| o Plants grown commercially with pesticides, | | | | is an ART and attention must be given to the nature |
| herbicides, and chemicalso Distillation processes that | | | | of each plant. For instance, cypress oil takes 23 hours |
| employ high temperatures and pressure to cut | | | | to distill. If the process is hurried, not all of the |
| processing time and reduce production costs.o Use of | | | | compound molecules will come across in the distillation |
| chemical solvents to squeeze more oil from the plant | | | | process which means that the oil will not have all the |
| that compromises the life force of the plant.o | | | | components necessary for this to be a healing oil. |
| Addition of synthetic compounds to restore some of | | | | Some oils can be extended in volume simply by |
| the fragrance lost during high-pressure distillation.o | | | | adding alcohol which may have no smell. Unless there |
| Removal of certain molecules from the oil to | | | | is a gas chromatography test performed at that |
| manipulate the oil's chemistry to meet a perfume | | | | particular batch of oils, the buyer might be fooled and |
| standard or a flavor grade.o Dilution of the oil to | | | | the unscrupulous adulterator has just pocketed a lot |
| increase the volume and thus increase profitability. | | | | of money. |
| These kinds of manipulations poison the oil, lower its | | | | My suggestion is that you know and come to trust |
| electromagnetic frequency and kills its life force. Dead | | | | the grower, producer, distiller, packager and seller. |
| oils cannot heal. They may still smell nice or taste | | | | Work only with reparable companies that can assure |
| good but they are not therapeutic grade oils. Such | | | | you that each and every batch of essential oils has |
| oils are toxic if applied "neat" (directly on the body). | | | | been tested for purity and that the oils meet the |
| Why you may ask do growers, producers and middle | | | | standards as set by the French. Testing once a year |
| men find the need to mess with essential oils? What | | | | is not sufficient to know whether the batch your |
| is the profit is this? The only answer is greed. | | | | bottle of essential oil comes from was properly |
| Essential oils are expensive and when produced | | | | tested. Becoming a certified aromatherapist will help |
| without pesticides, herbicides and chlorinated water, | | | | you in becoming knowledgeable about the quality of |
| the production cost is much greater. Distilling the oils | | | | essential oils. |