Aromatherapy: Is Alternative AND Complementary Therapy

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Howdy Kathleen .. other good folks ..

 

alternative therapy or a complementary therapy. There you go Christine, a

> question for your poll.

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> This question came to mind because I have come across many times

> " Aromatherapy, an alternative therapy " . I personally don't think of

> aromatherapy that way, I think of it as a " complementary therapy " .

>

 

What this small group thinks might be interesting trivia but that's about

the size of it.

 

There have been many good examples given of how it is a complemetary therapy

... but why its necessary to choose one or the other puzzles me!

 

ALTERNATIVE it is too .. alternative to what? Alternative to over the

counter (OTC) and prescription medications for lots of minor problem. I've

said it over and over that except for aspirin and antiacids I've not taken

an OTC medication since 1995 .. and only ONE presciption med .. an anti

inflammatry for a short period of time. I have had a few bugs .. probably

fewer than most folks .. and when I got them I was able to knock'em dead

in a short time. The EO I used complemented nothing .. they substituted ..

they were alternatives to treatment from a pill bottle!

 

 

> Now I have to write an " apples and oranges " article about " Aromatherapy

> and

> essential oil quality " . You're either writing about Aromatherapy or

> essential oil quality. Somehow one has to shove the two together. I wasn't

> going to write under this title, I really wasn't. Until I read one article

> that blathered on about how the ancient egyptians used eo's. BROTHER!

>

 

The ancient Egyptians certainly used EO .. just not distilled EO .. they

extracted them in other manners .. like in animal fat. But that is a

different thing from what you are writing against.

 

Back to the subject .. at http://www.iscmr.org/ .. we find ..

 

" *The Journal of Alternative and Complementary

Medicine*<http://www.liebertpub.com/publication.aspx?pub_id=26>

* is now the official journal of ISCMR. * An online subscription to JACM

is included in ISCMR membership.

 

*The International Society for Complementary Medicine Research* is a

worldwide not-for-profit professional association devoted to fostering

co-operative and multidisciplinary research and development as well as the

application of knowledge in the fields of Complementary, Traditional and

Integrated Medicine.

 

ISCMR was established on November 22, 2003 at the 10th Annual Symposium of

Complementary Health Care in London, UK.

At .. http://nccam.nih.gov/ .. we find .. National Center for Complementary

and Alternative Medicine .. National Institutes of Health

 

If you want to find forty eleven other references to Complemtary and

Alternative .. etc. .. you don't have to look far.

 

Like I said .. what this small group thinks might be interesting trivia but

that's about the size of it. ;-)

 

 

> K

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> Kathleen Petrides

> Bead Hussy

> http://www.BeadHussy.com <http://www.beadhussy.com/>

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Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com<http://www.av-at.com/>

 

 

 

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>Like I said .. what this small group thinks might be interesting trivia but

that's about the size of it. ;-)<

 

Not trying to solve the worlds problems, but am interested in what people

think about aromatherapy. I know for a fact there are folk out there who

look at it as atotally " alternative " thereapy. In other words, doctors are

" dumb ugly and stupid " (stole my teenagers phrase for that one) not to

mention evil and are only out to push unneccesary pills and ops. Which is of

course crap.

 

You're right that it is alternative and complimentary simultaneously, but if

I were to put it in a single classification, I personally, would choose

complimentary.

 

Just signed me " depressed in hell! " Just found out today that we're stuck

here for another 6 months. triffic

 

K

 

 

 

 

On 5/17/08, Butch Owen <butchowen wrote:

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Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

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Butch said " What this small group thinks might be interesting trivia but

that's about the size of it "

 

My goodness Butch- do you really think that this group is so stupid that we

think our discussion will change the world, Surely all / most of us are here to

discuss things rationally and without fear of being bullied . If I have this

wrong please let me know and I will withdraw from this group as I choose to

surround myself with people who can discuss things openly and without massive

egos getting in the way.

 

Now I would like to give my opinion - on the term alternative /

complimentary, I have been teaching accredited aromatherapy training for 15 +

years over the years many students have used the term alternative and each and

every time I correct them, the training they are receiving is not alternative

it is complimentary. As an asthmatic I use a salbutamol inhaler and I also use

essential oils & Yoga to assist with breathing and to help ward off coughs and

colds etc.

 

I feel that if we present ourselves as alternative we instantly put ourselves

against the medical profession when most of us want to work along side them. If

we adopt the complimentary tag we present ourselves as another resource that the

medics can call upon. Here in Australia our Health funds have embraced a number

of natural therapies and this has had a significant effect on the number of

calls I receive from potential clients.

 

I feel very strongly about this point and at the beginning of a Diploma course

I make a point of informing the students that the A word (Alternative ) is not

to be used in my school, I also hate it when students refer to Clients as

Patients.

 

Last week Professor Dawkins “Enemies of Reason” 2 part documentary was

screened here I missed the first part so not sure if AT was attacked, what kept

coming up for me was that if we dropped the A word then maybe he would not be so

hell bent on condemning each and every natural therapy and would take it as it

is meant as a compliment to all the science and years of experience that the

medical profession has.

 

 

 

Joanne Lang

www.aromatherapuaustralia.com.au

 

 

 

 

Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

 

 

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All it takes is one person to change the world, granted it doesn't happen

over night, but it does happen.  Man you guys need a bit of hope. 

Otherwise, Aromatherapy is shot down from within the ranks.  If discussion

leads to action, then yes...  IT can change the world, and the point of

using Alternative versus homeopathic, versus natural is all semantics. 

And yes sometimes you have to use the spin to get you in.  remember the

guy who made the slinky was probably laughed at a time or two and now.  

Well who doesn't know what a slinky is?

 

 

 

Jennifer.

 

 

 

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> Joanne Lang

> 05/18/08 08:53 pm

> ATFE2

> [ATFE2] Re:Aromatherapy: Is Alternative AND Complementary

> Therapy

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> Butch said " What this small group thinks might be interesting trivia

> but that's about the size of it "

>

> My goodness Butch- do you really think that this group is so stupid

> that we think our discussion will change the world, Surely all / most of

> us are here to discuss things rationally and without fear of being

> bullied . If I have this wrong please let me know and I will withdraw

> from this group as I choose to surround myself with people who can

> discuss things openly and without massive egos getting in the way.

>

> Now I would like to give my opinion - on the term alternative /

> complimentary, I have been teaching accredited aromatherapy training for

> 15 + years over the years many students have used the term alternative

> and each and every time I correct them, the training they are receiving

> is not alternative it is complimentary. As an asthmatic I use a

> salbutamol inhaler and I also use essential oils & Yoga to assist with

> breathing and to help ward off coughs and colds etc.

>

> I feel that if we present ourselves as alternative we instantly put

> ourselves against the medical profession when most of us want to work

> along side them. If we adopt the complimentary tag we present ourselves

> as another resource that the medics can call upon. Here in Australia our

> Health funds have embraced a number of natural therapies and this has had

> a significant effect on the number of calls I receive from potential

> clients.

>

> I feel very strongly about this point and at the beginning of a Diploma

> course I make a point of informing the students that the A word

> (Alternative ) is not to be used in my school, I also hate it when

> students refer to Clients as Patients.

>

> Last week Professor Dawkins “Enemies of Reason†2 part documentary

> was screened here I missed the first part so not sure if AT was

> attacked, what kept coming up for me was that if we dropped the A word

> then maybe he would not be so hell bent on condemning each and every

> natural therapy and would take it as it is meant as a compliment to all

> the science and years of experience that the medical profession has.

>

>

>

> Joanne Lang

> www.aromatherapuaustralia.com.au

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> Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.

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