Aromatic Heart

Essential oils, even 'safe' ones, should always be diluted before being applied to the skin. Robert offers these guidelines for dilution in his book Essential O...il Safety, as well as guidelines specific to certain oils. Find the book here: https://roberttisserand.com/essential-oil-safety-2nd-editi/

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The true store of Vinegar of the Four Thieves - or Thieves Blend 4-Thieves vinegar Ingredients 2 TBSP dried thyme 2 TBSP dried rosemary... 2 TBSP dried sage 2 TBSP dried lavender 2 TBSP dried spearmint 4-8 cloves garlic (minced, optional) 4 cups organic apple cider vinegar with "the Mother" Four thieves vinegar (also called Marseilles vinegar, Marseilles remedy, prophylactic vinegar, vinegar of the four thieves, camphorated acetic acid, vinaigre des quatre voleurs and acetum quator furum) is a concoction of vinegar (either from red wine, white wine, cider, or distilled white) infused with herbs, spices or garlic that was believed to protect users from the plague. The recipe for this vinegar has almost as many variations as its legend. History A 17th-century bottle This specific vinegar composition is said to have been used during the medieval period when the black death was happening, to prevent the catching of this dreaded disease. Other similar types of herbal vinegars have been used as medicine since the time of Hippocrates. Early recipes for this vinegar called for a number of herbs to be added into a vinegar solution and left to steep for several days. The following vinegar recipe hung in the Museum of Paris in 1937, and is said to have been an original copy of the recipe posted on the walls of Marseilles during an episode of the plague: Take three pints of strong white wine vinegar, add a handful of each of wormwood, meadowsweet, wild marjoram and sage, fifty cloves, two ounces of campanula roots, two ounces of angelic, rosemary and horehound and three large measures of camphor. Place the mixture in a container for fifteen days, strain, and express, then bottle. Use by rubbing it on the hands, ears and temples from time to time when approaching a plague victim and taking 1 T. twice a day as a prophylactic. Plausible reasons for not contracting the plague was that the herbal concoction contained natural flea repellents since the flea is the carrier for the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis. Wormwood has properties similar to cedar as an insect repellent, as do aromatics such as sage, cloves, camphor, rosemary, and campanula. Meadowsweet, although known to contain salicylic acid, is mainly used to mask odors like decomposing bodies. Another recipe called for dried rosemary, dried sage flowers, dried lavender flowers, fresh rue, camphor dissolved in spirit, sliced garlic, bruised cloves, and distilled wine vinegar. Modern-day versions of four thieves vinegar include various herbs that typically include sage, lavender, thyme, and rosemary, along with garlic. Additional herbs sometimes include rue, mint, and wormwood. It has become traditional to use four herbs in the recipeone for each thief, though earlier recipes often have a dozen herbs or more. It is still sold in Provence. In Italy a mixture called "seven thieves vinegar" is sold as a smelling salt, though its ingredients appear to be the same as in four thieves mixtures. Mythology The usual story declares that a group of thieves during a European plague outbreak were robbing the dead or the sick. When they were caught, they offered to exchange their secret recipe, which had allowed them to commit the robberies without catching the disease, in exchange for leniency. Another version says that the thieves had already been caught before the outbreak and their sentence had been to bury dead plague victims; to survive this punishment, they created the vinegar. The city in which this happened is usually said to be Marseille or Toulouse, and the time period can be given as anywhere between the 14th and 18th century depending on the storyteller. An alternative theory says that "four thieves vinegar" could be a corruption of "Forthave's vinegar", a concoction sold and invented by one Richard Forthave. (Published in a brief article in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 12, 1828, p. 89) [6] Another source, the book Abrégé de toute la médecine pratique (published in 1741), seems to attribute its creation to George Bates, though Bates' own published recipe for antipestilential vinegar in his Pharmacopoeia Bateana does not specifically use the name 'thieves' or 'four thieves'. Another humorous snippet in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (Volume 10, 1827, p. 163), reads: A report of the plague in 1760 having been circulated, Messrs. Chandler and Smith, apothecaries, in Cheapside, had taken in a third partner, (Mr. Newsom,) and while the report prevailed, these gentlemen availed themselves of the popular opinion, and put a written notice in their windows of "Four Thieves' Vinegar sold here." Mr. Ball, an old apothecary, was passing by, and observing this, went into the shop. "What," said he, "have you taken in another partner?""No.""Oh! I beg your pardon," replied Ball, "I thought you had, by the ticket in your window." See more

