What Essential Oils CAN Do For You...and What They Can’t

2022-12-30

Essential oils are claimed to do everything from being relaxing to literally summoning archangels. Some of those claims are backed up by actual evidence! Others...not so much. Sources: Wińska K, Mączka W, Łyczko J, Grabarczyk M, Czubaszek A, Szumny A. Essential Oils as Antimicrobial Agents-Myth or Real Alternative? Molecules. 2019 Jun 5;24(11):2130. doi: 10.3390/molecules24112130. PMID: 31195752; PMCID: PMC6612361. Bassett IB, Pannowitz DL, Barnetson RS. A comparative study of tea-tree oil versus be...

Essential oils are claimed to do everything from being relaxing to literally summoning archangels. Some of those claims are backed up by actual evidence! Others...not so much.

Sources:

Wińska K, Mączka W, Łyczko J, Grabarczyk M, Czubaszek A, Szumny A. Essential Oils as Antimicrobial Agents-Myth or Real Alternative? Molecules. 2019 Jun 5;24(11):2130. doi: 10.3390/molecules24112130. PMID: 31195752; PMCID: PMC6612361.

Bassett IB, Pannowitz DL, Barnetson RS. A comparative study of tea-tree oil versus benzoylperoxide in the treatment of acne. Med J Aust. 1990 Oct 15;153(8):455-8. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb126150.x. PMID: 2145499.

Babar, Ali et al. Essential oils used in aromatherapy: A systemic review Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2015; 5(8): 601-611 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/aromatherapy-do-essential-oils-really-work

Pigeon learned behaviors: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1948-04299-001

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