Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Butch, may I post your message to my own little aromatherapy group? It's made up of beginners and I think they all need to know this. cindi On 9/20/05, Butch Owen <butchbsi wrote: > > Hi y'all, > > This post was NOT ALLOWED to be posted to the Supply Review Group! > > However .. I can prove that there are MANY posts allowed that praise > companies that are disgusting when it comes to integrity and quality and > honest dealings with the public .. judge for yourself if this post is > too commercial. > > For your info .. I make less than $8 on every issue of Plant Aromatics > sold .. I pay to have it published by a commercial firm and I also pay > royalties to Martin .. I make more on a sale of a 20 ml bottle of some > of the costly EO. So do you think I really give a rat's butt about > spending time a lot of time promoting Plant Aromatics? Butch > > > Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:16:47 -0700 > Butch Owen <Butchbsi > SupplyReview > Safe Use of EO - Sensitization > > Hi y'all, > > As a supplier of Essential Oils I would not post this if I did not know > it was true. If I want to sell more oils .. why tell folks to not use > them neat? > > There is NO essential oil that can be said to be always safe when used > neat. True it is that many are not common irritants or sensitizers .. > but there are many people sensitized to Lavender and Tea Tree .. two > that have come out publicly stating they are sensitized to Lavender are > Marge Clark and Lynda Sorenson .. I know of many others. > > Patch tests can not detect sensitization .. they can detect irritation. > Why? Because it is extremely rare to have a sensitization reaction upon > first exposure .. it occurs much later .. weeks .. maybe months later. > > IF we talk about initial sensitizing we're almost always talking about > dermal contact with essential oils or some other chemical .. not the > ingestion or inhalation. Some natural products are known to be potent > sensitizers .. some are occasional sensitizers and some are known as > non sensitizing. But even non sensitizing EO (like Lavandula > angustifolia) can cause sensitization .. its a matter of luck .. bad luck! > > I have had blond hair (not much, but its blond) all my life .. and now > there's no gray in it .. blonds rarely have gray hair. However, my > mustache has been salt and pepper since I was in my mid-20s .. and for > the last few years the salt increased and the pepper became less > noticeable. For years I used " Just For Men " mustache, sideburn and > beard dressing .. it was easy .. brush it in and in five minutes the > pepper is back. > > In September 2002 I was using it during my weekly vain attempt to look > younger .. and all of a sudden my face broke out like bees had attacked > me .. burned the crap out of me too. I figured it had already passed > the expiration date cause I had purchased it during my last trip to the > USA .. so I stopped using it as I was about to make another trip .. > which I did two weeks later. > > I bought some new " Just for Men " .. and when I used it, the same thing > occurred. I had become SENSITIZED to some chemical in that product. > > Though spice oils are in the top category as potential sensitizers .. > its also oils made from leaves, bark, seeds, roots, blossoms, gum, etc. > And sensitization is impossible to avoid entirely .. like traffic > accidents .. but we can greatly reduce the potential by avoiding oils we > know are known sensitizers and not using the others (the safe ones) > undiluted (neat). Will we become sensitized if we use an EO neat? Hard > to say. Its like asking if we will kill ourself if we choose to drive > while intoxicated .. odds are greater the more often we do it. > > Avoiding sensitization is a case of dealing with the immune system's > self defense mechanism and though its hard to fool Mama Nature, its not > impossible to deceive the immune system. > > What happens in sensitization is the immune system registers a foreign > invader .. it alerts all its soldiers that the body's defense system has > been breached. But it RARELY reacts when this happens .. it registers > the chemical profile of the invader and prepares for defensive action > the next time that invader strikes .. which might be days or weeks or > months or even years later. But once the immune system has reacted and > registered the profile .. attack it will at some point in time .. and > attacks will generally continue forever if the immune system's security > officer detects another invasion by that foreign enemy. > > Because its not the oil itself that's causing the reaction .. but rather > one or maybe a combination of the chemical components of that oil, this > creates problems that continue even if we don't use that oil again. > > The problems can arise anytime we come into contact with ANY substance > containing that chemical or combination of chemicals that has been duly > registered as an enemy agent by our immune system .. and that time, it > doesn't have to be via dermal application only .. it can occur when we > eat foods that contain the enemy agents. This is likely to occur since > aromatherapy industry is a very small user of essential oils; its the > cosmetics, perfumery and FOOD industry that uses the lion's share. > > So how do we fool Old Mama Nature? We don't attack with brigades of > 3,000 troops .. we slip squads of ten or so troops into the area of > operations because it is less likely to trigger the panic and alarm that > the immune system goes into when it registers foreign enemy invaders. > > How do we do this? We dilute the oil. And try to avoid using any > essential oil .. even well diluted .. over a wide area of skin. You > might say .. what about massage? Well .. there are some risks in life > and that is one of them .. but its more potentially