Wintergreen / Sweet Birch

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Butch Owen <butchbsi

Thu, 04 Dec 2003 18:26:15 -0800

Wintergreen / Sweet Birch

 

 

> Hi,

> I purchased some Birch Bark EO a while back (my very first

> eo's), (Sweet, white, Betula lenta) but read later that Birch

> and Wintergreen both are not safe to use.

 

Correct .. the liver does not process them well. Infrequent use would

probably not harm a person with a healthy liver .. but the reasons folks

use them is for chronic problems so infrequent use is not the norm. And

I for one can't tell you just how healthy my liver is .. but maybe other

folks know more about theirs.

 

> Now I'm confused.

>

> Later, I read a long explanation of why wintergreen is not safe

> written by Butch, and I took it to heart, so never used my pain

> formula after that, but is it the same for Birch?

 

First .. 99.99% of the Sweet Birch (Betula lenta) and Wintergreen

(Gaultheria procumbens) on the market are composed of synthetic Methyl

salicylate .. they are not natural in the first place. And for the

other VERY SMALL numbers that are natural, they are just as dangerous if

used frequently .. there is exactly no difference. And since they both

contain a non natural occurring chemical to begin with there is really

no need to produce one from distillation .. it is costly and foolish.

 

Methyl salicyclate smells and tastes nice .. but it is NOT safe when

used on a frequent basis.

 

But White Birch (Betula alba) contains no Methyl salicylate.

 

> Also, Could YL oils be sold under various names such as Garden Essence.?

 

Sure could .. because in most cases YL oils are not YL oils in the first

place .. they are oils YL purchased from common sources that have a YL

label on them.

 

> She told me that the oils that her company sell were tested and came

> out above all the others.

 

I'd be surprised if she had said they tested out below all the others.

But I would also be VERY surprised if she could explain all that bovine

excrement .. like .. what does she mean? Above all the others? What

was the criteria for determining the pecking order? There are two kinds

of oils .. pure and adulterated.

 

Among the pure you have some that may be of a higher quality than others

but I'll bet a purty this person can't get to first base explaining to

you what criteria she or they used to determine the quality.

 

Among the adulterated are those that were adulterated WITH a bad heart;

stretched or blended with crap, etc. in order to increase profits .. and

then those that are adulterated or manipulated WITHOUT a bad heart like

40/42 lavender, the terpeneless oils, the FCF bergamot and such.

 

> Thanks in advance,

 

Welcome fer'shur. Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch http://www.AV-AT.com