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Cats and Essential Oil Safety
Myrtle by Robert Tisserand This is an updated version of an article published here. Some quite strong feelings and opinions have been expressed about essential oils and cats, and a frequently asked...
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Sloppy Science Masquerading as a “Systematic Review” of Adverse Effects in...
by Tamara Agnew PhD, Robert Tisserand, and Christine Carson PhD, with thanks to Kandace Knudson PhD for her input Introduction In 2012, Posadzki, Alotaibi and Ernst published a systematic review,...
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Botanica 2018 Report: Connecting Dots and People in Brighton
by Hana Tisserand I first met Rhiannon Lewis in 2015, at the AIA conference in Denver, Colorado. We were briefly introduced, had a lovely chat in English and French, and she mentioned two conferences...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Essential Oils Part 1: Essential Oil Extraction
by Rachel Andorfer Welcome to the world of essential oils! If you’re here, you’ve probably been recently introduced to essential oils and are looking to learn all you can. This is the first of a...
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Essential Oils to Prevent the Spread of Flu
Shannon Becker PhD Fall and winter usher in the season of acute respiratory illnesses, and many people are beginning to suffer from sneezing, sore throats, coughs, fever, and achiness. There is often...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Essential Oils Part 2: How to Use Essential Oils
by Rachel Andorfer There are several ways that essential oils are commonly used therapeutically: diffusion (inhalation), topical (skin) application, baths, and oral ingestion. In this post I’ll go into...
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Essential Oils in Hospitals: The Ethics, Safety, Cost and Application of...
by Sue Pace, RN, Registered Aromatherapist Millions of people worldwide employ essential oils to influence mood, in their body care products, and for home health remedies. Over the last decade in...
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Santalum Album Oil Rejuvenated
Part Two: Skin Healing by Robert Tisserand Figure 1. A Santalum album seedling © Quintis Limited Of the several species of Sandalwood oil commercially produced, this article focuses on just one,...
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What Is Aromatherapy? The Dividing Lines Between Feel-Good and Medicine
by Petra Ratajc, PhD Aromatherapy’s unique appeal is that something natural and fragrant can have beneficial effects on both body and mind at the same time. This therapeutic duality was recognized...
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The Case for an Evidence-based Aromatherapy Practice
by Tamara Agnew PhD The current mood around aromatherapy is complex. There are companies and company representatives making ludicrous health claims which are damaging to the reputation and therefore...
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Phyt’Arom Conference Report 2019
by Hana Tisserand Robert and I try to keep in touch with the world-wide aromatherapy community. We do this through our students, who come from all parts of the globe, Robert’s speaking engagements –...
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Functional Group Theory – Does it Work?
By Robert Tisserand Note: below is a link to a full article, along with an Executive Summary in six languages. Nature is complex. A single essential oil can contain dozens of constituents, each one of...
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Essential Oils and Coronaviruses
Shannon Becker, PhD RA On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 – a virus that was first seen in the Chinese city of Wuhan, and subsequently...
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Essential Oils and the Immune System: Q&A with Dr. Petra Ratajc
Do essential oils influence our immune system directly? Dr. Ratajc answered this question during her Essential Oil Kinetics Masterclass in April 2020, and we thought you might find her answer...
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Covid-19 and unfounded claims
by Robert Tisserand I have always believed that it is important for aromatherapy to move out of the realm of “quack medicine” and to be established as a viable modality. It is really not helpful to...
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Aromatherapy for Everyone
by Hana Tisserand It’s been three weeks since the death of George Floyd sparked a global reckoning of the state of our societies. Are we living in a just world? And if not, how are we going to make...
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Consuming essential oils responsibly
by Natalie Miller It’s been quite some time since we asked Natalie Miller, an incredible aromatherapy professional and a great and gracious woman, to share her thoughts on the phenomenon of collecting...
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Supply and demand challenges for essential oils in the coronavirus era
by Robert Tisserand A field of roses in Syria, image courtesy of BioCham The supply-demand dynamic for essential oils has always been a delicate thing. Prices fluctuate, but generally trend upward. In...
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Consuming essential oils responsibly
by Natalie Miller It’s been quite some time since we asked Natalie Miller, an incredible aromatherapy professional and a great and gracious woman, to share her thoughts on the phenomenon of collecting...
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Essential Oils and the Immune System: Q&A with Dr. Petra Ratajc
Do essential oils influence our immune system directly? Dr. Ratajc answered this question during her Essential Oil Kinetics Masterclass in April 2020, and we thought you might find her answer...
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