Carriers ** Rancid Oils ** Heat and EO ** Was: Newbie questions

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Howdy Cynthia,

 

> 1) When the books say that an oil goes rancid quickly, what is

> quickly? A few weeks, months?

 

Too many of the books (novels) are opinions .. and sometimes not even that

... sometimes they are regurgitation's of other people's opinions. When

someone writes " quickly " in a book it means they didn't have the time or

mental capability or desire to narrow it down. One can't be called to task

with broad generalizations. Quickly is to shelf life as beauty is to the

eye and delicious is to the taste buds .. or for that matter, as is great

odor to the olfactory sytem .. I have a couple of customers who love the

odor of Catnip EO.

 

The answer to your question is .. never a few weeks .. unless they carrier

was old when you received it. In a few cases we can say months .. but not

usually.

 

Over the years I have made a few posts to the group on the " normally

expected lives " of Carriers .. I'm running out the door to a medical

appointment in a few and don't have time to locate them now but I will

later.

 

> 2) Rosehip carrier oil - is it ok to use by itself? I have found it

> to be quite helpful for some of my skin problems and so far it hasn't

> killed me...

 

You have confirmed my suspicion that use of Rose Hip Seed oil neat will not

harm or kill us. ;-) Yes .. you can use it as you described with no ill

effects.

 

> 3) I have now learned to take a list with me when I go EO shopping

> and not just go by " this smells good! " . Which leads me to - what is

> Galangal (Alpinia galanga) used for? I believe one source said it

> was a substitute for Ginger.

 

First .. we gotta separate use of the plant and the EO .. can't confuse them

though most of the novels do a good job at confusing most plants with the

oils. Not the same critters .. not exactly the same chemical profile.

 

Though it is a member of the Ginger family and has an odor similar to Ginger

it is not really a substitute for Ginger EO (Zingiber officinale) .. the

galangals are also called Blue Ginger and Thai Ginger and are used in

cooking throughout Asia. The Russians make a drink from Greater Galangal

... called Nastoika. Galanga is also used in folk medicine and in Voodoo

Charms .. which I expect Young Living to offer some day. ;-) Homeopaths

use it as a stimulant and Arabs use it to fire up their horses .. says it

makes them spirited .. which I guess is important to some Arabs. It has

also been traditionally used as a stomach tonic. Still talking about the

plant I am.

 

> and finally

> 4) Has anyone tried taking orange blossums off the tree and infusing

> them into jojoba? Of course I think of this AFTER the tree stops

> blooming.

 

Not me.

 

> I have gotten a lot of great information from this site and enjoy

> reading the group. I ordered a bunch of samples and a few oils from

> Butch (thanks Butch!

 

Welcome you are fer'shur. :-)

 

> I am the one who is allergic to everything with

> the word nut in it).

 

I have a suspicion that some of that allergy is imagined when it comes to

distilled oils .. I might be wrong but it won't be the first time that folks

had some imagined allergies .. or the first time that I was wrong. ;-)

You are probably not allergic to Nutmeg .. but you might be allergic to

Galangal as it is a rhizome. If so, it might be due to one of the chemical

compounds in the oil .. typically 1.8-cineole is the major component

(65-70%) .. then roughly 10% â-sesquiphellandrene, 2-3% â-pinene and 2%

terpinen-4-ol.

 

Many folks who are allergic to pollen and ragweed and other members of the

Aster family will avoid Chamomile EO .. in fact, it is safe .. the pollen

and such do not make it through the distillation process. True it is that

many chamomile TEAS can kick off an allergy but pollen IS in the tea.

 

> I *love* his high altitude lavender.

 

Thank you ma'am .. me too .. most folks like it.

 

A bit for the new folks on use of Lavandula angustifolia for burns .. its

not a fairy tale. This is but one of the many personal testimonials I can

make on use of Lavender for burns .. I expect that there are forty eleven

other folks who can make similar testimonials. Last Sunday afternoon late

I started burning a big brush pile over my garden .. had some pretty large

tops of stumps left after those at ground level were chipped into mulch.

The fire burnt quickly until it came to the larger logs .. they take forever

to burn. I went in to eat supper while keeping an eye on the fire and then

went back out to stay with it. I had some thick leather gloves that

allowed me to pick up burning brands and pitch them into the center of the

fire .. I did this a few dozen times.. After a while the dog came and sat

beside me in the grass and I took the gloves off and started playing with

him. Then a log fell off the pile .. I quickly jumped up and grabbed it

and after I felt the pain I realized that I had forgotten to put the gloves

on again .. us senior citizens can make such mistakes without being

considered as being foolish .. you youngsters aren't allowed to do that.

;-)

 

This was a bad burn .. 3 fingers and my thumb and part of the palm of my

hand .. so in the house I ran and doused it with Lavender EO .. of course,

the pain stopped IMMEDIATELY!!!! Next morning I had very large blisters ..

still no pain. Monday the blisters went down .. still no pain. Tuesday I

was doing some tough work with a Ground Hog .. digging holes for roses and

fruit trees and such .. use of that machine is best described as being a

butt kicker. I broke the skin on all the blisters .. there was no liquid

in them .. but they bled. Today I have holes in the center of where the

blisters were but the skin around those torn blisters has already began to

heal. There is still not pain .. the only pain I have felt since Sunday

night was when I spread (with bare hands) some 10-10-10 fertilizer around

the base of some new Spruce trees I had planted as a back border. Thank

the Great Spirit for Lavender EO. :-)

 

> Whoops, one last question, since heat is not good for oils, for those

> of you who live in warmer states (I am in Arizona), do you still

> order them in the summer?

 

Absolutely! Heat (if not extreme and for a long period) is not really

harmful to an EO .. oxygen and sunlight is very harmful. Keep in mind that

those EO were produced at a temperature of at least Boiling.

 

> Thanks, Cynthia

 

Welcome you are fer'shur. Y'all have a good one .. and keep smiling.

:-)

 

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