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Originally Posted by dice
[essential oils]
Handle with care. Many essential oils are "sensitizing" (cause
a local allergic reaction) to the skin, and they can burn the heck
out of you in their undiluted form (cinnamon oil and oregano oil
come immediately to mind in that context; get a drop of cinnamon
oil on you and it feels like someone touched you with a red-hot poker).
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You are exactly right about the care needed with essential oils! Once, I purchased some oregano oil external use. The wife made the mistake of swallowing a teaspoon of the stuff. She won't ever do that again. Too me, that's exactly the problem with many of the things called "natural". I'm reminded of ephedra. With many of the natural products such as herbs and esential oils there is little to identify exactly how much is needed or safe, much less how much you are getting in teas or similar applications. Reminded of when I bought some yellow root at a local market...talk about dropping the BP. Too, last year I saw Pennyroyal being sold at Lowes among the other mints...never mind what it could do to a child...not to mention instant abortions.
Now I see that some are experimenting with Thymol...the essential oil from thyme.. to fight virus diseases on plants. Wonder how a solution of Thyme, Rosemary, and Oregano oil would work as a spray...but then again, how much?