WELCOME  to  Introduc0on  to
Essen0al  Oils

Ø   Egyp-ans-­‐  Credited  to  being  the  first  to  use,
1922  archeologist  Howard  Carter  found
Essen-al  Oils  in  King  Tuts  tomb.
Ø   China  2500BC,  Greeks-­‐  Hippocrates,  Rome
Ø   Israel-­‐  great  value  to  them
Ø   Arabia-­‐  1000BC  to  400BC  Frankincense  was   the  largest  trade  commodity

Ø   Europe  blossomed  with  Essen-al  Oil  use  with   steam  dis-lla-on,  Dr  Brunschwig  began  using   for  medicine  in  1500’s.
Ø   19 th  century  EO’s  regained  popularity  being   used  in  perfume,  soap,  food.
Ø   1881-­‐  Rene-­‐Maurice  GaSefosse:  The  Father  of
Aromatherapy
Ø   1940’s  Jean  Valnet  –  treated  injured  soldiers
Ø   1993  Robert  Tisserand  edited  and  added  to
Ga#efosse’s  Aromatherapy   book
Ø   Science  and  research  is  now  valida-ng  the   benefits  of  EO’s.

Essen-al  Oils  are  Aroma-c  Compounds  Found  in   all  plants.
•   Vola-le  Liquids
•   Hydrophobic
•   Essence  or  Life  Force  of  the  plant
•   Chemical  Cons-tuents

Lavender
Flower
Peppermint
Leaf

Involved  are  the  elements  of  scent,
-me,  color,  and  purity  in  determining   the  highest  quality  product.

•   Steam  Dis-lled  Extrac-on
-­‐Flowers,  leaves,  bark,  resin  (plant)
•   Cold  Pressed/Expression
-­‐Citrus  fruit,  oils  are  cold  pressed  from  the
rind  of  the  Orange,  Lemon,  Lime  and
bergamot,  etc.

Dis-lla-on:
•   Steam,  simple,   frac-onal,  vacuum,   short  path,  etc.
•   Steam-­‐most   effec-ve,  organic
•   Expression-­‐  organic
“Different  plants  require  different  pressures,  -mes  and   temperatures  for  dis-lla-on.    If  the  dis-lla-on  condi-ons  are   altered,  the  resul-ng  product  is  significantly  different.”
-­‐Dr.  David  Hill,  D.C.,  CMA,  EO  expert

Ø   50-­‐70  -mes  more   powerful  than  herbs.
Ø   Posi-ve  effects
Ø   Using  natures   medicine  cabinet  the   way  it  is  found  in   nature.
Ø   Kills  bacteria  and   viruses-­‐  have  “an-”   proper-es  in  them.

Ø   EO’s  are  non-­‐habit  forming
Ø   Immuni-es  or  tolera-ons  are  not  formed   against  them
Ø   Systemic  –  service  our  en-re  system
Ø   Heal  at  a  cellular  level
Ø   Fast,  effec-ve  for  many  health  concerns  and   overall  wellness

•   Chemical  Cons-tuents-­‐  diversity
•   Specific  Cons-tuents
•   Amount  of  the  Cons-tuent
The  Chemical  Cons-tuent  of  an  essen-al  oil  is   the  DNA  of  the  plant.
Example  of  Monoterpenes  –  found  in  all  oils,   highest  in  most  citrus.

•   Aroma-cally  –  depression?  EO’s  can  change   our  mood.
•   Topically  –  dilute  with  carrier  oil
•   Internally
-­‐do  not  use  an  essen-al  oil  internally
unless  it  has  been  cer-fied  to  do  so.

An-  Proper-es  of
Melaleuca
•   An-bacterial
•   An-fungal
•   An--­‐infec-ous
•   An--­‐inflammatory
•   An-oxidant
•   An--­‐parasi-c
•   An-sep-c
•   An-viral

•   An-bacterial
•   An-fungal
•   An-parasi-c
•   An-sep-c
•   An-viral
•   Immune  support-­‐   natures  An-bio-c
Oregano  has  been  studied   extensively  for  its  An-viral   proper-es.    Proved  to  kill
MRSA.
Oregano  was  found  to  be   a  more  effec-ve
an-microbial  agent  than
18  pharmaceu-cal  drugs   www.dailymail.co.uk
-­‐  studies  on  oregano

•   An-coagulant
•   An-convulsant
•   An-depressant
•   An-fungal
•   An-histamine
•   An--­‐infec-ous
•   An--­‐inflammatory
•   An-microbial
•   An-mutagenic
•   An-sep-c
•   An-spasmodic
•   An-toxic
•   An-tumor
Studies  show  the  use  of
Lavender  aid  in  beSer   sleep  over  prescrip-ons.
(ME  book,  pubmed.gov)