Adulterated: A Summary And Analysis

Essential oils have long played a role in our physical and emotional well-being. Not only can certain scents bring about peace and tranquility or boost energy, they can also treat various medical conditions and improve your overall health. They can be used as a supplement to traditional healthcare practices in order to trigger your body's natural healing processes.

The three essential oils used in the trials were ginger, spearmint, and peppermint. All of the oils were extracted using steam distillation. In this meta-analysis, the results were inconclusive. Several studies found that there was no reliable evidence for the use of peppermint oil for the treatment of nausea. Conversely, there were studies that supported the efficacy of peppermint for reducing post-operative nausea. One randomized control trial ascertained that a blend of ginger, mints, and cardamom were effective in reducing nausea. Mint was found to reduce colonic spasms and slow peristalsis. Regarding the safety of essential oils, the possibility for reaction due to high concentration and lack of standardization resulting in the presence of differing substances poses potential risk for drug interaction or allergic response. In their review of available data, they found that there were 71 reported cases of adverse effects to aromatherapy, including one death. Topical application had the most adverse response with dermatitis being the primary reaction. With this in mind, it is important to spot test prior to liberal administration of topical essential

Clinical aromatherapy intension of application is includes inhalation and topical absorption of diluted essential oils from 3% to 5%. Safety precautions must be strictly observed as essential oils above 2% may have potential drug drug interaction and adverse skin reaction. Due to potential drug drug interaction with essential oils, Clinical Aromatherapy or interventions with essential oil should comply to safety standards as advised by a qualified aromatherapist. Oral ingestion is contra indicated unless prescribed by individuals with proper credentials and licensing.

Lavender essential oil is safe to use in your skin; however, make a small skin test before to detect any allergy.

In this essay, I will determine how and to what extent aromatherapy should be tested to see its scientific validity. Science is ever changing, hypothesis built on top on ranging hypotheses, theory after theory continually being ratified and disproved, never-ending ideas of experiments, case studies, and surveys; these all furthering of human understanding of this world. Mainstream science can also often be classified as pseudoscience because it has hence been disproven, but not to the extent where the general public accepts or even realizes its apocryphalness. Aromatherapy is partially under this category because there is no definitive research proving either way because of the challenges in research, but in order to be determined scientifically

Many ancient perfumes are made by extracting natural oils. From the expert on Britannica.com, essential oils are extracted from the microdroplets in glands of plants by several different methods based on the property of the plants. It is derived directly from the plants, so it is very healthy and doesn’t contain harmful chemicals. Without harsh chemicals, natural fragrances are also more eco-friendly than the synthetic counterparts whose chemicals can be an environmental problem (Singh,

How well does the average know about the prescription medications they ingest every day? Does one actually need them for something as common as feeling a little anxious sometimes, headache issues that cause annoyance to your daily lives, or even helping someone sleep a little better at night? While some serious circumstances need medical prescribed medicine (whereas the symptoms are quite worth the help), most people are unaware of natural routes.

Aromatherapy is when one uses natural oils that are extracted from plants such as flowers, leaves, roots, stems and other various parts of plants. These essential oils are used by either inhaling the aroma from them or absorbing the essential oil through the skin into the blood system (The Balance & Harmony of Body and Mind). Aromatherapy is said to help the body in both psychological and physical aspects from increased cognitive development, pain relief, mood enhancement, and overall whole body healing (NAHA). Aromatherapy is a growing alternative medicine just like massage therapy.

Most of the essential oils used in aromatherapy are safe and do not have adverse effects provided they are handled safely. The spa and therapy centers which use aromatherapy ask you to pay attention to some of the important factors.

(insert in-text citation) This is an example of how aroma therapy has been proven to have a positive mental effect. Alternatively, Armaiti Salamati and collegues conducted a study to test whether or not the inhalation of lavender oil reduced the physical pain that patients encountered after they have had open heart surgery. Unfortunately, they found there to be no significance in the data that proved that inhaling lavender had any reduction of the patient’s pain after open heart surgery. (insert in-text citation) It is clear that science is having a difficult time proving the benefits of aroma therapy and coming to definitive conclusion on the effectiveness of aroma therapy. Is aroma therapy able to effect humans physically, or is it more of a mental stimulation that causes these positive feelings within most people?

What are Essential Oils? Essential oils are extracts from leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of various plants. The oils are distilled into extremely concentrated forms and contain active ingredients that are thought to have beneficial effects. The use of essential oils as treatment for various ailments is known as aromatherapy.

Secondly, if you see the words fragrance or perfume on the bottle, it is not an essential oil. These products do not work in the same way and can be patented. They should be avoided because you can never be sure exactly how they will react especially when they are combined with other

verified that the essences were non-toxic or slightly toxic. Results from field trials indicate that neither the

Gattefosse’s goal was to distinguish the medicinal application of essential oils from the perfumery applications.

An average consumer, named Greg, enters a pharmacy looking for medication to clear up his common cold. Normally, Greg would just grab some cough syrup and lozenges and not think twice about it. But now his pharmacy not only offers traditional medications such as Acetaminophen or Pseudoephedrine but they also offer combinations of herbs such as peppermint for coughing or eucalyptus for a nasal decongestant. How does Greg decide between the herbal remedy and the traditional pharmaceutical medicine? How will he know if the herbal combination will actually work or be safe for him? These are the kind of questions most consumers ask themselves when faced with this dilemma. Well first, Greg falls under one of the “many people [who] use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for different health problems such as anxiety, or allergic disorders, as well as minor ailments or chronic diseases”, in his case the common cold (Freymann et al. 13). Second, in current society, the trend to be “organic” or “natural” is pushing consumers, like Greg, to approach the already established idea of herbalism or other alternative medicinal methods, therefore making the choice of the herbal remedy a possible candidate for him by societal pressures. Third, Greg is unaware of any of the health risks that could occur with either medicine options. Any of these points make the decision for either medicine an uneducated choice that could come with health repercussions, even if it just for a common