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STRONGER THAN YOU THINK – BELIEVE IT!

Posted in Aromatherapy, Personal development, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I have had a client with Multiple Sclerosis. She was diagnosed in her late teens, 20 years ago, so this has been a part of her life most of her life. She was surprisingly mobile considering how long she had been ill, but as it goes with MS, it comes in waves, each time leaving [...]

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TOO MUCH PARTY IN THE COLD

Posted in Aromatherapy, Wellness, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I went to Sweden over the weekend to celebrate my daughters graduation. This event is always outdoors, which is fine when (if) the sun is shining – it wasn’t. At least the rain stopped in time. In cold, drizzly and gray weather I have stood outdoors dressed in a pretty summer-dress with only a thin [...]

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DERMATITIS

Posted in Aromatherapy, Babies & Children, Skincare, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »

(picture from: www.medical-look.com/Skin_diseases/) Many people suffer from dermatitis (eczema) on small or large areas of their bodies,very often on the hands and arms.  (You can read more about dermatitis here.) One type of dermatitis, contact dermatitis, is a reaction to a substance which the body part is in contact with for a prolonged time. This [...]

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ALLOPATHIC + ALTERNATIVE = COMPLEMENTARY

Posted in Lifestyle, Wellness, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

In the 11th century doctors in Europe were widely called “leeches” or “barber-surgeons” and their trade consisted mainly of cupping and blood-letting – the universal cure-all. They used herbs, vinegars and wine in treatment, but very little was known about the human body, disease and hygiene. At the time the witch-hunt was on full force [...]

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ALTERNATIVE THERAPY

Posted in Lifestyle, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , on April 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »

This is such a huge area to get into. Suffice to say that over the last 15 years alternative / complementary therapy has grown to world-wide acceptance as an aid or means to healing people. Combined with the very impersonal allopathic health-care it can work wonders for many people. It is not about “either or”, [...]

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SMELL YOURSELF WELL

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I found this article and wanted to share it. A lot of what is said here is what aromatherapy is all about, and then, amusingly enough, prof. Jacobs (halfway through the article) calls aromatherapy nonsense…this I call ignorance. True, some claims to what aromatherapy can do are not realistic and there tends to be this [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 2

Posted in Aromatherapy, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Essential oil and scent history is really the history of plants and herbal medicine, since they are a part of it. All ancient cultures used aromatic substances and herbs for cooking, healing, scenting and praying. The earliest written herbal text is the “Pen Tsao” (Great Herbal – still in print) which was compiled by Shen [...]

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