dangerous to the one > giving the massage than to the recipient because of the other danger .. > frequency of use. The more often we drive to the corner market, the > more likely we are to have a traffic accident. > > Have I ever used an EO neat? Yep! I've slathered a burn with Lavender > and I have used Oregano (Origanum vulgare) neat while working search and > rescue during the August 1999 earthquake here in Turkey .. over 22,000 > people died and many of the rescuers feared that disease would soon > become a problem due to the obvious effects. Police and rescue folks > often came to me and asked for Oregano for cuts and scrapes and such .. > I had run out of carrier so I used it neat. In both these cases there > was some risk .. and I can't even say it was a calculated risk .. it was > field expediency .. but still it was a gamble. > > Proper dilution of essential oils is critical .. and contrary to the old > rumors in this industry about neat use of Lavender and Tea Tree being > safe .. they too must be diluted. There are MANY people around who have > become sensitized to Lavender and Tea Tree .. and sensitization is, in > most cases, for life .. it can take us to the emergency room. > > Every essential oil used in the cosmetics industry has been tested on > human subjects and safe level of dilution is known. " Plant Aromatics " > is a compilation of this data researched over many years. The source of > this research is the R.I.F.M. (Research Institute for Fragrance > Materials) and their sister organization the I.F.R.A. (International > Fragrance Research Association). > > These organizations collect and assess scientific safety data on > essential oils and provide reports on safe and adverse reactions to > their member companies in the commercial sector. > > They have also commissioned research evaluations for over 45 years and > they publish the findings on essential oil safety in the journal - Food > and Chemicals Toxicity. > > The next portion of this post is technically an advertisement but I > don't know how to present this safety information any other way. I hope > it is seen as a public service announcement .. an opportunity for folks > to get a credible research document on safety. There is no competition > for sale of this manual .. its available from but two sources .. one in > Europe and one in the USA. > > IF we want to ensure we are using essential oils at a safe percentage of > dilution .. instead of listening to rumors, or shooting in the dark and > keeping our fingers crossed .. we can go to a library and research the > back issues of Food and Chemicals Toxicity for the past 45 plus years, > or acquire the Safety Manual, Plant Aromatics. > > " Plant Aromatics " includes: > > Skin Irritation > Sensitization > Photo sensitization > Oral & Dermal Toxicity > > It goes into: > > Reactions to Individual Chemicals > Testing for Adverse Effects > Skin Absorption > Oils Not Recommended > Absolute and Concrete Extracts > Maximum Levels of Oils in Perfumes/Cosmetics > Toxicity Levels > Referenced Adverse Effects on the Skin > And many more subjects > > Why does one need this Safety Manual? I can think of three reasons. > > 1. Ethics and Personal Safety: Why should we use an EO in a dilution > that is larger than that which has been tested as being safe .. and > effective? We have responsibility to ensure that those who use our > products - as well as ourselves, are not injured due to our not knowing > the safe dilution. > > 2. Legal Liability: When we sell a product .. we then become liable > for any harm we might cause. Ignorance is no defense. Will use of this > safety data get us off the hook if we are faced with a lawsuit? I don't > know, but if we can quote scientific safety data I would think we would > be in a better position to show we took reasonable and prudent action to > do the right thing, and we made informed decisions using available > information rather than guesswork. Intent can mean much and a good > defense can not hurt - methinks. > > 3. Professional Development and Knowledge: " Plant Aromatics " is more > than rumor and is quotable as scientifically sound. The date/time/who > conducted the tests are referenced. > > In North and South America .. Plant Aromatics is available at: > http://www.av-at.com/plantaromaticsavnp.html > > In Europe .. Plant Aromatics is available at: > http://www.aromamedical.com/paper.html > > Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com <http://www.av-at.com/> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Hey Veronica, > At the risk of being attacked here Disagreement is not an attack. We can always disagree without being disagreeable. > I would like to point out that the supply review list is for people to > post their good and bad experiences with SUPPLIERS! True it is .. and often we find a bit of censorship when folks do that. > Not for posting information about eo's and their uses or FO's and their > or herbs or supplies in particular etc. True it is .. but the supply review list is also not a forum for putting out erroneous .. and dangerous .. information on the use of EO. That is the reason I made that post. If one is to say that its OK to put folks in harm's way because to tell them the dangers of a particularly bad bit of information is prohibited .. not a part of the mission of the list .. is to say that we are mindless robots and have no concern for the welfare of others. On the other hand .. why would I (and others) believe it was necessary to make such a post about safety if folks had followed the posted agenda of the supply review list in the first place .. and had not gotten into a discussion on neat use of EO? > Veronica Davidson > http://www.veronicaslavishlathers.com > http://www.friendswithms.com Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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