Dangers of Essential Oils
Modified on Aug 08, 2021
Essential oils are a wonderful concentrated form of plants. They are used as natural remedies for an endless varieties of health issues. However, overused or used incorrectly they can be harmful and downright dangerous.
It takes a very large amount of plant material to make just one drop of an essential oil. Of course, not all of the elements from the plant material will be concentrated into the oil; only the oil soluble elements will end up in the oils once they have been processed. Even so, the oils are very strong and need to be respected as such.
It takes a pound of lavender flowers to make a teaspoon of lavender essential oil. It can take about 100 pounds of rose petals to make a teaspoon of rose essential oil. (No wonder it is so expensive!)
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