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www.jeannerose.net/calendar.html SCENT PROFILING WORKSHOP - Two-day workshop with Jeanne Rose Monday & Tuesday August 10-11, 2020 9:30 am - 4 pm... Pay by check or PayPal Everyone can smell an essential oil, but can they describe the odor? Most of us lack the vocabulary needed to be able to understand and then describe the odors of our aromatic materials. But this language is essential for perfumers, aromatherapists, product-makers and more. Jeanne Rose has created a one-of-a-kind system for learning how to better perceive odors and communicate about them. In this workshop, you will: Learn the Basic 7 Vocabulary of Odor Learn how to compare same-named odors with The 13 Intermediate Vocabulary of Odors Experience the full Advanced 28 Vocabulary of Odor Practice using the Circular scent diagram that Jeanne calls a ‘scent snapshot’ Experience recognizing, identifying, and describing odors of various complexities. Take home some of Jeanne's historical odors After this class, you will have a rich toolbox of language to use when describing scents. Reading, writing, and sharing about odors will never be the same!

"The fact that essential oils can kill bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics is amazing in itself. The fact that they can sometimes reverse antibiotic resi...stance in bacteria is seemingly miraculous. The most tested mechanism is in something called an efflux pump. This is a channel in the bacterial cell wall that spits out an antibiotic before it has time to fatally damage the cell. Both grapefruit oil and eugenol (the major constituent of clove oil) have been shown to turn off efflux pumps in some bacteria, thus removing their resistance to antibiotics (see illustration). Further mechanisms include that of p-cymene and myrcene, which have little actual antibacterial effect, but vastly aid the absorption into the bacteria of other substances, such as antibiotics, or other essential oil constituents. These mechanisms are discussed by Langeveld et al (2013)." Read the full article here: https://tisserandinstitute.org/resistance-is-futile/

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Essential oils, even 'safe' ones, should always be diluted before being applied to the skin. Robert offers these guidelines for dilution in his book Essential O...il Safety, as well as guidelines specific to certain oils. Find the book here: https://roberttisserand.com/essential-oil-safety-2nd-editi/

The question of the day... What are the most endangered plants that we should not be using for their essential oils? 10 endangered plants used for essential oi...ls Essential oils are just not sustainable for the environment in the amounts that we are now using. In my own lifetime, I have seen many oils be overused and then go out of use as they were not being replanted. Be selective in your usage of the plant and its essential oil. Be moderate. Often, the herbal use is preferred over the essential use. Here are some plants that are endangered, EO should not be used. These are listed in alphabetical order And not by most endangered. There are many plants that are overused, that should be used herbally (if at all) and that should not be collected and distilled. It takes many pounds of the living plant to produce a tiny amount of oil. So be moderate in your use of essential oils. Use the plant before you use the oil. Agarwood or Oud - Aquilaria agollocha, A. malaccensis and A. crassna Atlas Cedarwood from Morocco Cedrus spp. Elemi from Canarium luzonicum Frankincense resin from many species of Boswellia B. sacra Ledum palustre now known as Rhododendron tomentosum a peat bog plant Myrrh resin - Commiphora myrrha or C. molmol Rosewood - Aniba rosaeodora var. amazonica Ducke Sandalwood all species especially Santalum alba Spikenard - Nardostachys jatamansi Wintergreen Oil Gaultheria fragrantissima

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Vinegar of the Four Thieves .. If our modern-day-plague is coming, I'm getting ready. I started my prophylactic vinegar and will use it to drink (as needed) and... to dilute and spray on my face and hands to deter and even kill a virus. [this is made with HERBS..NOT essential oils]. Herbs and EO have different chemistry remember. 1 T Thyme dried 1 T Oregano dried 1 T Rosemary dried 1 T Rosemary flowers, fresh 3 T Melissa (LemonBalm), fresh and chopped 4 Garlic cloves, fresh and chopped 2 Star Anise 6 Clove buds Pour over 1-cup Apple cider vinegar. Put on the warm part of the stove to warm up. Steep. Transfer to a container. Steep and macerate for 10-days. Strain. Bottle. Label. Take 1 T 2x/day for prophylactic purpose.

