Red vs. Green Mandarin EO

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There is no appreciable difference between the two, except that the red

contains furocoumarins and the green does not. I have met several

aromatherapy " formulators " who have vehemently insisted that green

mandarin EO is the " only safe mandarin " to use on children's skin, but

that is absolutely untrue... unless said children are going to be

running about in the sun, but that goes for adult red mandarin users as

well.

 

Katharine Koeppen

Aromaceuticals

Essential Oils from Artisan Distillers

www.aromaceuticals.com

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>There is no appreciable difference between the two,<

 

There is a huge difference in fragrance. There are also differences

in composition but of course not much in the major chemicals which is

all most AT teachers know about.

 

>I have met several aromatherapy " formulators " who have vehemently<

>insisted that green mandarin EO is the " only safe mandarin " <

 

Well whoever they are clearly are talking out of their arses and know

zilch. Probably because they are not proper trained cosmetic

formulators but rather amateurs who have picked up what they know

from newsgroups or from the trades novels, or from their know nothing

teachers which the AT is packed with.

 

Red mandarin is NOT a photosensitiser under normal conditions of

use. Anyone who has my safety manual can see the references on that.

On my website is an article covering photo sensitisation under

abnormal conditions. If green mandarin contains higher levels of

furocoumarins I can't find at the moment even though I have analysis

of dozens of mandarin oils. Reason is the bergaptens do not come out

with routine analysis as they are held in sticky waxes that would

clog up the GLC column. Therefore, specialist analysis is required

and few places do that. I am sure someone has got it somewhere

though. I have never seen a report on green mandarin being a

photosensitiser, but as it is an ingredient of perfumes I am sure it

will have been tested by the big boys in-house. Chances are that

information is in the RIFM private database which only members get

access to.

 

Another fact is that often citrus oils are distilled, but are resold

as " cold pressed " by con artists in the wholesale or production

trades and then in turn by the aromatherapy suppliers who seem to

believe everything they are told! If they are distilled they are in

fact far safer for skin use.

 

Martin Watt

http://www.aromamedical.com

 

, Kath Koeppen <aromaceu@e...>

wrote:

> There is no appreciable difference between the two, except that the

red

> contains furocoumarins and the green does not. I have met several

> aromatherapy " formulators " who have vehemently insisted that green

> mandarin EO is the " only safe mandarin " to use on children's skin,

but

> that is absolutely untrue... unless said children are going to be

> running about in the sun, but that goes for adult red mandarin

users as

> well.

>

> Katharine Koeppen

> Aromaceuticals

> Essential Oils from Artisan Distillers

> www.aromaceuticals.com