare, however, Liz is right that professionals will be

making the decisions about any products supplied or used. We expect that

companies who already have all the legal required information on their

products will provide any additional instructions or specifics necessary for

the teams. This doesn't mean that individual support is not welcome . . .

You can always donate money. And, no doubt as the organization grows, there

will be other volunteer opportunities, I suspect.

 

I am lending a hand to help coordinate things here on the West Coast and

getting the word out here on Chris' list to our many good

aromatherapy/natural products companies for their support. I welcome any

comments or suggestions directly to me that might help these efforts be more

successful. If you do not have a business, but feel that you can provide

help with either essential oils or products, but might feel unsure of their

appropriateness - email me and let's talk; I'll make sure that you can be

involved in a meaningful way. If you have a new business and haven't done

anything like this before, email me if you need some direction and support

to enable you to help out.

 

These fires are going to continue on into November; if the Santa Ana winds

return, they will again head westward towards the more populated areas.

They are unprecedented. We also know that the years to come are going to be

volatile and more storms/fires face us. Anything we in the aromatherapy

community can do to be prepared for the future and to help now is welcome.

 

Thanks.

 

Be well,

Marcia Elston/Samara Botane http://www.wingedseed.com

http://www.aromaconnection.org

" If we treat the earth as disposable, we shouldn't be surprised when it

treats us the same way. " Mark Achbar

 

 

>

>

> On Behalf Of Liz

> Friday, October 26, 2007 2:33 PM

>

> Re: Re: SO CA WILDFIRES - United

> Aromatherapy Effort Activation

>

> Hi

> I understand your sentiment but The United Aromatherapy

> Effort have a lot of experience in dealing the disasters of

> this nature. The team know when EO's are appropriate and when

> they are not. We have a similar organisation in the UK (in

> fact it was started by a woman who was involved with United

> Aromatherapy Effort) REST UK.

> http://www.phantomii.plus.com/restuk/restukhome.html

> People with server allergies will (in most probability) be in

> hospital care by now, as burning wood, plastic, cars and

> household goods, plus close proximity to others using body

> care products in the care centres will (if the allergies are

> bad) have already set them *off*.

> I suggest you check United Aromatherapy Effort web site

> http://unitedaromatherapy.org/ to see what they actually do

> before passing judgement ;-)

>

> Please everyone, send what you can when you can. The UK news

> may be *cherry picking* and relating the worst aspects only -

> but it sure looks bad from over here.

>

> Liz

[Guest guest]

On 27/10/2007, llaci2003 <jjaksic wrote:

>

> " The incidence of allergies to

> essential oils is rare, " .....

>

> It's not as rare are you think. And how could you know this since

> EO's have only become the " rage " . If you're going to do a good deed,

> then I hope you will make sure to mention to people that Aromatherapy

> and EO's can cause an allergic reaction if they already have allergies.

 

 

Hi llaci2003

Essential oils may only have become *the rage* recently for you, but

the use of essential oils to assist health problems goes back to at

least the 1930's (and before). Long before the use of antibiotics and

modern medication.

I have been involved with AT (Aromatherapy) for over 20 years (and

qualified in AT in 1993 in the UK - and continue learning...).

Marcia has run a successful AT supply company (as does the owner of

this list) for at least 15 years to my knowledge, possibly longer.

We are all well aware of safety issues and the need to take

precautions when recommending EO's to anyone.

Whilst the incidence of allergic reaction to fragrance oils - to a

lesser and greater degree - is relatively high, the same is not true

for Essential oils, WHEN they are diluted and used correctly.

Problems, when they do arise, are invariably caused by misuse. That

is, using them undiluted and/or over a period of time without a break.

Like using any substance incorrectly, this is just asking for trouble,

and trouble will find you.

I am at a loss to understand why you seem to think that any UAE

volunteer would *not* check allergy status before offering oils (or

anything actually) to a person in distress. That's top of the list -

these days - in any situation.

As a practitioner, one of the first question on my consultation form

was " Have you any allergies that you are aware of? " That question was

there not just for the EO's I might use but also for the carrier oils,

some of which can also cause problems for the hyper-allergy sufferer.

Those involved in AT, practitioners, suppliers, educators (proviso! -

other than *some* MLM and quick-start-make-a-buck-fly-by-night

companies) are more than well aware of allergy problems and take them

very seriously.

 

Liz