Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils
AromaHealth organically grows, distills and separates by glass therapeutic grade essential oils. They are pure and undiluted, fresh from the organic gardens. Essential oils may be used on many levels: inhalation or application in a dilution. When in doubt about a choice, let your nose lead the way. And here's why!
Keep out of reach with children. Pregnant and nursing mothers, check with your doctor before inhaling and using essential oils. Certain ones, such as lavenders, tarragon and fennel contain estrogenic properties that can be harmful to you and children, especially used over a period of time.
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QUICK REFERENCE FOR ESSENTIAL OILS AND ABSOLUTES
Everyone is born with a unique scent they carry throughout life, like an apple or orange. The aroma is often not detected on a conscious level, unless closeness or intimacy is involved. Essential oils and absolutes may have a harmonizing scent. A therapeutic essential oil is a highly concentrated, steam- distilled fragrant volatile oil produced by tiny glands located in various parts of aromatic plants. The oil evaporates quickly as the aromatic molecules are exposed to air. Several pounds of plant material produce only one dram of pure, undiluted oil. The material must be harvested when oil production is at a peak and distilled immediately. AromaHealth essential oils are steam distilled and hand separated from the aromatic floral waters. No hexane, chemical solvents, or synthetic additives are used to produce our essential oils, floral waters, and flower essences. We produce only the finest quality that Mother Nature has to offer.
See "A Comprehensive review of the antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral potential of essential oils and their Chemical Constituents against drug-resistant microbial pathogens, by Saika Tariq, Saira Wani ,Waseem Asool, Khusboo, Shafi, Muzaffar Ahmad Bhat,, Anil Prabbkhar, Aabid Hussain Shalla, Manzoor A Rather: Microbial Pathogenesis September, 2019 Volume 134. "Document is current". Maintained by Elsevier.
"Antibacterial and antifungal activity of 10 essential oils in vitro", S. Pattinaik et al Microbios, 1996.
"Essential oil of Peppermint, Orange, or Lemongrass kill most strains of fungal and bacterial infections." Posit Health News, 1998 PMID 11366554.
"Identification of essential oils with activity against stationary phase Staphylococcus aureus", Xiao S., et al BMC Complement Med Ther. 2020. PMID 32209108
Antimicrobial Properties of Plant Essential Oils against Human Pathogens and their Mode of Action: an Updated Review, Mallappa Kumara Swamy, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar. Uma Rani Sinniah: Evidenced based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 2016 Article ID 3012462,21 pages, 2016.
Absolutes are natural perfume quality extractions of fragrant flowers and resins that do not impart all of their aroma from steam distillation, such as jasmine. Absolutes are purified from semi- solid waxy flower material. Waxy particles do not dissolve completely and are filtered from the solution. This yields an absolute, the highest grade of natural perfume fragrance, which also have many beneficial properties. Absolutes hold their aroma in natural perfumes better than essential oils. Essential oils are more volatile and dissipate into the air quickly, or saturate into a carrier oil base.
Antiviral and Virucidal Properties of Essential Oils and Isolated Compounds- a Scientific Approach, Jurgen Reichling, Planta Medica 2022.
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Absolutes and essential oils may be combined in aromatic blends to complement each other and add an exquisite long lasting aroma to a blend. Absolutes also contain properties of the original flower or resin.
Products sold by the dram, approximately 4 ml, or 200 drops. (1/6 oz.). Several absolutes are also available in 1/12 oz.
See my class on You tube on Natural Fragrance, under Dr.Judy Griffin.