Comments on: The Most Efficient Killer Of Microorganisms: Essential Oils

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:30:03 +0000

In reply to sfgjfgfjjf. If you read any book on Essential Oils you'll find your answer.

By: sfgjfgfjjf

sfgjfgfjjf — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:28:09 +0000

hmm, the last poster said what i have suspected for some time and never see mentioned…all of these herbs that are supposedly “anti-viral, or anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, etc” – if they are all of those things aren’t they killing our own cells as well and who can say if they body knows how to use the compounds in these herbs to kill viruses, bacteria anyway?? i’m sure gasoline or bleach or ammonia is anti-viral as well but nobody recommend ingesting those…and i’m generally a pro organic food type of person but you have to think about this stuff instead of “anything natural is great” type of mindset….

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:41:39 +0000

This is a most misleading article. The effective compounds in essential oils are usually terpines which are cytotoxic. That means they they kill cells at about the same concentration as they kill bacteria. Almost any disinefectant can do as well or better than terpines in this regard. You are confusing aromatherapy mubojumbo wuth scientific fact.

By: JT

JT — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:11:40 +0000

EfficiencySeeker,

Essential oils are powerful substances, that should be used with care. For example, they should never be applied to the skin of infants (I think you are referring to studies that suggest applying lavender and tea tree oils over a number of year to the skin developing boys as a oestrogen-like effect).

The type of application I talking about here (using nebulizers) is a targeted dose that is inhaled through the lungs. It’s the dosage involved, and the method of application that counts.

A good introduction to the use of essential oils can be found in the book The Aromatherapy Bible: The Definitive Guide to Using Essential Oils

Link: http://tinyurl.com/5h226b

Justin

By: EfficiencySeeker

EfficiencySeeker — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:20:05 +0000

Essential oils were in the news a while ago because some (such as tea tree oil) have the same effect of estrogen in the human body. Before using one, it needs to be researched to make sure that it will not affect you negatively.

By: bobby

bobby — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:10:18 +0000

Nebulizer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulizer