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I'm from Ontario, Canada and I enjoy reading things about essential

oils and I enjoy using them.

 

Recently, in an article in the Boston Globe it was stated that

essential oils such as tea tree and I think lavender were accused of

causing breasts to grow in young men and boys. I don't agree. With

all the hormones in adulterated cow milk I seriously question the

finger pointing going on there. Its a form of control over others

thoughts! We should not try to find our own ways to heal ourselves.

 

Anyways, I have always loved the smell of eucalyptus and tea tree

oils. I have also learned a few things about using them. For

instance, don't soak your plastic toothbrush in water that has tea

tree oil in it ... it could snap in two. *g Instead I now use a

drop of lavender oil on some baking soda and I really love that in my

mouth. It does not corrode plastic like eucalyptus does.

 

I often simply put a drop of lavender oil on my shirt and breathe it

in all day ... just one or two drops. When I first started using

oils years ago I used way too much ... in my excitement.

 

I became disenchanted with most diffusers ... such as light bulb

rings and candle under a bowl of water idea and more interested in

the glass type nebulizer diffuser, which I don't have yet.

 

I have learned that patchouli ages well over time even on a my skin

or on a garment (putting it on very sparingly so not to stain my

clothes or give me a rash. I like patchouli in my bath water and I

am leaning more towards diffusing it into the air in small

quanitities. Sometimes I would not up any on for days and I would

have people coming up to me wondering what that expensive perfume I

was wearing was on my coat ... (hey, five dollars people).

 

I use the lavender oil for everything ... I put a drop in the water I

use to wash my genitals with ... I put it in the humidifer ... I have

one that uses a cellulose wick ... and lavender to this day has not

corroded any plastics. I use lavender oil directly on burns and

minor cuts ... and on anything that hurts (mixed in with a little

carrier oil).

 

Another way I found that I like to diffuse oils into the air is

simply just to put a few drops in a spritzer bottle of water

sinetunes with a little alcohol or witch hazel added into it and go

around the house ... having fun.

 

I put frankincense sap rocks in stainless poached egg cup on the

stove and turn on the burner ... and it minutes ... I have a

frankincense scented room ... I like that too. I really enjoy all

the wood oils ... pine, cedar ... and sandalwood.

 

I put essentials oils of lavender or orange into the rinse water of

my laundry (several drops)... I put them into shea butter, vegetable

oil just before I am about to apply it to my skin ... (again one or

two drops to a blob of oil or shea butter works fine) and I have even

mixed some into my handmade beeswax lip balm (keeps the non essential

bacteria down). Bacteria are good ... and I love bacteria but when I

have zit or something I always use lavender oil directly onto it ..

my skin does not dry out and it heals nicely.

 

When I was a teenager I was told to use drying agents such as alcohol

and peroxide creams and antibiotics ... and it really wrecked my

skin. I was never the same after the antibiotics either.

 

I am always experimenting... my cousin is a natural at making lovely

scented anything ... she gave me some therapeutic bath salts with

lavender and made lovely eye pillows and therepeutic heating that

were scented in a very individualistic creative way.

 

My first love was eucalyptus though. Later, in my early twenties I

found a bottle of cinnamon oil in the drug store and I started to

massage all my friends with it. Then came along tiger balm ... which

is way strong not for massage... but I liked the smell ...

 

I never thought twice to put a drop of eucalyptus oil or tea tree oil

on my tongue when I felt like it. So much for danger danger danger.

But I don't really feel to use them on my teeth for oral hygiene nor

do I eat it every day.

 

I will use a drop of tea tree oil or ecualyptus oil in water I use to

rinse my body with ... whatever is handy. I'll put in on a wash

cloth and breathe it in.

 

When I put lavender in my humidifer though I don't get a lot of

bacteria growing in it ... and I put fresh water changes in every day

... makes a difference. I worry less about scrubbing the darn thing

every week which I hate because there are always so many nicks and

crannies where undesirable bacteria can grow. So less worry is great

for me.

 

When I was interested in massage I used oils such as the birch oil

from Weleda (now it is called Arnica oil) also, the Edgar Cayce oil

formulas(rose was one of my favorites. And Weleda's Rosemary milk

bath milk was one of my favorites. Rosemary was my second love.

Recently, I tried on a touch of 10% jasmine oil and I was in heaven.

 

IT wasn't until my thirties that I noticed there was such a thing as

aromatherapy and aroma schools etc ... which is alright if I wanted

to be a professional but I don't. But I still love to try things and

to learn things.

 

It is still good to know about safety with the oils and to be careful

of adulterants ... that is important to me. And I appreciate

Appalachian Treasures being able to provide people with oils that are

safe and unadulterated and for their educating the public about fair

trade as well.

 

I have tried 'rose water' from Heritage products (the local health

store) and I like it. I have used Orange flower water (from the

grocer store) in making french toast and baklava (I found a recipes

in a book that included using them).

 

I learned about this group through visiting Appalachian Treasures. I

have a background in chemistry that dates back to the eighties (when

I went to college). So I have a natural tendency towards these

things.

 

Recently, I tried a candy that was flavored with rose called Turkish

Delights (gelatin based)... when I bit into it I was really surprised

and I still get a strange feeling when I bite into one of those ...

 

So anyways ... that was a little intro about me ... glad to be here.

 

Pam