Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Medical Grade? What is THAT?? EO's are not in the medical arena...or let me just speak for myself... I have not encountered their use by ANY doctors, hospitals or pharmacists in the past five years... Andree www.essentialsoapsinc.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Comments? If she truly believes what she is saying, then I think that lady is in for quite a shock! <grin> Either that, or she's making it up as she goes along. :-) Ellen Ellen's Essentials, Houston, Texas Soap & Toiletry Making Supplies http://www.ellensessentials.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 - Yeah, she is full of horse's patooties! There is no such thing as 'medical grade' Essential oils. Period. And any synthetic isn't an Essential oil. Now it may be that her supplier is the one feeding her this nonsense and she in all of her innocence and with an honest heart believes it. But it ain't true. When I saw the subject line on your post, I was pretty certain that the person you talked to is an unwitting cult member of a certain EO multi-level marketing company, but apparently not. So there is more than one supplier lying to their clients in this manner. Hmmm... Best wishes- Lynda wrote: >Hi Folks, >I just ran across a lady touting that the eo's she uses in her >toiletries/soaps are " medical grade " quality. I pressed her for more >info about this quality. She said that they were medical grade >because they were not synthetic. Here supplier was a company called >Lotus. Any coments? > > > > >Post message: Cosmeticinfo >Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmeticinfo >Unsubscribe: Cosmeticinfo-unsubscribe >List owner: Cosmeticinfo-owner >URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmeticinfo > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Hi , Someone is pulling the wool over someone's eyes. There is no such thing as a medical grade EO. If you ever see a supplier selling it as medical grade, please run as fast as you can lock you wallet. www.perpleasures.com Check out the new items and sales! Medical Grade EO's Hi Folks, I just ran across a lady touting that the eo's she uses in her toiletries/soaps are " medical grade " quality. I pressed her for more info about this quality. She said that they were medical grade because they were not synthetic. Here supplier was a company called Lotus. Any coments? Post message: Cosmeticinfo Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmeticinfo Unsubscribe: Cosmeticinfo-unsubscribe List owner: Cosmeticinfo-owner URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmeticinfo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 Hi Although I am pretty certain that this isn't what she meant(!), there are indeed medical grade oils. Clove oil, peppermint oil, wintergreen, and some others are available as a 'BP' (British Pharmacopeia) grade here, and I am sure there are American equivalents (is it AP?). In fact it is a small mystery that has been bugging me for some time; what actually is the difference? Clove oil for example, the stuff you buy from a pharmacy to put on a toothache, is it the essential oil? Or is the difference in the extraction methods rather than simply the purity? Or is the difference in the use of a diluent? Rose The London Soap Company > Hi Folks, > I just ran across a lady touting that the eo's she uses in her > toiletries/soaps are " medical grade " quality. I pressed her for more > info about this quality. She said that they were medical grade > because they were not synthetic. Here supplier was a company called > Lotus. Any coments? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 Rose- Actually, the BP oils are manipulated so that they comply with a certain 'standard' profile. Natural, and more likely synthetic, chemicals are added to them to make them fit the standard. Natural, un-'tweaked' Essential oils can vary greatly in chemical composition - from year to year, from distiller to distiller, from one growing climate to another, etc. In order for the chemical profile of an oil to fit the BP standard, then, it has to be adjusted. So aromatherapists, and anyone who wants to make natural products, would be well off NOT using BP oils. That is what the difference is between the clove EO you buy in a pharmacy and the clove EO you buy from a distributor. So they are in fact LESS pure, not more so. Best wishes- Lynda londonsoapco wrote: >Hi >Although I am pretty certain that this isn't what she meant(!), there >are indeed medical grade oils. Clove oil, peppermint oil, >wintergreen, and some others are available as a 'BP' (British >Pharmacopeia) grade here, and I am sure there are American equivalents >(is it AP?). > >In fact it is a small mystery that has been bugging me for some time; >what actually is the difference? Clove oil for example, the stuff you >buy from a pharmacy to put on a toothache, is it the essential oil? >Or is the difference in the extraction methods rather than simply the >purity? Or is the difference in the use of a diluent? >Rose >The London Soap Company > > > > >>Hi Folks, >>I just ran across a lady touting that the eo's she uses in her >>toiletries/soaps are " medical grade " quality. I pressed her for more >>info about this quality. She said that they were medical grade >>because they were not synthetic. Here supplier was a company called >>Lotus. Any coments? >> >> >> > > >Post message: Cosmeticinfo >Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmeticinfo >Unsubscribe: Cosmeticinfo-unsubscribe >List owner: Cosmeticinfo-owner >URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cosmeticinfo > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 << Medical Grade? What is THAT?? EO's are not in the medical arena...or let me just speak for myself... I have not encountered their use by ANY doctors, hospitals or pharmacists in the past five years...>> They are out there, but out numbered by those who would rather listen to the drug companies. <G> In WA state we have quite a few alternative medicine doctors and my own doctor is one who has no problem if I tell him I would prefer to try something more natural before I pop synthetic pills, and he even offers up the natural recommendation from time to time. There is a movement in some medical schools now to include alternative med solutions with the standard ones....AND to teach compassion! So, slow but sure, things they are a-changing. = ) Dee ¯`·.. ><((((º>``·.¸:.¸:.¸.·´¯`·.><((((º> .¸:.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>·´¯`·: http:/www.smartgroups.com/groups/HotSoapEtc http://www.hpsoapbook.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2002 Report Share Posted December 23, 2002 Maybe someone from UK or EU can answer.... In the US medical use of EO's is, as Dee said, still primarily limited to alternative medicine practitioners. Can't recall where I got the info, but I have tidbits that some eo's are routinely used in EU for medical purposes. Lavender for treatment of burns, for example. Is that true? Marie Marie Gale Chandler's Soaps www.chandlerssoaps.com Re: Medical Grade EO's << Medical Grade? What is THAT?? EO's are not in the medical arena...or let me just speak for myself... I have not encountered their use by ANY doctors, hospitals or pharmacists in the past five years...>> They are out there, but out numbered by those who would rather listen to the drug companies. <G> In WA state we have quite a few alternative medicine doctors and my own doctor is one who has no problem if I tell him I would prefer to try something more natural before I pop synthetic pills, and he even offers up the natural recommendation from time to time. There is a movement in some medical schools now to include alternative med solutions with the standard ones....AND to teach compassion! So, slow but sure, things they are a-changing. = ) Dee ¯`·.. ><((((º>``·.¸:.¸:.¸.·´¯`·.><((((º> .¸:.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º>·´¯`·: http:/www.smartgroups.com/groups/HotSoapEtc http://www.hpsoapbook.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2002 Report Share Posted December 24, 2002 In-Reply-To: <10407341.m12 > Hi Marie, > Can't recall where I got the info, but I have tidbits that some eo's are > routinely used in EU for medical purposes. Lavender for treatment of > burns, for example. Is that true? I'm in the UK and whilst it's not routine, there is far less antipathy in the medical profession than there used to be. You quite often find aromatherapy massage being offered for stress reduction, for example. A few hospitals are now experimenting with honey to dress leg ulcers, and lavender for burns. My gynaecologist was very open to the idea of using lavender as a treatment for thrush (it stings like mad but works very quickly) and some GPs now suggest trying St 's Wort for mild to moderate depression before resorting to conventional drugs. On the other side are the increasing layers of legislation to restrict the use of non-approved herbs so it's not all positive. Pat PS. Happy holidays, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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