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Aromatherapy List

What is Aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils from plants (flowers, herbs, or trees) as therapy to improve physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Aromatherapy works by sending chemical messages to the part of the brain that affects moods and emotions.  Essential oils are most often used by inhaling them or by applying them to the skin.

 

• ABCESSES - Lavender, Tea Tree

• ABDOMINAL CRAMPS - Lavender, Clary Sage
• ACCUMULATION OF TOXINS - Birch, Carrot Seed, Juniper
• ACNE - Bergamot, Chamomile, Geranium, Lavender, Palmarosa , Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tea Tree
• AGEING SKIN - Frankincense
• ALLERGIES - Chamomile, Lavender, Melissa, Patchouli
• AMENORRHOEA (Missing or scanty periods) - Basil, Clary Sage, Marjoram, Myrrh
• ANGER - Ylang Ylang
• ANXIETY - Bergamot, Petitgrain
• ARTHRITIS - Benzoin, Birch, Black Pepper, Chamomile, Eucalyptus, Ginger, Juniper
• ASTHMA - Clary Sage, Cypress, Frankincense, Lavender, Marjoram
• ATHLETES FOOT - Tea Tree, Myrrh
• BOILS - Bergamot, Chamomile, Lavender
• BOREDOM - Lemongrass
• BRONCHIAL INFECTIONS (Including Colds, Flu & Bronchitis) - Basil, Benzoin, Cajeput, Cedarwood, Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Ginger, Immortelle, Lavender, Marjoram, Myrtle, Peppermint, Pine Needle, Sandalwood, Tea Tree, Thyme
• BRUISES - Fennel, Lavender, Parsley Seed
• BURNS - Lavender
• CATARRH - Eucalyptus, Lavender, Pine Needle, Thyme
• CELLULITIS - Birch, Fennel, Geranium, Grapefruit
• CHILBLAINS - Black Pepper, Lemon, Marjoram
• CHILDRENS TUMMY UPSETS - Mandarin
• COLD SORES - Bergamot, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree
• COLIC - Black Pepper, Chamomile, Marjoram , Peppermint
• CONGESTED SKIN - Geranium, Grapefruit
• CONSTIPATION - Black Pepper
• COUGHS - Benzoin, Cedarwood, Eucalyptus, Ginger, Immortelle, Marjoram, Myrtle, Pine Needle, Tea Tree, Thyme
• CRACKED & CHAPPED SKIN - Benzoin, Myrrh, Patchouli
• CUTS - Benzoin, Chamomile, Lemon
• CYSTITIS - Bergamot, Lavender, Sandalwood
• DANDRUFF - Lavender, Patchouli
• DEPRESSION - Basil, Bergamot, Immortelle, Lavender, Lime, Sandalwood
• DERMATITIS - Birch, Chamomile, Immortelle, Lavender, Palmarosa
• DIARRHOEA - Cardamon Seed, Peppermint
• DRY SKIN - Geranium (esp. with oily patches), Sandalwood
• DULL DAYS - Grapefruit, Lemongrass, Lime , Orange
• DYSMENORRHOEA (Painful periods/menstrual cramps) - Basil, Chamomile, Clary Sage , Cypress, Lavender, Marjoram
• DYSPEPSIA - Basil, Lavender, Marjoram
• ECZEMA - Bergamot, Birch, Chamomile, Immortelle, Lavender, Melissa, Patchouli
• FEVERS - Eucalyptus, Lemongrass
• FLATULENCE - Cardamon Seed, Lime
• GOUT - Benzoin, Carrot Seed, Juniper, Lemon, Rosemary
• GREASY SKIN - Lemon, Sandalwood, Tea Tree
• GRIEF - Melissa
• HAEMORRHOIDS (Piles) - Cypress, Parsley Seed
• HAIR CARE - Birch, Rosemary
• HEADACHE - Chamomile, Lavender
• HEARTBURN - Cardamon Seed
• HERPES - Tea Tree
• HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (Hypertension) -Lavender, Marjoram, Ylang Ylang
• INDIGESTION - Cardamon Seed, Chamomile, Orange
• INFLAMED JOINTS - Chamomile
• INFLAMMATION - Benzoin, Chamomile, Lavender
• INSECT BITES & STINGS - Basil, Chamomile, Lavender, Tea Tree
• INSECT REPELLENT - Lemongrass; Citronella, Lavender
• INSOMNIA - Chamomile, Lavender, Marjoram
• LARYNGITIS AND SORE THROATS - Benzoin, Ginger, Lavender, Thyme
• LEUCORRHOEA (White vaginal discharge) - Bergamot, Lavender, Myrrh
• LOSS OF APPETITE - Bergamot
• LUMBAGO - Marjoram
• MENOPAUSAL PROBLEMS - Cypress, Geranium
• MENORRHAGIA (Heavy periods) - Cypress
• METRORRHAGIA (Bleeding between periods) - Frankincense
• MIGRAINE - Lavender
• MUSCULAR ACHES AND PAINS - Basil, Black Pepper, Chamomile, Eucalyptus, Ginger, Grapefruit, Immortelle, Lavender, Marjoram, Rosemary
• NAUSEA - Cardamon Seed, Chamomile
• NERVOUS EXHAUSTION & FATIGUE - Basil, Peppermint, Rosemary
• NERVOUS TENSION & STRESS - Benzoin, Bergamot, Chamomile, Clary Sage, Cedarwood, Frankincense, Lavender, Sandalwood, Vetivert
• NEURALGIA - Chamomile
• OBESITY - Birch, Fennel
• OEDEMA/WATER RETENTION - Birch, Carrot Seed, Fennel, Grapefruit
• PMT/PMS - Geranium, Juniper, Lavender, Melissa
• POOR CIRCULATION - Black Pepper, Ginger, Pine Needle, Rosemary
• PRURITIS - Bergamot, Myrrh, Tea Tree
• PSORIASIS - Bergamot, Birch
• PYORRHOEA - Fennel
• RASHES - Chamomile
• RHEUMATISM - Benzoin, Birch, Chamomile, Eucalyptus, Ginger, Juniper, Lavender, Marjoram, Rosemary
• RINGWORM - Myrrh
• SCARS - Frankincense, Petitgrain, Lavender
• SHOCK - Peppermint, Petitgrain
• SINUSITIS - Pine Needle
• SKIN CARE - Carrot Seed, Cedarwood, Palmarosa, Rosewood
• SORES - Eucalyptus, Lavender
• SPOTS - Lavender, Tea Tree
• SPRAINS & STRAINS - Chamomile, Lavender
• STOMACH CRAMPS - Clary Sage, Peppermint
• STRETCH MARKS - Mandarin, Lavender
• SWEATY FEET - Cypress
• TEETHING PAIN - Chamomile
• THRUSH - Tea Tree
• TOOTHACHE - Cajeput, Chamomile
• URETHRITIS - Cedarwood, Tea Tree
• VAGINITIS - Tea Tree
• VARICOSE VEINS - Cypress
• VERRUCCAS, CORNS & WARTS - Lemon, Tea Tree
• VERTIGO - Lavender, Peppermint
• WEEPY SKIN CONDITIONS - Myrrh
• WOUNDS - Chamomile, Lemon, Myrrh, Tea Tree

