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There are hundreds of essential oils, and this primer will get you started with the most essential ones.
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Articles written or selected by our Clinical Consultant, Dr. Joie Power
There are hundreds of essential oils, and this primer will get you started with the most essential ones.
A good blend is like a sauce and develops as it ages, so use these principals for medicinal and energetic blending for aromatherapy as well as natural perfumery.
Essential oils are plant medicine Surrounding ourselves with these powerful, concentrated substances enhance our moods, immune systems and overall sense of wellbeing. As biological beings sharing DNA with plants, we respond to the chemistry of essential oils positively, just as they do. Essential oils exist in the plant for protection and immunity, which we can…
The Best Essential Oils for Pain One of the most frequent questions I get is what are the best essential oils for pain? If this is a question you’ve had yourself, read on. It’s hard to feel happy when your body hurts! It’s estimated that 20% of people of all ages have chronic body pain…
Spring Is Coming: Essential Oils for The Season of Renewal Traditional systems of medicine teach us that changes from one season to the next pose challenges to our well-being as we are confronted with shifting energies and changing environmental conditions. When I’ve written in the past about how to use essential oils to ease seasonal…
ROSEMARY ESSENTIAL OIL In-Depth – Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), also known as compass plant, is a bushy evergreen shrub with small blue flowers and rather stiff branches covered with highly aromatic, needle-like foliage. Native to the Mediterranean region, this versatile plant is familiar to cooks, gardeners and herbalists around the world. The genus Rosmarinus contains two to five species, depending on which botanists you ask. Fortunately, we don’t need to…
CLARY SAGE ESSENTIAL OIL In-Depth by Dr. Joie Power, PhD. KNOW YOUR ESSENTIAL OILS: Note: All information on this page, above and below, is provided for educational interest only. Nothing here is intended to make claims for our product “Clary Sage Essential Oil”. Your experiences with an essential oil may differ from anyone else’s experiences. No information…
Sleep Essential Oils Sleep is one of the fundamental needs of us all. Sleep oils can help. All of our Artisan Aromatics brand essential oils are therapeutic quality – 100% pure & natural. Our Artisan Aromatics brand sleep oils are the absolute best oils available anywhere, carefully sourced from around the world. Not only are…
Know Your Essential Oils: Marjoram Essential Oil In-Depth* You probably know sweet marjoram from its use in cooking and you may have grown this short, bushy perennial in your herb garden. The small white to purplish pink flowers attract hordes of bees and butterflies, making a patch of marjoram a delightful spot to pull up…
Understanding where your Rose Geranium essential oil comes from can be confusing because Mother nature has created chaos by allowing plants from the various species of Pelargonium to interbreed freely and produce many very similar hybrids. Botanists have increased that chaos by going wild with their naming and renaming of all the species and hybrids…