Historical use of oils

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, Butch Owen <butchbsi@s...>

wrote:

>

> More than you might know .. the use of herbs is pretty close to

being a

> science .. the use of essential oils is light years away from being

one.

> There are a few tens of thousands of years of tried and true use of

the

> wild plants in nature .. by every culture in the world .. but the

use of

> essential oils for more than massage and such has like a generation

or

> so of concentrated use .. and even then much of the information has

been

> tainted like the fruits of a poison tree due to lots of

misinformation,

> disinformation, rumors and marketing hype .. not to mention the

honest

> or ignorant extrapolation of information I mentioned in the other

post.

>

I have a strong interest in ancient Egyptian religion and culture and

have read that the Egyptians used large doses of essential oils for

various purposes (one being embalming). Is it possible that at some

time in the distant past there was a science of using oils that has

been lost? For example the use of frankencense and myrrh has ancient

roots, the biblical oils, etc.

 

 

> > I have been sniffing a lot of tree resins lately for respiratory

> > relief (eucalyptus, tea tree, etc.)

>

> I think you mean you have been sniffing the oils from the leaves of

> Eucalyptus and Tea Tree .. rather than the resins - correct?

>

Yes, leaves. Regarding inhalers and sniffing...Do you know how this

works? Do enough of the properties of the oils enter the body through

inhaling (from a hand held inhaler) to make a difference? It clearly

has an effect. I'm wondering if the scent alone triggers some

response or if it is some other action.

 

> If you read Schnaubelt .. can't find his book now so I'm sure the

name

> is misspelled .. ;-p .. you might come up with such a conclusion;

moreso

> in respect to the pines .. but I think the answer is NO. All of the

> therapeutic properties of essential oils are directly related to

their

> chemical components and there are no corners on certain forms of

plant

> aromatics having identical properties based on their structure.

Many

> essential oils can assist the immune system .. they've been given

the

> handle of immunostimulants.

>

I have read " Advanced Aromatherapy " and found it interesting. He does

seem to be a specialist in the chemical components of oils and how

they work in the body (or something to this effect) Has anyone on

this list studied with Kurt Schnaubelt (I think he is the Pacific

Aromatherapy Institute)? He seems to be the real thing in terms of

the science of aromatherapy (as opposed to Young)

 

 

Michael