Aromatherapy Education and Resources
Silver Fir (Abies alba) is a perfect winter essential oil. The oil contains almost 50% of d-limonene. Immunostimulant effects of d-limonene include stimulating lymphocyte proliferation (4) increasing the total white blood cell count (5), increasing the number and phagocytic activity of macrophages (1,2), and stimulating antibody production (5). Additionally, natural killer cell activity was enhanced [...]
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I was just standing outside my house admiring our Ylang Ylang tree. She has grown huge in the past few years, and she produces hundreds of flowers throughout the year. I can smell the aroma of the flowers all the way down the street! The sweet floral aroma comes wafting into the bedroom window at [...]
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We recently received this story via email from one of our South African distillers and would love to share it with you. I know that essential oils and the precious plants they are extracted from are have brought so much into our lives. Do you have any stories related to essential oils and your community [...]
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It’s true, I am having a love affair with my citrus oils. They are uplifting and support our immune system. We can use them for cleaning and diffusing into the air. The aromas are familiar and bright. They are inexpensive. Need I go on? Those of you who study Aromatherapy know that some citrus oils [...]
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I am excited to announce that I have published my first eBook!! Essential Living: Aromatherapy Recipes for Health and Home. The 113-page Aromatherapy Recipes eBook offers everything a beginner needs to get started with simple aromatherapy for your health and home. The eBook includes over 60 easy recipes to help you create natural, safe and environmentally-friendly products for beauty, skin care, [...]
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Dust mites. I know, not the most fun topic. What are they exactly? There is a website dedicated to these creepy little creatures called Dustmites.org. They define dust mites as “microscopic creatures that live in your bedding by the millions and cause allergies.” In fact, they say that “Dust Mite Allergies are the most common [...]
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