Notes

Dr. Fuhrman's Green Longevity Drink:
makes 4 cups

1 lrg head romaine
1 1/2 cups spinach
2 sprigs parsley
1 cup broccoli
2 leaves mustard or turnip greens
3 collard leaves
1/2 cup watercress
1/8 tsp oregano
1/2 avocado
1 banana
3 strawberries
1 cup blueberries
1 cup papaya or mango
1 1/2 tsp flax seeds
1 1/2 tsp sunflower seeds
1 1/2 tsp sesame seeds
1/2 cup water

Blend-Enjoy!

Fight "exam phobia" with shankpushpi-decoction or powder 250 mg-1 gram
Treat ADD with brahmi, jatamamsi, calamus, licorice
"Sweet craving is a sign of liver weakness"-Baba Hari Das
4.5 million American are constipated most of the time-going less than 3 times a week
Bowel timing or "transit time" should be 18-24 hours. Test yours by eating something that colors your stool, chlorophyll or beets.
Help moisten the stomach wall with mucilages herbs like marshmallow root, asiam bala-helps things slide along.
Brahmi (water hyssop)is also good for brain/memory

Plant Chemistry Notes

Pharmacognosy: the study of medicines derived from natural sources. The American Society of Pharmacognosy defines pharmacognosy as "the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources."
This includes the study of plant structure, reproduction, active ingredients and nutrients-vitamins, minerals, sugars, starches and chemical constituents.

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