Re[2]: Moldicidal properties of seven essential oils

[Guest guest]

Are aroma compounds safe for you? Consider the " dose " like any toxin

or poison.

No. Most are disinfectants, meaning similar in action as chlorine,

peroxide, or alcohol.

Prolonged skin contact means those cells in immediate touch contact with the

oil molecule will die. Be killed. One cell dead. No big problem

for large animals

that have trillions of cells, or one with an immune system, that will

fix the damaged

cell, in some cases.

But a one cell germ, like bacteria or virus? Dead. No more reproduction.

At least for the top layer. Underneath, the colony is still alive and safe.

Back to human safety and prolonged contact. It may burn you like an acid,

or base. It may absorb into your skin, and do deeper damage. It may leave

a gaping wound, might swell up, into a welt or boil or rash. And it can then

spread to other parts of the body. Not fun.

At low doses, very low, aroma compounds are safe enough, for perfumes,

fragrances, etc. They can also be used for healing. They can heal ailments

with similar symptoms as to what the aroma compound causes. The oil

stimulates the immune system to defend itself, which ups the treatment

of the ailment that has similar symptoms. There are other mechanisms.