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THERAPEUTIC
QUALITY ESSENTIAL OILS
Revival of an Ancient Healing Tool
From:
http://Earthpulse.com
by Patricia Lee
Editors Note: Essential oils have
been used for centuries because of their unique properties in healing and
soothing the body and mind. Several varieties of oils are commercially
available and are increasingly of greater interest. In the last issue of the
Flashpoints some of these oils were explored as they are again in this issue. We
believe that much can be gained from the ancient knowledge dealing with oils and
herbal substances.
Distilling plants for their medicinal value has been
practiced throughout history. According to the translation of ancient Egyptian
hieroglyphics, the Egyptians discovered oils and their medicinal uses before the
plants themselves were studied for their herbal uses and incorporated into the
field of medicine.
Ancient Chinese documents written around 2000 B.C., by the
Emperor Kiwang-ti, indicate the use of aromatic substances, clearly
showing that the Chinese were aware of aromatics.
Ancient scrolls depict priests and physicians using essential oils thousands of
years before the time of Christ. There are 188 references to oils in the Bible
alone. Moses used Galbanum,
written about in the book of Exodus, which he used for medicinal and spiritual
purposes. Hyssop was put into the
lambs blood when the angel of death (the black plague) was ravaging the
Israelites. It has very high anti viral and anti inflammatory properties.
When the tomb of King Tutankhamen was discovered, over
three hundred alabaster jars were found to contain the viable oils used in those
times, still fresh and very usable!
When the Christ child was born the three wise men traveled hundreds of miles to
present Him with the precious resins of
frankincense and myrrh.
Clinical research has now found that
frankincense oil contains very high immuno-stimulating properties. (1)
What are Essential Oils?
Essential oils are the subtle, volatile liquids that are
distilled from plants. Shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, seeds and pedals (roses
for example) are used in the distilling process. They are the regenerating,
oxygenating, and immune defense properties inherent in all chlorophyll rich
plants.
They contain the highest known oxygenating molecules
transporting
the nutrients to the cells of the body.
(2)
Without oxygen molecules, nutrients cannot be effectively assimilated and
utilized by the cells.
Not only do therapeutic quality
essential oils deliver oxygen and nutrients to the cells, they also aid in the
tissue's disposal of toxic waste products.(3)
In
addition to containing oxygenating molecules, therapeutic quality essential oils
also carry a bio-electrical frequency.
In 1992, Dr. Gary Young and Bruce Tainio of Tainio Technologies (an independent
division of Eastern State University in Cheney, Wa.) began to accurately measure
the electrical frequency of essential oils. They verified that essential oils
have a bio-electrical frequency measurable in hertz, megahertz, and
kilohertz.(4)
Frequency is a measurable rate
of electrical energy that is constant between two points. Everything has an
electrical frequency. It's been said that humans are Spiritual Beings, in a
physical body, electrically stimulated and emotionally controlled!
Therapeutic quality essential oils contain electrical frequencies
that are several times greater than the frequency of herbs and food. For
example, measuring in
Hertz, living foods’ (foods which
have not been cooked), have a frequency of about 29Hz. Cooked foods have a
frequency from 0-15 Hz, dry herbs from 15-22 Hz, and fresh herbs from 20-27
Hz.(5) Essential oils start at 50 Hz [essential oil of birch resonates
frequency of skeletal structure] and go as high as 320 Hz [Turkish rose oil].
Dr. Young and Bruce Tainio also discovered that a healthy
body from head to foot has a frequency ranging from 62-71 Hz during the day.
When measuring the human body, we see that a healthy human resonates’ at and
above 59 to 62Hz. This measurement is taken at the abdominal level. The sternum
to the upper throat area resonates at about 62-68 Hz. The entire head of a
normal healthy human resonates at between 72-78 Hz., and this measurement may go
as high as 90 Hz. during times of extreme mental activity.
Disease begins at 58Hz., and becomes more severe
at lower measurements, ie. cancer has a frequency of 42 Hz.(6)
It was also discovered that
headaches are caused by a disturbance in the electrical fields between the right
and left lobes of the brain. If the frequency varies by more than 3 Hz.
headaches develop. If the frequency varies by more than 10 Hz. substantial or
migraine-type headaches develop. Understanding this, Gary Young has created an
oil blend specifically designed to help balance the electrical frequencies of
the brain, it is called Brain Power.(7)
In the early 1920's, Royal Raymond Rife M.D. developed a "frequency
generator". According to Dr. Rife, every disease has a frequency. It was
discovered that a substance with a higher frequency would destroy any disease
which, of course, would have a frequency lower than 58Hz.
