Guest guest Posted February 7, 2001 Report Share Posted February 7, 2001 At 07:09 PM 2/7/01 +0000, you wrote: >Butch, >I have read a couple of your posts and I see the importance of the GC >testing/certification of essential oils. I do not see a clear explaination >of the difference between aromatherapy, therapeutic, commercial " grade " . > From what you have said, it sounds like aromatherapy and therapeutic are >terms to describe the same oilsthat have been tested?? Commercial would be >used to describe an oil that has not been tested? It seems that for an oil >to have NOT been tested, it could be almost anything, including >aromatherapy??? >Not trying to be difficult--just trying to understand! okay... let's use wine as an example. you can buy perfectly acceptable jug wines. gallo is the brand that comes to mind... big gallon bottles for amazingly low prices. or you can buy a chateau bottled and named vintage from a specific winery and pay a lot more money. both have their uses. But I think very few people with educated palates will say that the contents of that big gallon jug with the screw on top is going to match the contents of that small vintage bottle. Or you can look at fruit and vegetable farmers... some work for big agribusiness corporations, plant huge fields that have been mechanically/chemically de-weeded, sprayed to keep the veggies bug/pest free, harvested by machines and stored/shipped for weeks before hitting your supermarket shelf (probably waxed with something to preserve them)....picture the tomatoes you buy in January. Or you can find an organic veggie store, or better yet, an organic farmer with a farm stand, or grow your own...with the bugs hand picked off them, or friendly insects like ladybugs encouraged to eat the pests... no chemicals, no sprayed on pesticides, etc...and when the produce is ripe, it's RIPE and ready for eating, not ready to be shipped cross country, but available locally. lots of commercial oils are tested... they are what they are. but they are not organically grown, they do not necessarily all come from the same geographical area, they certainly don't come from the same 'grower' or harvester... You check some of the listings from commercial dealers/sources...and they list availability of certain oils...by the ton... shoot, I work with some distillers who don't produce 100 liters in a year...and the " same " essential oil is available by the ton? I don't quite think so. Distilling can take varying amounts of time...if you are looking at volume and speed...90% of the volatile chemicals come across very quickly and if you have lots of botanical matter you can grab that first 90%, clean out the 'cooker' and distill another batch...produce a LOT of oil that way. or you can take the time to let ALL the aromatics come across... won't get nearly as much eo for your days labor...but you'll get better quality. Then there's the 'redistilled' oils, redistilled to increase or decrease the amount of a certain component... rectified oils...again, to increase/decrease a specific component, the oils 'boosted' by adding specific aromachemicals, either synthetic or (less likely) distilled from a cheaper oil that's high in that specific oil. there's the socalled 'codistillation' of orange blossom and leaf that I had tested... most of the codistillates smell like petitgrain...this one smelled like Neroli, really really pretty. The analysis showed traces of hexane... the distiller or the vendor had added Neroli Absolute to it. It was pretty, some folks loved it, and it was a lot cheaper than pure steam distilled Neroli....... but it wasn't a pure steam distilled oil. and you all know, by now, that France exports far more " lavender " oil than they produce every year. Import some Bulgarian, add some chemicals, voila, " french " lavender. And that doesn't come near touching the Lavender '40/42'... a product specifically adjusted to meet the demands of the perfume industry. but NOT a pure, natural essential oil...not ever aromatherapy quality. and then there's vetiver...one of my favorite eo's when it's done right... but how many people on these lists have I seen say " I hate vetiver, it's nasty, it's burntsmelling'...well, folks, if it smells burnt, it IS burned.... a product of bad, fast distilling. Or, on the other hand, there's the vetiver sample someone sent me that sheets off the bottle like... jojoba...like a carrier oil. Any true vetiver I've sampled has been sticky... more like molasses. I could go on and on. but I won't...I have a newsletter to write that should have gone out last week Your source for superb Essential Oils, Aromatherapy Accessories, Information, Books and more! Visit us at: <http://www.naturesgift.com> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 Marge, Thank you for taking the time to run through the whole scenario of grades, etc. of essential oils. This was very, very helpful to me! Angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2001 Report Share Posted February 8, 2001 <<you can buy perfectly acceptable jug wines. gallo is the brand that comes to mind... big gallon bottles for amazingly low prices. or you can buy a chateau bottled and named vintage from a specific winery and pay a lot more money. >> Or you can go to France and purchase that same " chateau bottled " wine for around $25 that you paid over $100 for here in the states. Price does not indicate quality. It only indicates what they think they can get for it. The best example I can think of is the Desert Sage I purchased about a year or so ago. This grower was selling the same desert sage to a rather well known name in the aromatherapy industry who was turning around and selling it for $200 an ounce. We sold it for $30 an ounce. Same quality. Vastly different pricing. Melody Rainbow Meadow Inc.™ http://www.rainbowmeadow.com *New*: Unrefined shea butter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2002 Report Share Posted May 27, 2002 Just saw it yesterday, but I had heard about it from my mom. She wanted to know if its anyone I knew. I dont think it is, but I really liked the commercial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2002 Report Share Posted May 27, 2002 Just saw it yesterday, but I had heard about it from my mom. She wanted to know if its anyone I knew. I dont think it is, but I really liked the commercial! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2002 Report Share Posted May 27, 2002 We saw it the other day. It was on CNN. Re: Commercial on 5/27/02 9:05 PM, GWDBNOBT@... at GWDBNOBT@... wrote: > Anyone see the commercial on tv with the girl and young man eating breakfast > and reading the newspaper.......he is a young man with Down syndrome, anyone > we know? It is a commercial for MetLife and makes the statement that his > sister was just shown how to prepare for the future should her brother out > live her.....cool. :0) God Bless, GW Hi! I've heard about it and Mollie has seen part of it but neither of us have seen all of it but are looking forward to doing so. -- A Society should be Judged by how it's members treat the Young, the Old and the Infirmed. B. F. Skinner Kent Moreno Rt 1 Box 128-X Burlington, WV 26710 knm@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2002 Report Share Posted May 27, 2002 on 5/27/02 9:05 PM, GWDBNOBT@... at GWDBNOBT@... wrote: > Anyone see the commercial on tv with the girl and young man eating breakfast > and reading the newspaper.......he is a young man with Down syndrome, anyone > we know? It is a commercial for MetLife and makes the statement that his > sister was just shown how to prepare for the future should her brother out > live her.....cool. :0) God Bless, GW Hi! I've heard about it and Mollie has seen part of it but neither of us have seen all of it but are looking forward to doing so. -- A Society should be Judged by how it's members treat the Young, the Old and the Infirmed. B. F. Skinner Kent Moreno Rt 1 Box 128-X Burlington, WV 26710 knm@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 27, 2002 Report Share Posted May 27, 2002 I have seen the commercial and like it. Nothing negative. Sharon Mom to (10, DS) and (6) South Carolina Commercial > Anyone see the commercial on tv with the girl and young man eating breakfast > and reading the newspaper.......he is a young man with Down syndrome, anyone > we know? It is a commercial for MetLife and makes the statement that his > sister was just shown how to prepare for the future should her brother out > live her.....cool. :0) God Bless, GW > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Just listening to the TV while doing housework, I heard. " Diabetes is an epidemic, and there is NO vaccine " Geez, probably the vaccines that cause the diabetes in the first place! Western NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 > > Just listening to the TV while doing housework, I heard. > > " Diabetes is an epidemic, and there is NO vaccine " > > Geez, probably the vaccines that cause the diabetes in the first place! > > > Western NY > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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