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\u00a0 Putting It All Together & the Final Points on Essential Oils and Synergism<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen to the audio version in 4 minutes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the past month, I\u2019ve been reviewing the three factors to consider when choosing an essential oil for a specific issue or wellness goal. It began with a \u00a0\u201csimple list<\/a>\u201d and it blossomed into a bombardment of a rapid succession of articles building on this theme.<\/p>\n

General suggestions based on research, experts\u2019 opinions, and clinical experiences are all important to understand, but they have limitations. They don\u2019t always translate to the optimal choice for your body\u2019s unique biochemistry, needs, and health state at the time.<\/p>\n

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This week will bring to completion the last aspect to the third factor, synergism. Here is the final review of all the factors to keep in mind with selecting essential oils:<\/p>\n

1. Essential oils have complex chemical makeups and aromatic properties.<\/p>\n

Due to this, they have multiple, simultaneous effects on the body\u2019s physiology, biochemistry, and psychology. I call this the \u201ccomplicated-mind-memory-body-aroma connection.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Essential oils exert individualized and differing effects based on their surroundings. This could be within the environment of a petri dish, a rodent, or your body! They also have epigenetic actions.<\/p>\n

This means that your lifestyle and genetic differences can alter the actions of essential oils within the body. An oil may surprise you and act differently in you than what is expected from the literature or from your friend\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

3. Essential oils have synergy. This means that its \u201csum is greater than its parts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Synergy can exist within the essential oils itself based on the hundreds of constituents within it. For this reason, it is not valid to examine in isolation one or two of its compounds and expect the essential oil to behave in the same manner. Rather, the sum of all of them will keep each other \u201cin check,\u201d and will create a harmonizing and balancing effect.<\/p>\n

Synergy of essential oils can further be applied when mixing them with a carrier or base product, combining several essential oils together, or when using them with medications and other natural healing modalities. \u00a0In this way, essential oils can have even greater and enhanced healing properties.<\/p>\n

There are several important points if you decide to combine essential oils with anything. First, creating healing essential oil blends takes knowledge of aromatherapy based on complimentary chemical constituents and\/or therapeutic effects. (source<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Secondly, you always want to consider safety first with potential interactions of essential oils and medications. This can have effects on their actions and your results with them. You will want to explore more on medication synergy with essential oils in this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For your viewing or audio pleasure, you can also review all of the above in 11 minutes on my video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the anticipation is over!<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the conclusion on essential oils’ synergism including:<\/p>\n