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Essential Info on Essential Oils

Essential oils are aromatic liquids extracted from flowers, grasses, fruits, leaves, roots, and trees. There are hundreds of essential oils, and they are used for everything from insect repellents to aromatherapy and fragrance.

 

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Be sure to use 100 percent pure oils, and exercise caution. Essential oils can burn the skin and should not be ingested. All the terpene essential oils are disinfectants; they include thyme, sweet orange, lemongrass, rose, clove, eucalyptus, cinnamon, rosemary, orris root, birch, tea tree, and lavender. These oils serve many purposes because of their antiseptic and antifungal properties.

Better Basics for the Home recommends these oils as disinfectants, mold eradicators, air fresheners, and in body care products. They are also used as preservatives. Essential oils are commonly used for fragrance in potpourris, air fresheners, sachets, and even as a rinse for clothes, and are available in health food stores and from herb suppliers.

Caution: When pregnant, avoid the essential oils of pennyroyal, sage, wintergreen, basil, myrrh, and thyme. Also, essential oils can harm the eyes, so be sure not to get shampoos, rinses, or conditioners in the eyes. Don't add more than three drops of essential oil per ounce of base preparation used near the eyes.

 

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BETTER BASICS FOR THE HOME: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living
Copyright 1999 by Annie B. Bond. Published by Three Rivers Press.
Reprinted with permission of the author.

 

 

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Essential Info on Essential Oils:  Created on July 14th, 2007.  Last Modified on April 16th, 2010

 

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About Annie B. Bond

Annie B. Bond

Annie B. Bond has more than 20 years of experience as a leading authority, writer and editor about the connections between the environment, personal health and well-being.

 

Annie has authored four books, including: Home Enlightenment (Rodale Press, 2005), Better Basics for the Home (Three Rivers Press, 1999), Clean & Green (Ceres Press, 1990), and The Green Kitchen Handbook (with Mothers & Others; foreword by Meryl Streep) (HarperCollins, 1997).

 

Annie is the official green living expert for Maid Brigade and its Green Clean Certified system.

 

 

 

 

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