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Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:22 am  |
This is a good question. I am interested in the input on reliable therapeutic grade EOs suppliers.
I was looking into it recently with focus on internal EO intake. From what I understand the info on a label does not necessarily reflect actual contents, and the best thing to go by company reputation. Many companies add synthetic content, or dilute EOs while putting labels such as "pure" or "therapeutic". Somebody involved with EOs told me that there are only 2% of EOs on the market are really therapeutic grade, e.g. best quality suitable for internal use.
There are two companies in US that are trustworthy, and supposedly sell best grade oils, unfortunately they are very expensive. One company is Young Living, and the other one doTerra. doTerra broke off from Young Living some time ago because they in turn felt that at some point some batches of Young Living EOs were not the highest quality as it should be. Both companies heavily sell though their consultants, and I do not feel that good about their selling approaches. Nevertheless I got some of doTerra's oils.
Even if EOs do not contain any synthetic matter it is still not that simple to get the right EOs. Good EOs should be produced from the right plant parts, during particular time of the season (when the thought after properties are in their prime), should be processed in a timely manner (so that the properties are not lost because of the time delay), right temperature, etc. In other words the entire process is very important and should be closely monitored.
The companies should test each and every batch with 60 m scale. I looked at mountainroseherbs web site and they state that they sell therapeutic grade oils that are tested, but because of all the info listed above I am on a fence about it. |
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Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:00 pm |
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| while we feed friends and family, we rarely slather EO concoctions on them. |
DarkMoon - like your sense of humor.
Yes, it is a good point.
BTW - years ago, when I tried to do some skin care concoctions I used to buy the oils from OSA (www.originalswissaromatics.com) and Leydet (www.leydet.com).
I do not know anything about these companies (they were part of the "resource" section), and none of my concoctions worked too well if at all.
I still years later have many of the oils - wonder if they are still good (all in dark glass bottles with closed caps)... |
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Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:24 pm |
From my personal experience they do not expire, they are much more likely to evaporate before going off. I have several that I have owned for around 4-5 years and they are fine. They should be stored in a cool dark place to keep them at their peak. What may or may not have gone bad in the time frame would be the Almond oil first, Beeswax second, but if they smell normal they should be fine. Any vegetable, nut, fruit oil can become rancid, some quicker than others. You can tell easily by the odor. The beeswax should be OK but give it the sniff test, you will know!
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