Clinical research shows that
essential oils have some of the highest frequencies of natural organic
sub-stances creating an environment in which disease, bacteria, virus, fungus,
etc., cannot live.
Dr. Gary Young states that ".
. .that the chemistry and frequencies of essential oils
have the ability to help man maintain the optimal frequency to the extent that
disease cannot exist."(8) It must be stated that an
ill body is also over acidic, and this type of condition may require
several applications of therapeutic quality essential oils to affect a
change.(9)
The rediscovery of essential oils came in 1920 when French
chemist and perfumer Rene-Maurice Gattefosse severely burned his hand. Thinking
the liquid in the nearby bowl was water, he quickly plunged his hand into it
only to find to his amazement that it was pure
Lavender
[Lavendula augustifolia]
oil.
He noticed that the burn never blistered, and
healed quickly without a trace of a scar.
After his speedy recovery Gattefosse dedicated the rest of his
life to researching the therapeutic aspects of essential oils. It is to this man
the term Aromatherapy is attributed.
After the French rediscovered essential oils, the production
of raw materials could not keep up with the demand for product. Perfumers were
hard pressed to acquire the raw ingredients necessary for an exploding cosmetic
market.
Gradually, over many decades, the development of
synthetics designed to cut costs and increase profits began to undermine the
therapeutic benefits of essential oils.
Consequently, the use of oils as a therapeutic treatment, for all
practical purposes, became nonexistent.
Even though a label may say 100% Grade A Pure, there really is no
guarantee since there is no standard, nationally or internationally as to the
"grade" or purity of Essential Oils. Dr. Gary Young is working diligently with
several international colleagues to create a system of standards so that the
consumer will know exactly what the purity in essential oils really is.... Until
then, buyer beware! The probability is very high that the oil is third, fourth,
or fifth pressing, and maybe improperly distilled as well. (10)
The quality of the plant material is very critical as well as
its growing conditions, harvesting techniques, etc. They must first of all be
grown organically and must be harvested at the right time, under the proper
conditions. The method of harvesting and distillation is very important in
maintaining quality.(11) Meeting the above standards, the highest therapeutic
quality oils are first and second pressings, meaning that they are distilled at
extremely low temperatures and extremely low pressure. Unfortunately, more than
90% of all essential oils imported into America have been improperly distilled
or are adulterated in some way, decreasing the oil's ability to assist the
bodies natural process of healing.
Take for example Essential Oil of
Lavender. To distill the
complete array of healing constituents, it takes a full twenty four hours
distilling time. Better than 90% of all lavender sold on the commercial market
in America imported from Europe, has a distilling time of approximately 15
minutes, at high temperature and pressure with the addition of chemical
solvents. Today, 98% of all oils distilled are earmarked for the perfume and
cosmetic industries.
When
applied to the feet, absorption time throughout the entire body including the
hair, affecting every cell in the body takes 20 minutes.
It must be stated that extreme caution should be taken when buying and using
essential oils. It can be guaranteed that if you purchase less than therapeutic
quality (and there is no standard set or laws to impose the standard) not only
will you not get the desired results, you may even get a chemical burn (or
worse) in the process, and come to the conclusion that essential oils
don't really work.(12) There are many companies worldwide that manufacture
essential oils for use as perfumes, air fresheners etc., however caution should
be heeded if you want to use them used undiluted directly on the body.
The skin is very porous, taking only 3 to 5
seconds for absorption,
sometimes longer depending on the size of the molecular structure of the
oil. The body's inability to process synthetics favorably can create more harm
than good. Most Aromatologists will not use Essential Oils directly on the skin
because until very recently the only oils available were not of a therapeutic
quality. The basic plant material that is used for the oil must be grown
organically - remember, pesticides migrate to the oils in the plant material and
also to the seeds.
Therapeutic quality essential oils can have a
profound impact upon the emotional body as well.
