Scientifc Use of Essential Oils

[Guest guest]

This is an important point - you can be allergic to cinnamon herb but not to

cinnamon bark essential oil.

Consider the following facts:

1) Allergens are almost always composed of proteins or polypeptides, which are

relatively large molecules. There are no proteins or polypeptides in essential

oils.

2) Allergens are composed of large molecules. There are no large molecules in

volatile or aromatic essential oils, otherwise they would be neither volatile or

aromatic. The relatively small size of essential oil molecules and their

natural plant origins makes them easily metabolized and eliminated within

minutes or hours. This is not enough time for a sensitivity response to

develop. It takes a large molecule that stays in the body well beyond its

welcome before sensitivities can occur.

3) There has never been a documented instance of an antigen-antibody response

(i.e. sensitization) to an essential oil. Essential oil antibodies have never

been found or detected by anyone. Never. Unless sensitization occurs and

antibodies are produced and stored in the body, there can be no allergic

reaction.

Sometimes people do have allergy-like reactions to essential oils, but these are

not allergenic in nature. They are detox reactions.

This might not be true of perfume, massage, or food grade oils, depending on

what synthetic substances and fatty oils that are used to alter and dilute them.

Even these are unlikely to be allergies.

To be an allergic reaction, there must be antibodies in the system of the person

having the reaction. There must also be a period of sensitization before an

allergic reaction can occur. If a person has a reaction to an oil the first

time they receive it, it cannot be an allergy because there was no prior

exposure whereby sensitization and development of antibodies could have taken

place. Such a reaction is non-allergenic.

Therapeutic grade essential oils are detoxifying to the body, which is a good

thing. Given enough time, accompanied by a cleansing regimen, detox reactions

to essential oils will cease and the oils that had caused the reaction will no

longer do so. This is an indication that cleansing is complete and proof that

the reaction was no allergy.

The toxins found in our bodies today are usually the result of " modern living "

where we breathe polluted air, drink polluted water, and eat food contaminated

with pesticides, preservatives, herbicides, and synthetic hormones. We also

bathe our bodies in synthetic compounds and petrochemicals through all our

personal care products we use such as hand creams, mouthwashes, shampoos,

perfumes, hair care products, antiperspirants, after-shave lotions, toothpastes,

and deodorants. Many common household cleaners are also sources of hazardous

substances. Vaccines and prescription drugs are another source of toxins that

can accumulate in our bodies.

We may not be able to eliminate all toxic substances from our environment, but

we can use essential oils to help cleanse us of foreign materials as much as

possible and to flush out what has been stored in our bodies.

I hope this helps.

Source: The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple by , Ph.D.,

D.N.M.

Faye