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Essential Oils

Lavender Memory-based Response: A Case Study

Lavender Memory-based Response: A Case Study

Memory-based Response: A case study Intake Overview: D is a 56 y/o female who is married with 2 grown children living at home. She works full time in an office as a staff assistant. This requires much sitting and leaves her little time for exercise. She states her...

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Fennel – Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel – Foeniculum vulgare

The aroma is the deepest manifestation of prana in a herb. Arjun Das - Ayurveda class notes While studying Ayurveda with my teacher, Arjun Das, I was struck by his poetic statements about Fennel. Arjun shared: Fennel is about digestion and transformation. Fennel...

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Lemon Expression by hand!

Lemon Expression by hand!

For those of us who have a fascination with all things aromatic, I was excited to receive a book entitled "The Volatile Oils" by Eduard Gildemeister. I ordered the book which was published in 1922 for the pictures although there is some interesting information too. ...

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Cardamom: Queen of Spices

Cardamom: Queen of Spices

Cardamom: Queen of Spices Walk gently upon the earth Falling in love with Cardamom this Autumn Season! When I smell cardamom I feel transported to a place between heaven and earth where my feet touch the earth gently and my mind feels clear and light. It ignites a...

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Synergism in essential oils and aromatherapy

Synergism in essential oils and aromatherapy

Many herbalists acknowledge that one of the main differences between whole herbs and traditional extracts on the one hand, versus individual vitamins, minerals, isolated phytochemicals, or conventional single - molecule drugs on the other hand, is the principle of...

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Helichrysum: Helichrysum italicum

Helichrysum: Helichrysum italicum

Helichrysum: H. italicum (Roth) G. Don. syn. H. angustifolium subsp. italicum (Roth) Briq. & Cavill.by: Jade Shutes, B.A., Dipl. AT, Cet. HerbalistOther botanical synonyms: Gnaphalium angustifolium Lam., Gnaphalium italicum Roth (basionym), Helichrysum...

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2 Questions

2 Questions

Hello all!!!! Boy oh boy has it been an odd beginning to a year. Lots of great things unfolding as the school continues to expand and we cultivate new grounds and new relationships to expand our visions and goals as a school and as a community of individuals...

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Do essential oils contain vitamins?

Do essential oils contain vitamins?

Over this past weekend a student of ours wrote the following: "my question is....a friend of mine (naturopathic doctor) has been approached a couple of times regarding citrus oils being a good source of vitamin C. This seemed like an easy question to handle when she...

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