Common Essential Oils and Their Corporate Labels
Posted on December 21, 2009
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Over the course of the last five years or so there’s been a huge increase in the number of people who have become interested in aromatherapy. This could possibly be a result of the increasing interest in all alternative therapies. No matter what the reason, major retailers (who see major dollar signs) have jumped on the aromatherapy bandwagon and now provide easy access to a number of common essential oils.
These retailers have added their own corporate labels to these common essential oils which are often packaged according to their desired effect and not by what they treat.
For example:
Aromatherapy oils like lavender, which helps ease anxiety, are used in products labeled “Relaxation”.
Rose and Ylang Ylang are often packaged as “Romance” products while their actual use is to treat stress.
This is why it’s important for aromatherapy practitioners to be aware of the actual uses of these essential oils and not just their corporate labels.
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