Distillation Methods ** And Therapeutic Values ** II

[Guest guest]

Hey Michael.

 

> Thanks for the information.

 

Wackum fer'shur.

 

> This idea of " medicinal " oils has confused me for years (started by

> Young Living who used to claim they have the only " medicinal " oils

> on the planet).

 

They still do .. along with many other bogus claims.

 

> I have talked to Brian at Imani and his oils are good quality

> (pretty expensive, though not as expensive as Young Living)..

 

Few are as expensive as Young Living.

 

> he is probably repeating the information given to him by his source,

 

Most folks do .. especially in the absence of info to the contrary.

 

> a French doctor who uses oils.

 

And .. sells oils .. and .. hypes his oils. Not different than YL.

 

> I have purchased oils from Imani, YoungLiving, and Appalacian Valley

> over the past 5 years. They seem to be equally high quality to me.

 

Thanks .. I think .. thought that doesn't really give me a lotta warm

fuzzies. ;-p

 

> Some oils in the stores are clearly not as good (Aura Cacia for

> example). Don't know how one could even determine this kind of rating

> system on oils (A grade, B, etc.).

 

Best way is to forget that damn A Grade and B Grade Bovine Excrement

cause it don't exist.

 

> I go by smell (some smell purer than others

 

Probably not the best way to determine purity unless one has a helluva

lotta experience sniffing oils .. and moreso, oils straight from the

still. All oils are not supposed to smell nice but when one goes to the

effort to stretch them they ain't gonna do it with something that does

not smell nice.

 

> and if they are organic or wild crafted (though I've also encountered

> some weird smelling organic oils from Frontier).

 

In some cases, its hard to say if an oil is really what its claimed to

be .. and that goes ESPECIALLY for Certified Organic.

 

> Michael

 

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

 

PS: Under the new European Union Big Brother regs, one can advertise

" Contains PURE, ORGANIC essential oils " and not be charged with false

advertising if it contains 1% PURE, ORGANIC essential oils. Problem

with Big Brother legislation (which many short-sighted Americans also

scream for) is that it lays out narrow parameters which slick lawyers

and con-artists can easily bypass.

[Guest guest]

, Butch Owen <butchbsi@s...>

wrote:

> > I have purchased oils from Imani, YoungLiving, and Appalacian

Valley

> > over the past 5 years. They seem to be equally high quality to me.

>

> Thanks .. I think .. thought that doesn't really give me a lotta

warm

> fuzzies. ;-p

>

I should add that I have *only* purchased from Appalachian Valley

(and some from Chris who got them from Appalachian Valley) for the

last couple of years. The quality is high and the prices are good. I

do admit that I bought a " raindrop " kit from YoungLiving a few years

ago and now regret wasting oils by pouring them on the spine. I have

gotten a few useful tips from them, however, on essential oil use

(not on the spine) so, in my book, they are not all bad.

 

I am looking for a neroli substitute for someone who loves the pure

neroli but can't afford it. Do you recommend the bergamot, red

mandarin or another orange (or citrus) to get a similar uplifting,

anti-depressant effect?

 

Michael