Flushing Skin and Eyes

[Guest guest]

I would just like to comment here(my 2 cents worth on the flushing of

eyes. I was taught to warm milk slightly (preferably whole milk, but

any will do) The EO attaches to the fat in the milk and is carried out

of the eye.

 

This is one lesson were I was really glad that I paying attention.

I was refilling a small bottle of peppermint EO, I overfilled it (no

not on purpose)and when I put the dropper back into the bottle the EO

came back up through the hole right into my eyes. I could not open my

eyes, I called my daugther asked her to warm the milk and we poured it

into my eyes. It worked wonderfully.

Just a little lesson, but something worth remembering!

Sandy

 

, Butch Owen <butchbsi@s...> wrote:

> Hey Dale,

>

> As Doreen said .. vegetable oil .. or milk .. will work. Actually,

> any fatty substance .. to include bourbon will dilute EO. Pouring

> water on the spill will do nothing but move it around.

>

> Accordingly .. another of the common bits of misinformation in AT,

> that of flushing eyes with veggie oil if EO is spilled into the eye ..

> is just NOT the best way. Its misinformation passed along by writers

> who have not personally experienced a situation like that. Plain ol'

> kuntry folk sense tells us that water is better for flushing the eyes

> cause we're not trying to dilute it .. we're trying to move it out as

> quickly as possible.

>

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

>

> > I came across a piece of 'advice' from a site: Always keep a bottle

> > of (their) vegetable oil mix handy. If skin irritation occurs (from

> > the use of one of their massage oils) vegetable oil dilutes the

> > essential oils.

> >

> > Would this be true or is it more SOS, different person/entity? This

> > was not a YL site.

> >

> > Dale

[Guest guest]

G'day all.

 

As an ex-distiller, who has probably spilt more EO than most, I'll throw in

my two bob's worth.

 

A couple of things we didn't have in the shed were vegetable oils and milk.

We did, however, have a lot of water available. Our method for EO on the

skin was copious amounts of cold water and non-scented soap. For EO in the

eye, copious amounts of cold water to flush the oil out.

 

And always thoroughly wash your hands before eating or going to the little

boys (or girls) room after handling EO.

 

Just as an aside, if you are handling or working with different oils -

amazing the contamination that can be detected if hands are not washed

before moving onto a another oil.

 

Dennis Archer

http://www.toona.com.au

[Guest guest]

Hi Sandy,

 

For skin .. I say use a fatty substance .. I am addressing eyes here.

 

> I would just like to comment here (my 2 cents worth on the flushing of

> eyes. I was taught to warm milk slightly (preferably whole milk, but

> any will do) The EO attaches to the fat in the milk and is carried out

> of the eye.

 

As for the warming milk .. that's a bit inconvenient when one gets most

EO in their eye .. they aren't going to take the time to warm the milk.

 

The EO does dissolve immediately in the milk and of course whole milk

will have more fat than the others .. and veggie oil will work .. even

bourbon will work .. I'm serious.

 

I'm not at all surprised that you say you were taught that way .. as I

mentioned in my post .. it is one of the many common bits of misinfo

passed along in this industry.

 

> This is one lesson were I was really glad that I paying attention.

> I was refilling a small bottle of peppermint EO, I overfilled it (no

> not on purpose) and when I put the dropper back into the bottle the EO

> came back up through the hole right into my eyes. I could not open my

> eyes, I called my daugther asked her to warm the milk and we poured it

> into my eyes. It worked wonderfully.

 

You're able to stand pain better than I am .. I've had two minor and one

major spill in the eye and anybody who had gotten between me and the

water at that time would have been run over. As for warming the milk ..

if folks wanna do that they the proof will be in the pudding. I won't

wait that long myself. For that matter .. I can't imagine any reason to

warm it in the second place .. except maybe to make it more comfortable

and when one has EO in the eye comfort is not something they are

feeling.

 

Long, long, long ago .. on the IDMA list, back when we had lots and lots

of members and actually discussed EO/AT, this came up. I wrote as I had

here .. and the AT teachers wrote as you have here .. as did one or two

other folks. Well .. I give a lotta credibility to one who has spilled

some EO in their eye .. they tried something and it worked .. good show.

But I gave none to those who read it and were willing to fall on their

sword to support it for that reason. That came across clearly back

then.

 

Then .. a whole bunch of distillers came on line .. and I am a contract

distiller .. buy my own raw materials and contract their distillation.

NOT ONE of the distillers went along with the milk or veggie oil .. and

two of them had experienced major sloshes in the face .. I myself had

dropped a glass jug with close to a kilo of Origanum on a concrete floor

and had it fly up into my face. ALL of the distillers who came on line,

including me, supported the water flushing. The reason is because we're

not trying to dilute it .. we're trying to flush it out as complete and

as quickly as possible. Water will do that because it will not dilute.

Water will flush it out intact.

 

> Just a little lesson, but something worth remembering!

> Sandy

 

Good show .. I say folks should do what they think is right. I will

use water .. and my instructions to my folks in my store is that they

are to use water and we have a water flush system there.

 

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

[Guest guest]

Butch, Dennis, Sandy -

 

Thank you. I knew to use carrier oils for dilution in order to use

an eo. What I didn't know was whether or not that was the best way

to flush when irritations occurred. Additionally, the site made it

sound as if there was a special concoction and they had it...which I

always know is a sales pitch.

 

Knew you would be the right ones to ask.

 

Thanks again.

 

Dale