The true store of Vinegar of the Four Thieves - or Thieves Blend 4-Thieves vinegar Ingredients 2 TBSP dried thyme 2 TBSP dried rosemary... 2 TBSP dried sage 2 TBSP dried lavender 2 TBSP dried spearmint 4-8 cloves garlic (minced, optional) 4 cups organic apple cider vinegar with "the Mother" Four thieves vinegar (also called Marseilles vinegar, Marseilles remedy, prophylactic vinegar, vinegar of the four thieves, camphorated acetic acid, vinaigre des quatre voleurs and acetum quator furum) is a concoction of vinegar (either from red wine, white wine, cider, or distilled white) infused with herbs, spices or garlic that was believed to protect users from the plague. The recipe for this vinegar has almost as many variations as its legend. History A 17th-century bottle This specific vinegar composition is said to have been used during the medieval period when the black death was happening, to prevent the catching of this dreaded disease. Other similar types of herbal vinegars have been used as medicine since the time of Hippocrates. Early recipes for this vinegar called for a number of herbs to be added into a vinegar solution and left to steep for several days. The following vinegar recipe hung in the Museum of Paris in 1937, and is said to have been an original copy of the recipe posted on the walls of Marseilles during an episode of the plague: Take three pints of strong white wine vinegar, add a handful of each of wormwood, meadowsweet, wild marjoram and sage, fifty cloves, two ounces of campanula roots, two ounces of angelic, rosemary and horehound and three large measures of camphor. Place the mixture in a container for fifteen days, strain, and express, then bottle. Use by rubbing it on the hands, ears and temples from time to time when approaching a plague victim and taking 1 T. twice a day as a prophylactic. Plausible reasons for not contracting the plague was that the herbal concoction contained natural flea repellents since the flea is the carrier for the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis. Wormwood has properties similar to cedar as an insect repellent, as do aromatics such as sage, cloves, camphor, rosemary, and campanula. Meadowsweet, although known to contain salicylic acid, is mainly used to mask odors like decomposing bodies. Another recipe called for dried rosemary, dried sage flowers, dried lavender flowers, fresh rue, camphor dissolved in spirit, sliced garlic, bruised cloves, and distilled wine vinegar. Modern-day versions of four thieves vinegar include various herbs that typically include sage, lavender, thyme, and rosemary, along with garlic. Additional herbs sometimes include rue, mint, and wormwood. It has become traditional to use four herbs in the recipeone for each thief, though earlier recipes often have a dozen herbs or more. It is still sold in Provence. In Italy a mixture called "seven thieves vinegar" is sold as a smelling salt, though its ingredients appear to be the same as in four thieves mixtures. Mythology The usual story declares that a group of thieves during a European plague outbreak were robbing the dead or the sick. When they were caught, they offered to exchange their secret recipe, which had allowed them to commit the robberies without catching the disease, in exchange for leniency. Another version says that the thieves had already been caught before the outbreak and their sentence had been to bury dead plague victims; to survive this punishment, they created the vinegar. The city in which this happened is usually said to be Marseille or Toulouse, and the time period can be given as anywhere between the 14th and 18th century depending on the storyteller. An alternative theory says that "four thieves vinegar" could be a corruption of "Forthave's vinegar", a concoction sold and invented by one Richard Forthave. (Published in a brief article in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 12, 1828, p. 89) [6] Another source, the book Abrégé de toute la médecine pratique (published in 1741), seems to attribute its creation to George Bates, though Bates' own published recipe for antipestilential vinegar in his Pharmacopoeia Bateana does not specifically use the name 'thieves' or 'four thieves'. Another humorous snippet in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction (Volume 10, 1827, p. 163), reads: A report of the plague in 1760 having been circulated, Messrs. Chandler and Smith, apothecaries, in Cheapside, had taken in a third partner, (Mr. Newsom,) and while the report prevailed, these gentlemen availed themselves of the popular opinion, and put a written notice in their windows of "Four Thieves' Vinegar sold here." Mr. Ball, an old apothecary, was passing by, and observing this, went into the shop. "What," said he, "have you taken in another partner?""No.""Oh! I beg your pardon," replied Ball, "I thought you had, by the ticket in your window." See more