Essential Oil and Aromatherapy Education

[Guest guest]

Hey y'all,

 

This post is really for the new folks .. those who are just now getting

their feet wet in what can be a refreshing pool .. or a cesspool. Which

it is will depend on the amount of credible information you get on the

subject above. Whether you want to be only a user of EO or you have

plans to be a seller of EO .. or an Aromatherapy Practitioner .. you

will need to get the facts and the facts are not always easy to separate

from the Bovine Excrement. There are many unsafe users of EO who have

been lucky .. to date .. and there are many honest .. but misinformed ..

sellers of EO. Likewise, there are many dishonest sellers of EO.

 

As I said in an earlier post .. the main theme of the Oils & Herbs News

Group is SAFETY. And happy I am that this holds true for many essential

oils dealers .. especially those on this list .. Chris, Marge, Marcia,

John, Graham and others that you see writing here often .. and to many

others who do not sell EO .. like Kathleen, etc.

 

The two biggest problems I see in the totally unregulated industry of

Aromatherapy and sale of Essential Oils .. in the USA .. are wild butt

claims for Unsafe Use of Essential Oils .. and the sale of Adulterated

Essential Oils. The Big Brother European Union has clamped down on the

Unsafe part of this problem .. and the UK has, in fact, put a couple of

slick sellers in the Poky for selling Adulterated Essential Oils. Here

in the USA .. we have the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) putting out Warning Letters to

this and that seller from time to time .. but its about claims for

healing .. not safe or unsafe use of the EO .. which is a bigger problem

than even they can get a handle on.

 

Its up to the folks in this industry to police themselves .. and others.

There are a lotta folks out and about who do this .. and their efforts

on the grand scale are about as effective as shooting at mosquitos with

a BB gun. I don't expect this to change much because the many slick

marketers .. mainly Multi Level Marketing Companies .. are going to stay

one step ahead of the honest folks.

 

It is the News Groups like this one .. and Anya's Natural Perfumery ..

at NaturalPerfumery .. and Stacey's Aromatherapy For

Everyone (ATFE) at ATFE .. that do much to keep the

focus on Safe Use Of Essential Oils .. and Education in this area.

 

There might be some other News Groups around that focus on these

important areas .. but I've not found them yet. True it is that there

are members of many News Groups that are honest and knowledgeable .. but

in many cases, they are overwhelmed by the misinformed members .. and

even worse, by those who wish to misinform for the purpose of marketing

their products.

 

Those of us who have been around the business a while don't plan to be

around forever. This is not (to me) a calling .. it is something I

enjoy but even for things we enjoy there will be a time when we have to

let go. I enjoyed 30 years in the Army and still miss that life .. but

it was time to let go and move on. I will miss the Essential Oils

business when I let go .. probably around Summer 2008 .. but I will let

go because I have a more important mission now .. that of educating my

son in areas he will not likely get sufficient information in school.

 

But when I .. and when/if Martin Watt and Marge and Marcia .. decide to

hang it up for good .. we would like to feel comfortable in knowing that

we have done our best to do our best to educate folks in the proper safe

use of EO. And I think we will be able to feel comfortable because

there are a lotta younger folks .. like List Mom Chris .. and others who

have already begun to take on this damn near impossible mission.

 

The future of our right to make informed decisions about our own health

depends to a great degree on the education we gain through credible AT

courses .. like Martin Watt's outstanding course .. which I am no longer

a sales rep for .. http://www.aromamedical.com/coursedetails.html .. and

on News Groups like this one and those previously mentioned.

 

Keep in mind that the information received on these News Groups is not

being presented by a group of folks who feel that their mission in life

is to educate you .. its presented by a group of folks who want to sell

their products but at the same time .. believe that it is in their best

interests and your best interests that you get the facts and become

informed .. and safe .. consumers.

 

So .. learn and keep learning and even though you will find many claims

on many sites that will excite you .. keep in mind that the majority of

those who make those fantastic claims are ONLY after your money and they

have absolutely no concern about your health or safety .. or the future

of our right to use Aromatherapy and purchase Essential Oils.

 

I would like to refer the new folks to a lotta good information on

Martin Watt's site .. http://www.aromamedical.com/ .. and particularly

to those articles listed under the " Articles Archive " .

 

And this one http://www.aromamedical.com/education.html

 

When I am gone from this rat race .. and teaching my son which color of

plastic worm to use based on the barometric pressure, color and depth of

the water, position of the sun .. and such .. I will still be using

Essential Oils for the health maintenance of my family .. those of you

who are still heavy into this field will do well to continue to get as

much credible education as you can .. so as to avoid endangering

yourself and those you love .. and those to whom you sell products.

 

Y'all have a good one .. and keep smiling. :-)

 

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

[Guest guest]

Thanks for pushing the links for my information resources Butch. Like

you I am also preparing for the day I exit this trade. I have already

transferred the administration of the business activities of my web

site to my Son. Hopefully that move will ensure most of my work will

still be available even without me being around.

 

In addition, I have registered www.aromamedical.org That new site will

become my none commercial web site carrying only information articles

and hopefully some from other honest people involved in the trade. Yes

I know it's hard to believe, but there are a handful of honest people

in this otherwise corrupt trade!

 

I have said it before many times on this group, but for the benefit of

newcomers I am going to repeat myself. Please please please never rely

on commercial web sites for accurate information on health issues.

Their job is to sell products and that is fine, but they will spin you

all kinds of crap to do that. In the USA you need to beware of

aromatherapy suppliers who make medicinal claims. These are illegal

over there but the FDA is only starting to tackle a few. Beware

particularly of claims being made that essential oils can cure TB,

diabetis, cancer, whooping cough, liver disease, gall bladder disease,

etc. etc. That is ALL hogwash and deliberate lies designed to hoodwink

a gullible public. On the better web sites you may find mild medicinal

claims, but not the sort of trash mentioned above.

 

If you think you can set up a business supplying aromtherapy products,

my advice is forget it. The trade is crammed to bursting with know

nothing small aromatherapy suppliers but with fancy convincing web

sites. Many of those newer sites are taking customers from long

established and knowledgable suppliers. Be careful about going to the

sites that Google dump on you if you use their search service. Some of

these sites are the biggest con artists in the trade. They pay Google

to list them but several are illegal. In the UK right now there are

two sites who use Google links system and they are making illegal and

very dangerous claims. That kind of thing indicates a business that

are new to the trade as all the respectable UK suppliers have stuck to

the law for many years.

 

Better leave it at that for now, but don't forget the groups archives

where you will find a lot more good advice.

 

Martin Watt

http://www.aromamedical.com

 

, Butch Owen <butchbsi wrote:

>

> Hey y'all,

>

> This post is really for the new folks .. those who are just now

getting

> their feet wet in what can be a refreshing pool .. or a cesspool.

Which

> it is will depend on the amount of credible information you get on the

>