Peppermint — the herb and the essential oil.
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by Crystal
2y ago
Peppermint and the lamiaceae family Peppermint, spearmint, garden mint, lemon balm, patchouli, bee balm, or some variation is growing everywhere in my yard.  Melissa, rosemary, motherwort, deadnettle, horehound, ajuga, hyssop, selfheal, skullcap, sage, and thyme…all are in the lamiaceae family. The lamiaceae family has 829 species according to the USDA plant database; narrow it down […] The post Peppermint — the herb and the essential oil. appeared first on Just Essentials Today ..read more
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Happy Mother’s Day
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by Crystal
3y ago
To all Moms–relax and enjoy your day! The post Happy Mother’s Day appeared first on Just Essentials Today ..read more
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Why distillation dates are important when buying essential oils.
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by Crystal
3y ago
Why is it so important to check the distillation date from the manufacturer? Is that date even listed? Image by monicore from Pixabay Well, lesson learned. I recently was going through all my essential oils. I have accumulated a lot from the aromatherapy certification program I had enrolled in. There was a supply list of […] The post Why distillation dates are important when buying essential oils. appeared first on Just Essentials Today ..read more
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Learn about 1,8-cineole in essential oils.
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by Crystal
3y ago
The chemical component in most eucalyptus is 1,8-cineole. But it is also in Rosemary, Ravintsara and cardamom, so let's learn more about these Oxides. The post Learn about 1,8-cineole in essential oils. appeared first on Just Essentials Today ..read more
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I have cramping, can essential oils help me?
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by Crystal
3y ago
Essential oils can work for cramping muscles…stomach cramps, muscle cramps, restless leg cramps. In case studies, I have found that certain essential oils can help alleviate every day cramping that can make life miserable.  A combination helped alleviate a client of stomach cramping associated with IBS, while another combination helped with menstrual cramps.  I had […] The post I have cramping, can essential oils help me? appeared first on Just Essentials Today ..read more
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Can essential oils alleviate back pain?
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by Crystal
3y ago
How many people in the United States go to the doctor for back pain? Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay A 2012 NIH study shows that 11% of Americans had pain every day with 17% reporting severe levels of pain.  Forward to 2016, where a CDC published article shows that 20% of adults in the […] The post Can essential oils alleviate back pain? appeared first on Just Essentials Today ..read more
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Happy Valentine’s Day Can you smell the roses post-covid?
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by Crystal
3y ago
Anosmia by definition is the loss or impairment of the sense of smell. Statistics state that 86% of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 reported problems with their sense of smell. For them, improvement has been slow, taking upwards of 60 days for 75-85% to regain that sense. For 5% of those, some have not […] The post Happy Valentine’s Day Can you smell the roses post-covid? appeared first on Just Essentials Today ..read more
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Dilution of essential oils! Learn why it’s important.
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by Crystal
3y ago
Dilution of essential oils is the most important thing to learn in aromatherapy. Image by Photo Mix from Pixabay Dilution of essential oils is sometimes tricky, what size bottle, jar or tin are we using? Did we double or halve the recipe? Most of the time, that is an easy equation to figure out: 5-6 drops per 30 ml of carrier. That should be the end of my blog…but it is not. What about the oils that we must use in low dilution? Say a .07%? How do we figure that out? I do not want to make 30 ml of anything, just a 10 ml rollerball…. how much essential oil is that? Or a 5 ml bottle—I use t ..read more
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Why distillation dates are important when buying essential oils.
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by Crystal
3y ago
Why is it so important to check the distillation date from the manufacturer? Is that date even listed? Image by monicore from Pixabay Well, lesson learned. I recently was going through all my essential oils. I have accumulated a lot from the aromatherapy certification program I had enrolled in. There was a supply list of all the oils to buy for the course, so I did! After all, who does not want to get involved in the course and use the oils, smell the oils, make the blends, inhalers, and lotions? All this brings me to the dating of the batches. When you buy the oil that is not the date whe ..read more
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Pre and Post Surgery and essential oils
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by Crystal
3y ago
There is some clinical scientific evidence in favor of EO use in various phases of pre- and postoperative treatment. Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay Can I use essential oils before my surgery? The most appropriate oils to treat pre-surgical anxiety are Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) and Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) and there is a variety of literature that backs that up. One of the major components of lavender EO is linalool. Clinical evidence of the relaxing efficacy of lavender EO was obtained by Braden et al. ( R. Braden, S. Reichow, andM.A.Halm, “The use of the essential oil l ..read more
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