We are largely, an “uninformed” public. We have so much information available to us…but, no time to access it. What I’ve done here is taken some of the labor-intensive searching and made it a bit more accessible to a larger group of people by including links.
There are so many scientific studies demonstrating just how effective essential oils are that it makes me wonder, why in the world are we still manufacturing and using toxic and inferior products on a daily basis!?
With all of our technology, the majority of the population lives their life using, what I believe to be, an “obsolete” model of personal care products that are extremely detrimental (to humans and the environment). If we’re finding prescription drugs in our water, which we are, it doesn’t take rocket science to figure out there are other unwanted things in our water and environment too.
How do we start to make a difference? Know what we’re looking at when we read labels, then make a choice… is it “really” worth it?
Many believe today that we must find safer products and solutions. Are there safe alternatives? Are the companies who are touting to be bio-degradeable and nontoxic stretching the truth?
About 10 months ago, I did something I hadn’t done in 20 years. I went into a nationally known box store to look at popular products and spent 3 hours reading labels. I wanted to see if what is being advertised, certain products being so great, safe, all-natural and organic, were truthful. I was appalled!
I think the most shocking thing I saw were all of the labels that didn’t even list ingredients…but, they had a warning box - if vapors are inhaled go outdoors immediately. This was on everything from oven cleaners to household cleaners. Of course the vapors are going to be inhaled, these are products made to be used in our homes, it’s just a matter of how much! Besides that, we cannot forget - these products go through a manufacturing process long before they even reach store shelves. It’s no wonder the environment is in such a mess and why our health suffers greatly too.
During that trip to the store, I wondered… if more people knew of alternatives and had easy access to them, would they be likely and ready to switch?
So this blog came to be, my voice and my little quest to help others learn about what’s out there, what’s going on and what we all might like to do about it.
The links below are a small fraction of the studies I’ve found on our very own US Government website, the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health - PubMed. There are many more where these came from.
Studies on Essential Oils Combating Fungus & Mold
These are just the studies on mold and fungus! There are thousands more where these came from! I will add more on other topics as I have time, so check back on occasion.
Antifungal effect of eugenol and nerolidol against Microsporum gypseum in a guinea pig model.
Effect of some essential oils on microorganisms.
A novel approach for the management of the chalkbrood disease infesting honeybee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in Egypt. “…It is peculiar that no studies on the efficacy of ceder are available in the literature, so the present work using ceder oil is recorded for the first time worldwide.”
Susceptibility to Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil of yeasts isolated from the mouths of patients with advanced cancer. “…tea tree oil as an agent for the prevention and treatment of oral fungal infections in immunocompromised patients merit consideration.”
Antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of various plants against tomato late blight disease agent Phytophthora infestans. “…revealed considerable morphological alterations in hyphae such as cytoplasmic coagulation, vacuolations, hyphal shrivelling and protoplast leakage.”
Potentiation of antifungal activity of amphotericin B by essential oil from Cinnamomum cassia. “…may show promise for the development of less toxic and more effective therapies especially for the treatment of HIV infection.”
Essential oils cannot be patented. Therefore, it’s not advantageous or even likely that any large company will produce a high quality essential oil for the consumer, to grow & distill an essential oil properly takes time something they apparently do not have in abundance.
There are many products today on the market that do contain “some” essential oil(s) in them. The big question is… are they properly distilled (no), organic (no), therapeutic-grade (no), are they “synthetic” essential oils (yes, they can be and are) - AND - are the other ingredients safe (probably not, you can click this link and find out for yourself). There are very few products available to the consumer that are people and planet safe that work.
To your good health!
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