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You
may want to begin by using the oils on the bottoms of your feet. Try 1-3
drops of an essential oil blended with 4-6 drops of Seema's base Oil or
carrier oil.
When
your body adjusts to this application, you may use the oils on specific
locations of the body. Essential oils should never be put near the eyes
or in the ear canal. Massage is a very effective way of using the oils,
combining their properties with the therapeutic power of touch. You may
blend 30-60 drops or more to an entire bottle of base oil.
Diffusing
the oils through a cool air system is the finest method for direct inhalation.
The pure oil remains with all of its properties intact and escapes into
the air where it may be of benefit after the diffusing is complete. |
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Only
your body knows how you will respond to essential oils. Some people are
sensitive. If you are a first-time user, have fair skin, or are using the
oils with babies and children, take precautions. Dilute the oils using
a carrier such as Seasame seed Oil or Coconut Oil. Suggested reading "Simple
and Essential".
In
random cases, essential oils applied directly to the skin may result in
a rash. Some people may seem to experience a detoxification or flu-like
symptoms when using the oils for the first time. Detoxification is the
releasing of stored toxins from the body. People who have experienced difficulties
using essential oils in the past may have been applying oils that were
adulterated by either synthetic or natural means. Pure, raw, natural, therapeutic
essential oils rarely cause problems when used correctly. |
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Essential
oils are tested using a method known as chromatography, the science of
separation. Mihail Semyonovich Tswett, a Russian botanist born in 1872,
is considered the father or chromatography. He coined the term in 1906
when he described his experiments using a chalk column to separate the
pigments in green leaves. "Chromatography" described the colored zones
that moved down the chalk column. It is believed that he chose the name
by combining the Greek words Kromatos, meaning color, and graphs, meaning
written. It is possible that he named the process after himself since Tswett
means color in Russian.
Prior
to the 1970s, few reliable chromatographic methods were commercially available.
Gradually, new techniques highly improved the separation, purification,
and quantification of chemical compounds. Computers greatly improved the
process and by the 1980s, chromatography was a commonly used analytical
tool in chemical laboratories working with flavors and fragrances. Orange,
Mentha oil, and eucalyptus were among the first oils to be tested in India.
Modern
chromatography is generated by injecting a sample into a moving stream
(mobile phase) which passes over a non-moving bed of particles (stationary
phase). The stationary phase can be a solid or a liquid-coated solid that
is packed into a column. The liquid coatings can be applied directly to
a thin capillary column. Separation of the analytes is achieved by the
analytes adsorbing onto the stationary phase by the mobile phase. the analytes
that adsorb more strongly onto the stationary phase take longer to elute
off of the column. There are several different types of chromatography.
In GLC, or gas liquid chromatography, the mobile phase is a gas and the
stationary phase is a liquid. For essential oils, GLC is the most common
type of chromatography used. the resulting chromatogram is often referred
to as the essential oil's "molecular fingerprint".
Chromatograms
are of little or no use to anyone but a trained professional. This is why
is necessary to have trustworthy experts to perform the test. They can
bring attention to cases of adulteration with chemicals that would not
normally be present in an essential oil.
Essential
oils can also be adulterated with natural substances (i.e. lemon with d-limonene,
ylang/ylang with linalool, peppermint with menthol, etc.). It takes an
expert to interpret the GLC analysis and detect such "natural" adulteration.
To the novice, the GLC trace may look acceptable because no synthetic adulterants
are detected. Upon expert analysis, however, it will be seen that the ratios
of the constituents are inconsistent and it will therefore be evident that
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