Introduction to Aromatherapy

Written by Loring A. Windblad


Copyright 2004 by http://www.organicgreens.us and Loring Windblad. This article may be freely copied and used on other web sites only if it is copied complete with all links and text intact and unchanged except for minor improvements such as misspellings and typos.

My sweetie (my wife June) had breast cancer a few years ago and we opted 1) to have a lymph-ectomy (mistake) and later 2) radiation (good decision). Regardless of whether it was a mistake we did it andrepparttar result is that she has to be very careful about not injuring her right arm. Last summer and fall she burned herself on our oven three times, one of them very seriously.

She happened to go on an outing with several girl friends right afterrepparttar 137060 bad burn and in talking it over with them they decided to put therapeutic-grade lavender essential oil onrepparttar 137061 burn. She could feel it healing immediately and in spite of this being a large burn (2” x 6”) it healed with only a very small scar, aboutrepparttar 137062 size of a half-quarter (like a half-moon shape).

Non-therapeutic-grade lavender helpedrepparttar 137063 two previous burns as well. We have been using essential oils for several years, for rubs, for aromatherapy*, disinfecting and healing small cuts and abrasions, etc. But this wasrepparttar 137064 first time we had learned of its healing properties for burns. And wasrepparttar 137065 girls used was a much better grade of lavender than we had at home. We have since replaced all our oils withrepparttar 137066 Young Living essential oils and find that they are much more powerful and a far superior grade.

It’s also interesting to noterepparttar 137067 very modern history of aromatherapy* as documented below.

“*Aromatherapy is a phrase coined by Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, Ph.D., in 1920, who was a French cosmetic chemist. While working in his laboratory, he had an accident that resulted in a third degree thermal burn of his hand and forearm. He plunged his arm into a vat of lavender oil, thinking that it was water. To his surprise,repparttar 137068 burning slowly decreased and then stopped within a few moments. Over a period of time, withrepparttar 137069 continual application of lavender oil,repparttar 137070 burn healed completely without a trace of a scar. As a chemist, he analyzedrepparttar 137071 essential oil of lavender and discovered that it contained many substances referred to as chemical constituents or chemical properties. As a result of this, Dr. Gattefosse determined that essential oils contained tremendous healing properties.“

Treating Adult Onset Acne With Anti-aging Moisturizers

Written by Paul Resnick


The development of anti-aging alpha hydroxy acid moisturizers is promising a new approach for adult onset female acne. To date thousands of women nationwide have successfully usedrepparttar anti-aging acne treatment from Niora®, Alpha Clear®. Their experience with this moisturizing cleanser is compelling evidence that softeningrepparttar 137034 skin and reducing wrinkles with alpha hydroxy acids can be an effective treatment for this persistent skin condition.

Niora® recognized over a decade agorepparttar 137035 relationship between acne and anti-aging and has compiled thousands of testimonials, and completed two studies on Alpha Clear. The connection between anti-aging and acne first became apparent inrepparttar 137036 1970's when two Dermatologists, Dr. Eugene Van Scott, and Dr. Albert Klingman begin investigating vitamin A as an alternative to benzoyl peroxide forrepparttar 137037 treatment of acne. The basis of most over-the-counter acne remedies such as Proactive, Clearasil and others, benzoyl peroxide has limited effectiveness and can be drying torepparttar 137038 skin.

Dr Klingman eventually developed Retin A, a derivative of vitamin A, and Dr. Van Scott began working withrepparttar 137039 structurally similar Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs). Neither of these researchers attracted much attention until it was noted that women using these substances for acne were experiencing a reduction in skin wrinkling. Retin A and AHAs quickly became most widely used anti-aging skin care ingredients inrepparttar 137040 world. One ofrepparttar 137041 first to incorporate AHAs into anti-aging skin care, Niora® had already achieved acclaim for it's anti-aging moisturizers. By 1993 Niora® was receiving many testimonials from women who realized Niora® skin care was clearing up their acne.

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