The limbic system is the processing center of reason, emotion and smell. The
essential oils of
frankincense
and sandalwood, for example, have
a constituent known as a sesquiterpene. In 1992, it was discovered that
sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpenols break the blood brain barrier affecting the
amygdala which is the area of the brain that records and stores emotional
trauma.
When inhaled the oils have the ability on a
cellular DNA level, to completely erase the memory of emotional trauma.
Dr. Joseph Ledoux of New York Medical University feels that the effect of
inhaled oil vapors upon the amygdala gland could be a major break-through in the
releasing of stored emotional trauma.(13)
Dr. Reijo Makela of Finland has done extensive work with electromagnetism.
He has discovered that an odor is the electromagnetic radiation
of specific molecules and atoms. This radiation changes
the electromagnetic state of the receiving mucous membrane, and this change in
activity is transmitted to the corresponding center in the brain.
This explains why dogs
can smell’ a storm long before it arrives, how sharks can so rapidly sense’
blood and fear states in water, and how essential oil constituents can
immediately be picked up by the brain. Electromagnetic energy fields travel much
faster and more direct than the actual movement of molecules.(14)
Dr. Eldon Haas (Author - Staying Healthy with the Seasons),
states that the "qualities and essential phyto-chemicals that are carried with
the oil vapors and within the oil liquids interact with the Bio energetic and
subtle energies of our Body/Mind/Spirit, including emotional and energy
patterns, immune functions, sleep and stress patterns and cell membrane
activity. These more subtle levels of life are most nourished and balanced by
vibrational energies (color, light and sound, and aromatic qualities), and are
most likely affected adversely by stronger synthetic chemical and
electromagnetic (Alternating current incoherent chaotic frequencies)
patterns."(15)
Essential oils can have a profound effect upon the physical
body. The Lokota Sioux practiced a procedure called the
Rain Drop Therapy.
This treatment is so named because the practitioner drops the oils through the
energy field which surrounds the body from 6 to 8 inches above the spine,
thereby affecting the emotional, mental, and etheric (subtle energy fields
surrounding the body) bodies before the oils finally contact the physical body.
This treatment can be used for almost any health challenge.
The spine, through the nervous system connecting to all the organs in the body
provides the perfect delivery system, bathing the entire body in oxygen rich
constituents. Essential oils seem to have an ability to complement and integrate
the various healing activities in and around the the body.
Specifics on Essential Oils
In France, therapeutic quality essential oils have been
extensively researched, and are documented in French medical texts. Dr. Jean
Valnet, a medical doctor in Paris, experimented with essential oils in the post
WWI years, and experienced amazing results. During World War II, while serving
as a medical physician in the French Army, at a time when he ran out of the
usual antibiotics and chemical medications, he resorted to using essential oils,
and to his amazement, they had
a powerful effect in reducing
and even stopping infection.
He was able thus to save the lives of many soldiers who possibly would have died
even with the use of antibiotics. After the war, Dr. Valnet continued his work
with essential oils, and several of his students assisted him in conducting
extensive research into the properties and actions of several essential oils.
Together, they discovered that
essential oils contain antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiseptic
properties, as well as being powerful oxygenators with the ability to act as
carrying agents in the delivery of nutrients into the cells.(16)
For example:
LAVENDER - Lavandula
Agustifolia -French medical text referenced uses: antispasmodic, anti
infectious, helps regulate blood pressure, helps with insomnia, and many other
uses.
CHAMOMILE, Blue German -
Matricaria Recuticia - French medical text referenced uses: digestive tonic,
cystitus, decongestant, hormone-like, ulcers, liver, gallbladder,
antiinflammatory, excema, and acne.
FRANKINCENSE - Boswellia Carterii
- French medical text referenced uses: anti-catarrhal, anti-tumoral, ulcers,
immunostimulant, anti-depressant, and asthma.
ROSE, Bulgarian
- Rosa Damascena - French medical text referenced uses:
Dr. Daniel Penoel, M.D. states that Rose may help with chronic bronchitis,
asthma, tuberculosis, sexual debilities, frigidity, impotency, skin disease,
wounds, and ulcers.
LEMON - Citrus Limonum Medica
- French medical text referenced uses: germicide, fever reduction, colds, throat
infections, asthma, anemia, varicose veins, gout, rheumatism, ureter infections,
intestinal parasites, air disinfectant, immunostimulant, water purification, and
red and white blood cell formation.
