Adding Aromatics to Steaming Inhalation

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Thanks to everyone that suggested this yesterday! Dr. Weil 's followup took your lead! ~Rocky http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/TIP02167 Adding Aromatics to Steaming Inhalation Yesterday's Tip discussed how to set up a simple steam inhalation tent in your home. Once you have the steam tent set up, consider enhancing the effectiveness of steam inhalation with aromatic herbs. Some favorites are sage and eucalyptus, which can make the steam more soothing. These herbs are also antibacterial and using aromatics in this manner can help to reduce the chance of secondary bacterial infection when respiratory diseases are caused by viruses. You can add sage or eucalyptus to the boiling water by the whole

leaf or as an essential oil - try a teaspoon of the oil, or a small handful of the leaves. Both are available at herb shops and natural food grocers. "Get off your ass and take your government back." ~Rocky Ward

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Note the volume difference between using even the freshest leaves

and a pure essential oil. It takes 28 cups of peppermint tea to equal

the essential oil in a single drop of peppermint. Unless one uses a

lot of leaves, there are fewer essential oils present and more so in

dried herbs. Dried herbs have lost 99% of their essential oils since

these oils are volatile and their low molecular weights of less than

500 atomic mass units meaning they fly away easily. If a person is

sick, they need the higher volumes of the pure essential oils over the

herbaceous leaves. If you feel great, leaves are fine but not as

powerful.

 

 

At 2:02 PM -0800 12/7/06, Rocky Ward wrote:

Thanks to everyone that suggested this

yesterday! Dr. Weil 's followup took your lead!

~Rocky

 

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/TIP02167

 

Adding Aromatics to Steaming

Inhalation

Yesterday's Tip

discussed how to set up a simple steam inhalation tent in your home.

Once you have the steam tent set up, consider enhancing the

effectiveness of steam inhalation with aromatic herbs. Some favorites

are sage and eucalyptus, which can make the steam more soothing. These

herbs are also antibacterial and using aromatics in this manner can

help to reduce the chance of secondary bacterial infection when

respiratory diseases are caused by viruses. You can add sage or

eucalyptus to the boiling water by the whole leaf or as an essential

oil - try a teaspoon of the oil, or a small handful of the leaves.

Both are available at herb shops and natural food grocers.

 

 

 

 

" Get off your ass and take your

government back. " ~Rocky Ward

 

 

 

 

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