What are Clinical Essential Oils?

What are Essential Oils?

Essential Oils are highly penetrating aromatic extracts from many kinds of plant material-- seeds, rind, bark, leaves, twigs, flowers, nuts, etc. Unlike the more familiar vegetable oils, the highest quality essential oils have the potential to penetrate quickly through the skin, the lungs, the olfactory organs, and the digestive tract. They travel throughout the body, cleansing, repairing, and bringing vitality where it is most needed. They are only soluble in alcohol or other essential oils or vegetable oils. Essential oils have an amazing potential to perform many powerful functions in the body, but only when true clinical grade essential oils are applied.

Like salt, essential oils are highly concentrated. A little goes a long way. a drop or two can represent the distillation of pounds of plant material. A small number of essential oils can replace hundreds of dollars-worth of supplies in the most complete medicine cabinet.

Essential oils are most effective used on a daily basis in dilution for massage, diffused into the air, a drop at a time in drinks and recipes, in dilution in capsule, or dispersed in bath water or the shower.
They can also be used "neat", meaning undiluted straight from the bottle for many applications like diffusing or applying to a cut or a scrape.

They are powerfully anti-infectious, yet safe to use as you follow the simple guidelines (from Doctors in the field of essential oils, not amateurs or self proclaimed experts)

Distillation

Most "clinical-grade" essential oils are distilled with steam according to exact heat, timing and pressure parameters for each plant species and sub-species as well as the part of the plant being distilled. Steam is circulated under low pressure through plant material, liberating the essential oil molecules. As the steam cools and condenses the water and oils separate, and the oil is collected and filtered.

The guarantee the highest quality and most dependable chemical composition for consistent therapeutic benefits, timing, temperature and pressure must be closely regulated. Too little or too much heat and pressure will not release the finest quality clinical grade oil. The extraction method that may be fine for spearmint used for chewing gum will not be right for clinical grade.
The selection of medicinal or clinical grade oils depends on a complex network of individual botanists, growers, distillers and chemists from all around the world working to gather an array of quality products you can depend upon. These networks are developed over years of association.
While most oils are extracted by steam distillation, some are distilled in water. Others, like citrus oils are extracted by mashing and pressing the aromatic peels to release the oils. A few delicate aromatic oils can only be extracted using solvents that bind the oils and are later removed from the final product. You will see CO2 extraction, absolute, enfleurage, and other names, typically on perfume oils. there are many methods that have been used through the centuries, but these are the most common.

Will every batch of oil smell exactly the same?

No, These differences are, in fact, a sign that the oils are clinical grade and natural products. Synthetic ingredients will be standardized and uniform. Natural substances grown under varying climate conditions in differing soil will change slightly from batch to batch. Quality suppliers monitor and label each batch so they can identify differences. Just as with different years of fine wines, growers and suppliers are awarer of the slight changes. The best companies will maintain a wide range of suppliers in different countries and regions around the world in order to provide their customers with the finest batches from year to year. If one company claims that their lavender always smells "crystal clean", it may be a signal that they are tampering with the product or do not recognize the best, most therapeutic, natural ingredients. The "crystal clean" ingredients could contain simple synthetic compounds instead of natural ingredients. Your body will recognize the difference.
Over time as you compare the nutritionally dead, synthetic fragrances with the more full bodied, complex natural fragrances, you'll come to tell the difference by smell alone.

Essential Oils for the Common Man

Those pioneers could see that they needed to do worldwide training to avoid serious problems for their new industry. Essential oils could be severely restricted in some countries; others would use them in ways that were unsafe. So there began extensive training.

The English-speaking countries were already doing what the French medical doctors called "timid" aromatherapy with too many restrictions and rules. In these countries the oils were greatly diluted and only applied topically.

"You can't really accomplish anything significant with microbes and many health issues that timid approach," says Dr Penoel. "It's like having a wonderful pocket knife without ever opening the blade." You have no real therapeutic value when all you can do is use a two percent (2%) essential oils solution in a carrier oil for topical massage.

While medical doctors in France were prescribing essential oils for internal and external use, the English and American schools of aromatherapy allowed for no ingestion and no undiluted application. According to Dr Penoel, "They were missing most of the power of true medical aromatherapy. And that's why we see in the USA and the UK mostly recreational fragrances and dead, synthetic essential oils in most shops".

The pharmaceutical establishment has always tried to instill fear about essential oil safety even though they are used extensively in the food industry and animal husbandry. The English-speaking aromatherapy establishment seems to want to keep the information so complicated that all medical decisions have to be kept away from ordinary people and only in the hands of trained professionals certified to practice aromatic medicine.