BASIL
- ocimum basilicum - French medical text referenced uses: nerve stimulant,
adrenal cortex stimulant, stomach and intestinal antiseptic, migraine headaches,
mental fatigue, anti-infectious, and antispasmodic.
Examples of Uses
A friend from Portland, up for a three week stay, informed me that she would
need to see a chiropractor at least once or twice a week while visiting as she
had a chronic back problem due to an auto accident. I informed her that
Anchorage was blessed with many fine chiropractors, but first I wanted her to
experience an essential oil treatment. She could not believe that one
Raindrop Therapy
treatment using the oils of many common spices such as
Basil, Oregano,
and Thyme,
could provide so much relief and
for such a long time. She returned to Portland without ever having visited a
chiropractor.
My husband had been diagnosed with
scoliosis in the area of his kidneys (Clinical research has found that scoliosis
can be caused by a virus). For years he would wake up and complain of stiffness
in the kidney region of his spine (T11, T12). I ordered the oils that had the
properties which would address this condition. Within a week the oils arrived
along with a paper on how to apply them. Within two weeks in which two
treatments were given, Tom felt incredible heat over the area of concern. After
the twelfth day he woke up and said that his spine felt more relaxed than it had
in over twenty years, he also commented that the deep burning was gone. When I
looked at his spine it was totally straight! I had used commercially available
essential oils in the past, so the sight I was experiencing was nothing short of
miraculous.
There
was something very special about these unique and specially formulated oils.
It was clear to us that these oils had been properly grown and distilled and
that our own education on their use would take us on an international voyage of
significant health discoveries.
In these days of exceedingly high stress, pollutants in the air we breathe,
impure water, and fast food on almost every corner, its wonderful to know that
these soothing, healing oils can be introduced into your daily lives easily. To
know that they help to balance, calm, integrate and even physically heal in a
most natural and inexpensive way is a gift of nature, indeed.
Acupuncturists are using these therapeutic grade oils to enhance their
treatments, dipping the needles into the appropriate oils before placing
them.(17) More and more psycho-therapists are finding that these oils
significantly advance their patients emotional healing. Massage therapists are
experiencing tremendous results, you might want to take one or more of your
favorites to your next massage!
I am very excited about the work currently being done with these wholly natural
substances. I have found that having them around the house, for use on any
number of things from open lacerations to uplifting the ambiance in my home, has
made a vast improvement in how quickly my environment and family respond
positively to negative influences, ie. colds, flu, etc. Aside from being a high
source of oxygen and negative ions they are one of the highest natural sources
of healthy electrical frequencies. Being lipid soluble they allow easier
penetration of cell walls to increase assimilation of nutrients.
The French medical texts clearly demonstrate that properly distilled essential
oils contain anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, anti-oxidant, anti
spasmodic, anti-viral, anti-parasitical, antiseptic, anti-infectious,
anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, analgesic, anti-depressant, and immune
stimulating proper-ties. What a treasure trove of substances that do so much
with so little. What a great gift of healing from nature. Mother Nature indeed
has all the answers, if we only listen with the focus of healing and serving our
fellow man.
AROMATHERAPY The Essential
Beginning: 1996, D. Gary Young N.D., - pages 1, 90, 139
Ibid - p. 21
Ibid - 28
Ibid - p.37 - 38
Ibid - p. 40
Ibid - p. 52-53
Ibid - p. 38
Ibid - p. 40
Embraced by the Essence:
Marcy Foley D.C., N.D. p. 246
Aromatherapy: The Essential
Beginning - p.p. 52-53
Ibid p. 52-53
Ibid - p. 21
Ibid - p. 23
Dr. Reijo Makela, M. D. Living Cells are Electromagnetic Units - EarthPulse
Flash Points: Newtext No. 1
Dr. Eldon Haas, Integrated Medicine is our Future Health Care - Proceedings of
Wholistic Aromatherapy - A conference on therapeutic uses of essential oils -
Nov. 1995.
Aromatherapy - p. 18
Ibid - p. 70
Permission granted to Marie Gunther (HeavenScent Essential Oils) on this date:
5/21/01 by James Roderick from Earthpulse Press.
Additional Related
Article: Divine Design of Essential Oils
by Dr. Gary Tunsky
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