Guest guest Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Pamela, Thank you for the compliments they are appreciated. Since I set my web site up around 1994, it has built up to around 3-400 visitors (not hits) a day, yet I only get a congratulation once in a blue moon. This has never bothered me, but it is nice to be appreciated. Only this afternoon I had a call from Daniel Ryman who is one of the few leading name aromatherapists that i have any respect for. She said " Martin you are doing a great job " . My reply was " thank you but my stand on the dishonesty in this trade has left me out on a limb with hardly any income from the UK. The basic fact is most people only want to believe in fairy tales, despite what they proclaim otherwise. When someone comes along and says " hey you have all been sold a pile of hogwash " , few people want to believe that. What does irritate me though is people thinking I am the only one to castigate the liars and cheats in this trade. Over the years several good people have dropped out because they felt they were knocking their head againast a brick wall. It just happens I am someone who has just managed to hang on in here by my finger nails. At least when I go under the ground, my Son will make sure my writings are still available on the internet. As to your comments on not dabbling with aromatherapy, yes you are right, I have never told people not to do that, but if they do dabble they must ensure they are doing it in a safe and effective manner. Hence the reason I put the free download on my site which several hundred have now got. You mentioned about natural remedies for menstrual cramps. Having had two close friends who had that badly, prompted me years ago to investigate the utter trash in the popular books about pennyroyal oil. It makes me damned mad that a wonderful remedy for that problem is rarely used because of urban myths and bad science about this wonderful oil. That is the major problem with aromatherapy today, pseudo science is used to justify the unjustifiable and good science is often dismissed or not uncovered from the mountains out there. Well I better hit the sack, but wanted to get this away tonight (UK time) Martin Watt http://www.aromamedical.com , " Pamela Robertson [sc1565] " <pamjr wrote: > > I wish I could have met you much earlier in my life. > > > Dear Martin > > I was drawn to your website a year or so ago. And I have to admit you > have given me a healthy sense of fear around using essential oils. I > have never had the fininacial means to purchase them let alone use > them. But I have been drawn to them since I was a young girl. Even > if it was clove and cinnamon oil at first (knew nothing about their > safety or non safety at the time); when I took my first massage and > reflexology workshops at our local YMCA. > > I appreciate the extensive work that you have done and to educate > people. I come from a science background. To me it means you really > care! And caring does not always constitute being nice. It sounds > like you take a tough love approach and I admire that. I don't always > agree. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 This has never bothered me, but it is nice to be appreciated. [Dave:] I, too, appreciate the knowledge you share. As a soapmaker in a craft where many people seem to care more about the way soap smells than about the way it interacts with the skin, I’ve stayed away from perfume oils altogether and used EOs only sparingly. I’ve been stubborn on that point, and I was glad to learn of someone with your expertise who seemed to indicate I was correct in being cautious with them. if they do dabble they must ensure they are doing it in a safe and effective manner. [Dave:] I don’t think you can really get into soapmaking without at least dabbling in aromatherapy. Ditto for any of the other “natural” products that folks are making – maybe artisan products is a better term. I’m really glad to see these discussions so that people realize there are hazards to using these products. Not that we shouldn’t use them, but that we should learn to be wise. -- Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.5/707 - Release 3/1/2007 2:43 PM -- Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.5/707 - Release 3/1/2007 2:43 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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