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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 4

Posted in Aromatherapy, Massage, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

During the 16:th to 18:th centuries the art of distilling plants had grown to become an every-day matter. Every mansion had its own distillery and the pharmacies of the time distilled essential oils for medicinal purposes. The doctor would make out a recipe, and the pharmacies would blend the medicines. In this time herbal medicine [...]

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AROMATHERAPY & ANIMALS

Posted in Animals, Aromatherapy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I get a lot of questions about animals and how I treat them. The first and main reason I even came to Luxembourg was because of horses and treating them; mainly one big very sad horse. Animals are individuals with very diverse personalities; some are pushy and some are shy – like the big sad [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL QUALITY – Ravensara/Ravintsara

Posted in Aromatherapy, tagged , , , , , on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I wrote in an earlier post about an essential oil I picked up: Ravintsara (cinnamomum camphora). I couldn’t really get this oil out of my head so I have been doing some research. As usual there is plenty of misunderstandings between different oils, popular names, botanical names and the chemical properties. What continues to confuse [...]

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