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07 Apr 2010

7 Apr, 2010 Natural & Homeophatic Remedies

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Orange Essential

Although the word aromatherapy makes it sound as if the therapeutic content of an essential oil is merely the scent, this is not really the case. The scent may indeed add something to the experience, but the healing property is bound up in the constituents contained in the essential oil, a complex natural blend which is distinct from one plant to another.

Even quite closely related plants, such as dwarf pine and Scots pine, may have entirely different properties - so much so that while Scots pine has many uses in aromatherapy, dwarf pine has none at all.

Some plants produce more than one essential oil, depending on the part used. The bitter orange, for example, is used to create neroli essential oil from the blossom, petitgrain from the leaves and twigs and bitter orange oil from the fruit (or more correctly, the orange rind). All these are used for different purposes.

Pure essential oils are extracted from plants, usually by distillation. Whatever process is used ensures that all the chemical constituents are retained in their original proportions, uncorrupted by other substances. When you buy 100% pure essential oil you know that what you are getting will work as expected, without unwanted side effects.

However, many oils are rare and difficult to obtain. Some have always been difficult to source, and others are becoming more rare because demand has outstripped supply - due to a failure of sustainable horticulture. In fact, in many cases, the plants which produce the oils have simply been harvested from the wild, and there's obviously a limit to how often you can do this before stocks start to run out.

The result of this rarity combined with the huge demand of the market is that some unscrupulous suppliers have started to add impurities in an effort to boost the volume of product they have available for sale. Some of these claim that their additives are "nature identical" but if this was truly the case, the resulting additions would be even more expensive than the product they are trying to imitate.

As already stated, essential oils contain a complex mixture of ingredients, and it's impossible to duplicate this exactly. There's only one thing identical to nature - and that's nature itself.

When you think about the subtle differences between the different oils extracted from the bitter orange plant and the different uses of each of them, it's clear that you need to be very sure that what you are getting is the actual genuine product and not some imitation cobbled together in a lab.

Even if the label on the bottle says "therapeutic grade", if there's nothing guaranteeing the 100% purity of the oil, don't buy it. Make sure you buy oils which are labeled "100% pure essential oil" and that the supplier is reputable and well known for the quality of their products.

Visit Guide to Aromatherapy for an essential oils guide and information about using essential oils safely and methods of use. The site was created by Frann Leach, who is well known in the field of alternative herbal medicine. For an overview visit http://guidetoaromatherapy.org/guide-to-aromatherapy-an-overview/