Inhalation vs Absorption of EO ** Was Question - ugh! ;-)

[Guest guest]

Howdy Susan,

 

 

> That's a very good question! But they're actually 2 different things:

> chemicals in the blood stream vs. experience of scent. You described the

> pathway that is followed when we have a subjective experience of smelling

> an

> odor. At the same time, we're *inhaling* a gas (air) and exchanging

> oxygen,

> carbon dioxide, and lots of other chemicals thru the lungs and into (or

> out

> of) the blood. This would happen even to people who have brain damage with

>

> associated loss of sense of smell.

>

 

I think you confused my post with the original writer's post .. I didn't

describe anything .. least ways didn't try to. ;-) What I was addressing

was:

 

 

> If it's electrical signals, why does research show the the beneficial

> constituents in the bloodstream?

 

And the fact that an answer when there was no question might probably

confuse some new folks. ;-)

 

And .. reading between the lines (due to lack of a question being replied

to) of the original post .. I saw it as getting into the confusion of

absorption vs inhalation .. and maybe even dancing around wanting to justify

absorption .. so I wanted to show how and why the chemicals get from the

sniffer to the lights and then into the bloodstream. :-)

 

The question of whether folks who have lost their sense of smell can gain

therapeutic benefits from EO is one that has been asked forty-eleven times

on many lists over the years .. and the answer is:

 

Emotionally .. maybe but probably not. Maybe because knowing they were

doing so could possibly help a bit. If a young feller, with no sense of

smell, who was raised on a Texas ranch and now lived in NYC were to visit a

New Jersey cow pasture .. he would probably gain positive therapeutic

results from just viewing the cow pies .. smell would not necessarily be a

requirement in that case/

 

Psychologically .. absolutely .. its all about chemical changes. Whether

the chemicals are injected, ingested or taken in through the Olfactory

System.

 

Physiologically .. for sure one will get positive benefits .. same as one

who can't smell will get negative (bad) results when they inhale/sniff

cyanide .. same as one who was unconscious would gain positive results.

 

Does that help?

>

 

Not trying to be flip with my reply .. but I have to say .. maybe it is of

some help to some others but not to me cause its very basic info for me.

I've lectured on this a few times and have written probably 30 + posts on

the above to this list and other lists over the years. :-P

 

 

> Susan

>

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com <http://www.av-at.com/>

 

 

 

On 9/19/07, kachinaherbs <kachinaherbs<kachinaherbs%40>>

> wrote:

> >

> > OK, so when we inhale the molecules from our favorite essential oil,

> > say Lavender, the molecules make their way through the olfactory

> > system - starting from the nasal cavity, then with the help of the

> > nasal conchae move to the olfactory epitheliam, a specialized

> > epithelial tissue on the roof of the nasal cavity. The receptor cells

> > (cilia) in the epitheliam transduce the scent molecules into

> > electrical signals? Then these electrical signals travel along the

> > olfactory nerve into the olfactory bulb?

> > If it's electrical signals, why does research show the the beneficial

> > constituents in the bloodstream?

> > I know this is a very simplistic analysis so please bear with me.

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Butch,

 

Sorry for the confusion -- here's what happened: Katchinaherbs posted the

original question, you answered it under a different subject, and I answered

it under the original subject, so I was responding to the original, not to

you. I read this group on gmail (not ), and you posted while I was in

" compose " mode, so I couldn't see the inbox, or I might not have responded

at all. I only answered b/c no one else had yet (according to my mail

client).

 

I think it was a great question, for newbies AND for those of us who

sometimes get so involved in intricacies that we lose sight of the big

picture!! (that's ME that I'm talking about here And I was jazzed

when I realized that I could answer it! BUT, I would have been very

surprised if I thought the question had come from you, since I consider you

(and many others on this list) to be much more authoritative than me, on the

topic of essential oils.

 

To totally, completely, absolutely clear up any confusion, I've got no

agenda or political leanings or alliances or WTF-ever when it comes to

inhalation vs. absorption. I'm about science, not " belief " when it comes to

tangible facts. So I just wanted to make sure someone explained that

chemicals can enter the bloodstream thru inhalation, whether we " smell " them

or not. Never intended to offend.

 

Susan

 

 

On 9/20/07, Butch Owen <butchowen wrote:

>

> Howdy Susan,

>

> I think you confused my post with the original writer's post .. I didn't

> describe anything .. least ways didn't try to. ;-) What I was addressing

> was:

>

> > If it's electrical signals, why does research show the the beneficial

> > constituents in the bloodstream?

>

> And the fact that an answer when there was no question might probably

> confuse some new folks. ;-)

>

> And .. reading between the lines (due to lack of a question being replied

> to) of the original post .. I saw it as getting into the confusion of

> absorption vs inhalation .. and maybe even dancing around wanting to

> justify

> absorption .. so I wanted to show how and why the chemicals get from the

> sniffer to the lights and then into the bloodstream. :-)

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