Putting It All Together & the Final Points on Essential Oils and Synergism Listen to the audio version in 4 minutes here. For the past month, I’ve been reviewing the three factors to consider when choosing an essential oil for a specific issue or wellness goal. It began with a “simple list” and...
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Digging Deeper into the Concept of Synergy and Essential Oils
Essential Oils Synergy and Medication: Part II We are in the final stretch of completing our three factors to consider when choosing an essential oil. For several weeks, I have discussed the first two concepts: the complexity and diverse actions of essentials oils and their individualized and epigenetic effects. Most recently, I began...
Digging Deeper into the Three Most Import Factors to Consider When Choosing an Essential Oil: Factor Two
When addressing anything physical or with the mind it’s imperative to realize the limitations with searching for the answer in research, a blog, experts’ advice, and in media hype regarding essential oils. While these suggestions could be helpful in a general way, it is best to consider the science and clinical reports while also...
Essential Oils for Mood Support
Recently, I was published in Natural Path with a two-part series entitled, “Medicating Stress & Depression Away: Search for the ‘Dr. Feel Good’ Pill.” On my homepage, I took a step-back from my article series on hormonal health and essential oils and reviewed these articles. I expressed the urgent need to find solutions...
A Review of the “Estrogenic” Essential Oils: Fennel Oil Part II
Setting the Saga Straight with Science: Hormonal Effects and Essential Oils The Basics on Fennel Oil In my recent series that was spurred by a badly extrapolated study on tea tree and lavender oils, I’ve been reviewing the safety of essential oils for hormonal and whole-body health. I have highlighted the basics on assessing...
Using Natural Approaches and Essential Oils for Relieving Stressed Out Lungs and Sinuses During the Spring Sniffle Season
The Toxic, Stifling Fumes of Our Chemical World This week, I’m taking a little break from my hormone and essential oils’ rampage for a very important and timely breather…natural tips for how to handle the season of spring sniffles! Experts warn that the current increase of fluctuations in temperature and climate condition changes...
A Review of the “Estrogenic” Essential Oils: Clary Sage Oil Part II
The Science to Set the Saga Straight…Hormonal Effects and Essential Oils Last week, I continued in soapbox-style to set the saga straight regarding essential oils and hormonal support. I further debunked the negative claims inferred by the latest study that labeled lavender and tea tree oils as potential endocrine disruptors. I summarized...
The Mind-Body-Belief Connection: More on the Power of the Placebo (and Nocebo) Effect
Good Expectations, Negative Beliefs, and Their Health Consequences The placebo effect is a phenomenon that occurs when a substance without known medical properties produces a beneficial result in subjects due to their positive expectations of its efficacy. A nocebo effect is when a similarly inert material is used in an intervention and causes...
This One’s for the Boys (and the Women and Partners That Love Them): Male Libido, Hormones, Fertility, and Essential Oils- Part I
Last week, we explored the importance of physical connection and intimacy in relationships. Libido and sex drive are influenced by a variety of interacting factors that are biological, emotional, and psychological. Focusing solely on addressing one aspect, such as hormones or physiological responses, is often just treating one symptom in a complex condition. It...
Libido: The Healthy Relationship-Intimacy-Lifestyle-Essential Oil Connection for Spring Fever
In my series of posts for American Heart Month, we’ve explored that taking care of the physical heart is important, but just one aspect of optimizing our cardiovascular system’s functioning. It is now known that the heart-brain connection and the state of coherence, the synchronization of our physical, mental and emotional systems, has...