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Essential Oils documentation

We call Essential Oil the very concentrated liquid obtained from a vegetable product through distillation by steam, through dry distillation or through mechanical extraction from zests.
Often, we can collect only a very small amount from a very large mass of raw material.

The distilled parts are:

• the flower or the flower bud (lavender, neroli, rose),
• the zest (lemon),
• the berry (juniper),
• the leaf (petitgrain bigarade, eucalyptus),
• sometimes also the grains (carrot), the root (or rhizome – ginger) or wood (sandalwood, cedar),…

Man has observed and learnt how to use them for their fabulous healing powers.

 

All you want to know…

ESSENTIAL OILS AND SAFETY

Are essential oils dangerous?

Testing an essential oil

Essential oils and photosensitivity

Dosage and dilution of essential oils

Hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxic essential oils

Dermocaustic essential oils

Neurotoxic essential oils

 

BASIS

5 good reasons to use essential oils

What to do with your out to date essential oils?

Make it easy with this visual ESSENTIAL OILS AVERAGE SHELF LIFE

12 Frequent mistakes for beginners using Essential Oils

How to use a diffuser?

Essential oils and chemistry

Make it easy with this visual classification Chemistry Classification of molecules

How to use essential oils

Make it easy with the ADVERSES REACTIONS

Essential oils and pregnancy

Antiviral essential oils

The meaning of synergy in essential oils

 

ESSENTIAL OILS DOCUMENTATION by alphabetic order

LEGEND

Allergen	Skin sensitive	Dermocaustic	Photosensitive
Neurotoxic	Hepatotoxic	Cortison like	Oestrogen like

Bergamot         //   bergamot summary sheet

Black Spruce       //    black spruce summary sheet

Cardamom 

Chamomile

Citrus oils

Difference between lemon and lime: Lemon Essential Oil vs lime

Copahu balm 

Eucalyptus: the different species

Fennel

Fragonia          //    fragonia summary sheet

Geranium        //    geranium summary sheet

Grapefruit        //    grapefruit summary sheet

Laurel / Bay leaf       //    laurel summary sheet

Lavender: the different species       //   <  different lavenders summary sheet

Lemon

Niaouli

Patchouli

Peppermint    //   peppermint summary sheet

Rosemary: the different chemotypes    //  DIFFERENT ROSEMARY SUMMARY SHEET

 

COSMETICS – the skin & the hair

Essential oils for oily skin

How to make a clay poultice?

The black list of cosmetic ingredients

 

The best essential oils for your hair	Essential oils for dry hair	Essential oils and lice
How to determine your skin type?	No more hair loss with essential oils	How to protect your skin from the cold?
Essential oils and sunburns	Healing and soothing essential oils	How to make your own perfume
Eczema and essential oils Eczema: holistic approach booklet

 

 

Essential oils and warts	Make your exfoliation scrub	Essential oil and skin fungus

 

ENT TROUBLES

Otitis	Blocked nose	Head cold
Reinforce your natural defences (winter)	Respiratory infections

WOMEN’S TROUBLES

Essential oils and period pain

Women and menopause

 

ARTICULATION AND MUSCLE

Relieving backache with essential oils

Essential oils and cramp

Soothe the pain of a torn muscle

DIGESTION

Essential oils and gastro

Sore mouth

How to get rid off hangover?

Essential oils for constipation

 

 

HOME

	How to fight mosquitos?	Natural disinfectants to sanitize your home
How to remove unwanted odours from your refrigerator in a natural way	How to clean your mattress with natural products?	What essential oil should I use in my diffuser?

 

EMOTIONS

Essential oils and meditation

 

SEASONS

Essential oils for summer

Autumn Essential oils

Essential oils during winter

Essential oils for Christmas

 

Click on the picture to have the list of useful essential oils