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Our Crater's Cassie Tario wrote the following article featuring your's truly..... "Let’s start with the basics: what is an essential oil? For those of you who are not aware an essential oil is the concentrated natural oils found in plants extracted through a distillation process. What might this be used for? The list of things I use my essential oils for is never ending. Some examples are: room fresheners, steaming my floors, cleaning my counter tops, laundry, mouth wash, baths, topical treatments, and bug spray. Essential oils are a big part of my life and were integrated into my lifestyle years ago before I even had much knowledge on them. For someone like me who is very sensitive to chemical scents, essential oils provide me with a way to experience fragrances without the side effects I would normally get.... (continue reading the full article here) 
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Question 1: What essential oils are good for children who have a hard time unwinding and going to sleep? Can I use fractioned coconut oil and use a roller on their body? Question 2: What essential oils work well as a spray for prevention of lice in children?  Essential Oils.
Essential oils come from the volatile oils in plants, which are found in a concentration of approximately 5% in nature. To make essential oils, large amounts of plant materials are gathered and steamed distilled using low temperatures or cold pressed (this is used for citrus oils). This is why they can be so expensive. Essential oils are very potent medicines and it is important to be sure they are of good quality while not falling for crazy marketing schemes where silly declarations of Certified Therapeutic Grade, etc... are used. I find many people fall in love with the smell of essential oils and forget that they are in fact medicines and should be respected as such. One drop of essential oil can equal 35 to 75 cups of herbal tea. As you can see, they are very concentrated and potent. Essential oils should not be ingested, there are very few exceptions to this rule and only Qualified Health Practitioners would prescribe this administration after proper assessments of the individual has been made and diluted in an appropriate medium (not added to your water). Essential oils should not be applied neat on the skin (undiluted). In fact the recommended dilution for children is 0.50% or less. Essential oils can be over used and abuse, they should not be uses in all situations or all the time, nor should one be diffusing them 24/7. Like all other forms of herbal application, prescribing essential oils is both an art and science. There are still contraindications and not all oils are safe for children. It is best to seek the advice of an Aromatherapist or Herbalist. With that being said, they are great for administering to children especially when proper care is taken. One can easily relieve discomfort and boost the immune system of an child by diffusing safe oils it in their room while sleeping. Essential oils can even be used as part of a bedtime routine to assist children with sleep. Essential oils work very effectively on the limbic system (emotional brain). This is where smell triggers emotions, thus it can help children relax and overcome anxieties. Many essential oils have pain relieving, antibacterial, antifungal, and antispasmodic effects and much more making them very versatile. Even their application can be versatile, from sprays, inhalation, massage, foments, bathes and salves, which make giving this herbal treatment to a child very easy with no worries about whether to give on an empty stomach or full stomach and no struggles of administering a bad tasting remedy. For children under 2 years of age turn to hydrosols, they are much gentler and safer. Hydrosols are produced during the distillation process of plant materials to make essential oils. Dana Clark, CNHP, CHN, CHC |
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AuthorDana Clark, CNHP, CHN, CHC owner of From the Roots Holistic, Categories
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