You can care for Yourself Affordably, Safely, and Effectively

Because of the simplicity and safety of essential oils, the mission of Dr Penoel and the companies he has worked with has been to empower lay people to care for themselves safely, affordably, and effectively using the most beneficial oils and blends. Because essential oils are so multifunctional, powerful, and effective, a large body of training literature is available online. It can seem overwhelming to the newcomer, but you don't need a medical degree or even a certification to use them effectively. Here are Dr Penoel's instructions for our training:

"We need to distill all the complicated training into its essential simplicity. What you will find in my training is profound in its background and depth of knowledge and research, yet siple in its teachings and habits. I advocate fundamental habits using... essential oils that will restore health in a deep way. My training is not about the quick cure. A quick cure is like a mirage -- all show but no permanent health" (Penoel, notes from online training, not in print).

How to use essential oils

Is there “intelligence” in essential oils that makes them easy to use?
I think so.
We’ve learned that essential oils contain an extremely complex assortment of chemical constituents. For thousands of years natural aromatic substances have worked in harmony with the human body. Essential oils are merely the distillation of these aromatic substances. Your body recognizes the oils as safe and natural. Even your cells respond to them and know what to do with them. It’s amazing to think that with every drop, the intricate metabolizing and healing systems inside your body are interfacing with complex, natural, molecular combinations to bring you optimal health and deep healing. Those of us who have used them for decades can assure you that they work amazingly well for what they’re intended. And they deliver many beneficial surprises as well.

Not only topically & aromatically but also through respiration & ingestion. These therapies are not only effective in a medical, clinical way, but they’re also full of unexpected pleasure & delight.


They’re also safe & convenient.
One of the great advantages of essential oils is their versatility. If you can’t ingest them, you can apply them topically. If you can’t use them topically, you can inhale them. Or you can do it all and compound their effectiveness.

Topical Applications
General Massage Therapy

Healing touch is the most natural of instincts. We massage the back of our neck when we feel tense. We massage our toe when we stub it.

Essential oils enhance massage. And the more regularly we use them the more effective they become. We feel it’s counterproductive to suggest overly complicated ways of using essential oils. There’s no need for elaborate application systems or complicated massage movements. We are more likely to use essential oils regularly if we can quickly master safe, simple, convenient, and pleasant ways of using them.

Mother’s have been instinctively massaging their babies for millennia with a caring touch that has just the right pressure. So go with your instincts about massaging yourself and your loved ones. If you feel insecure, watch a few basic YouTube massage videos and incorporate essential oils into your massage oils, lotions, liniments and creams according to the following guidelines.
How to create a simple massage oil blend

Depending on the specific therapy outlined you’ll want to blend a carrier (mixing) oil such as grapeseed, jojoba, rosehips or coconut (fractionated) oil with a few drops of essential oils or blends.

 Be sure to mix well.

Oil Strength Mixing Oil Essential Oil
Strong oil like 8 teaspoons 1 drop
Oregano, Thyme 1 teaspoon 15 drops
Cinnamon & Clove
Minder Oils 1 teaspoon 5 drops
(carrier oils) 1/8 cups 30 drops

To decide how much oil to use per massage, according to Valerie Ann Worwood, you will simply “cup your hand and pour the oil into it but not so much that it pours into the finger creases or over the edge of your hand. One teaspoon is adequate for most bodies” (Worsood pg 12). You can mix the oil in a small bowl if you feel you need more. Keep it simple.

The most common, convenient, and effective carrier oils for use with essential oils are jojoba, grapeseed, rosehips, and coconut (fractionated). There are many other vegetable oils that can be used as well.

Rosehip oil is a rich, amber, organic oil that is high in essential fatty acids. It is a wonderful mixing oil for preparations that treat dry weathered skin. It works wonders on scars and is the premier oil for wrinkles and premature aging. Use it in all your finest skin care blends.

Grapeseed oil is a light, silky, easily-absorbed oil that is used in many light creams and lotions. It doesn’t leave a greasy feeling on the skin. It is the oil of choice for those with any type of skin sensitivities.

Jojoba oil is actually a plant wax that is liquid at room temperature. It is favored because of its stability. It is wonderful for the skin because it is so similar to the skin’s own sebum, it has a rich golden color.

Fractionated coconut oil is odorless and colorless. It doesn’t stain and easily washes out of clothing and sheets. It has a long shelf life. It absorbs quickly into the skin and at the same time reduces essential oil evaporation so the essential oils have a better chance of penetrating. It is a digestible and healthy cooking oil and can be used in capsules.

Be sure to keep your blends in dark amber or dark blue bottles and store them away from heat & sunlight.

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