Mixing Oils

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Good info.

 

Question: In the past, I have simply ordered lavender 40/42 when I need it and

order from whoever seems to send a note on a " fast buy " or a " coop. " Now I am

rethinking this. I want the BEST quality lavender oil. I love the stuff so why

not have the best. I am not concerned about FRAGRANCE . . . I want a quality

oil which contains all the healthy benefits God intended.

 

Comments please, Butch? Are all lavenders pretty much created equal as far as

the " beneficial " component? I think I just spent some pretty tidy dollars on a

Bulgarian Lavender . . . I am not home so I can not look in my EO cupboard. But

it was different lavender some raved about. Now I wonder if I simply purchased

great SMELLING lavender which has less beneficial qualities. If you have

already answered this before, please point me in the right direction, OK?

-Helen

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butch owen <butchbsi

06/11/03 06:22 PM

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi y'all,

 

In general, there are some oils that probably shouldn't be used at all.

Many disagree with me .. and maybe I would agree with that disagreement

IF I could be assured that those oils were being used under the close

supervision of a professional .. and even then, not for extended periods

of time. Two that come to mind are Sweet Birch and Wintergreen.

 

On the other hand .. what oils to blend is often, in my opinion, a

commercial game more than creation of a miraculous healing " synergy. "

Example .. some dude wrote to a buddy of mine ..

 

> I am wondering if you are interested in a new Super Blend of

> essential oils? My last blend of 141 oils provided extremely

> powerful support for the whole body and the new blend is much

> stronger. The next blend will contain the largest variety of

> essential oils in the world.

>

> Please message me with any comments or suggestions if you are

> interested.

 

Now when you folks get up off the floor .. after you've imagined the

next blend being 267 oils or whatever .. ;-p give this some thought

cause some folks are throwing together 5-6-7-8 oils and thinking that it

must be better that way cause if one is good 8 is 8 X better. Lots of

interpolation and extrapolation there methinks. And .. if you wanna

know the website this feller cites .. write me off line and you got it.

 

But the real danger is percentage of EO to carrier. If we use one oil

with a proven safe dilution percentage of 10% .. another with 5% and one

more with 6% .. and we use those percentages for each oil .. we've gone

way beyond a level of safety because the effects are cumulative. Though

a patch test is good .. it doesn't prevent the ol' immune system from

registering that onslaught of oils as a hostile invader and reacting the

next time its exposed to one or more of those chemical constituents ..

meaning sensitization.

 

One more thing that makes me grin now and then .. when folks are looking

for a particular level of a major chemical component .. they do it cause

the novels on AT have repeated this over and over till folks think its

AT doctine. Lavender 40/42 gotta be better than Lavender 35/40 says

they. Hogwash! Might smell better and if you're looking for odor then

it might be important .. but even then there are many EO that get their

odor from minor/trace chemical components.

 

Even worse .. the tale-spinners have made it so desireable to have this

or that level of major components .. though there is no real basis in

fact .. that the con-artists often boost Linalool and Linalool acetate

and get more $$$ for the adulterated products. Sometimes they use

natural chemicals but still, when you upset a natural chemical equation

there is a down side in that you reduce the percentages of the trace

chemicals .. which more times than not might have more to do with the

therapeutic value of the EO than do the major chemical constituents.

 

Knowing percentage of major chemical componets in an EO can sometimes

tell you a bit about the odor of the oil but its not very effective for

judging efficacy and safety .. unfortunately, rumors and misinformation

controls a lot of the teachings in the cottage-industry of aromatherapy.

 

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

 

Who's been sorta missing cause he's trying to catch up and ain't gonna

make it ... but still going to the Rose Fields of Isparta on 20 June for

the annual harvest/distillation if'n he ain't under snakes. ;-p