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Results of The RDT Poll |
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oils that are used for RDT (remember these are undiluted oils):
Peppermint, Wintergreen (although most Wintergreen is synthetic, there is
very little genuine Wintergreen available), Basil, Lemongrass, Marjoram,
and Blue Tansy (which is very high in Thujone) amongst others.
These are oils that can be irritating and sensitizing in highly diluted forms, undiluted the risk increases astronomically, and most should be used only by trained Aromatherapist. According to some of the glowing comments sent in by some of the respondents, they had received sixty or more of these treatments. That’s sixty times or more that they have had pure undiluted oils poured on their back. However some people will point to that number and say, "Well, SEE, they’ve had sixty or more treatments and have had nothing happen to them so it MUST be safe" Sensitization, or the process of becoming allergic to something is not a cut and dried subject. The more one exposes themselves to anything, the more they leave themselves open to the possibility of sensitization. A lot of it depends upon personal physiology. While they can in minute amounts work wonders, Essential Oils in large amount’s have shown the potential of being extremely harmful. Advocating the use of neat oils, especially on children is not only folly, but should be criminal. |
Essential
Oils, when used on children, should be used sparingly and in small
amounts, half the amount that one would use on an adult.
For example, on an adult, one would only use a maximum of 7 drops of Lavender in 1 tablespoon (15 mls) of a carrier solution. On a small child, one would not want to use more than three or four drops. Lavender of course, is one of those oils that one hears every day "It is so gentle, that you can use it neat". Certainly one can use it neat, but as with any Essential Oil, people can and HAVE become allergic to it. Every year, as more people use Essential Oils, more and more cases of Lavender allergies are heard about. Some of it is due to using Lavender neat, and some people become allergic because their physiology becomes sensitive to it over time and some people because they are sensitive to it at the outset. Everyone has heard the old myth about the Science Teacher, who for years, would eat a leaf of Poison Ivy to show his students that he wasn’t allergic to it, until one year he ate it and broke out in hives all over his body and his throat swelled up so badly that he couldn’t breath and he almost died. While it is a fiction, it is excellent for pointing out how sensitization can occur. |
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