First of all, for pure dew, the content of aromatic molecules is far less than that of essential oil, accounting for only about two to three thousandths. These aromatic molecules and the "information molecules" they carry start the body's self-healing system and arouse the body's self-healing ability. The human body is 70% water, which can interact with pure dew and produce subtle response. The lower the concentration, the more powerful the effect can be.
This "small and powerful" feature is mild, safe and efficient without too many taboos, and can be widely used in the elderly, pregnant women, infants and even pets.
However, it has been clinically proved that the effective components of some pure dew contain estrogen-like function, which will affect the hormone system of human body. These pure dew are not suitable for pregnant women, infants and patients suffering from hormone-related cancer diseases. For example, yarrow, sage, hyssop, winter mint and so on.
Secondly, as far as oral administration of essential oils is concerned, most essential oils are not allowed to be taken orally. Pure essential oils is fat-soluble, high-purity, high-concentration, small-molecule, high-speed penetration, and has the characteristics of skin irritation. pure essential oils can easily cause irritation and burns to gastrointestinal mucosa by direct oral administration.
More importantly, some essential oils are clinically proven to be "toxic", including oral toxicity, hepatotoxicity, neurotoxicity and even carcinogenicity. Such as aromatic white beads, American wild mint, winter mint, clove leaves, sacred basil, hyssop, sassafras, sage and other essential oils. Animal experiments have proved that it will be fatal if it is taken orally in large quantities. Most of the causes of death are that the ingredients contained in it will seriously harm the liver and kidney, leading to failure, and a few will affect the brain nerves. Be careful!
At the same time, almost all substances need to be metabolized by the liver, and the chemical molecules of essential oils are diverse and highly concentrated. Some essential oils, such as clove, fennel, peppermint and cinnamon bark, will lead to excessive burden on the liver and destroy the detoxification mechanism of the human body, but this will only happen in a long-term, large-scale and oral situation, and general massage or inhalation will not produce hepatotoxicity.
However, there are also some kinds of essential oils, such as chastity tree, cardamom, coriander and so on, which are particularly targeted and safe. They can be used to blend vegetable oil for oral administration in the short term to deal with emergencies such as digestive system and endocrine system, and they should not be taken for a long time, so as not to increase the burden on the liver.
When taking orally, it should be noted that pure essential oils is a fat-soluble component, but not a water-soluble component. If pure essential oils is directly dropped into water, the essential oil will float on the surface of water and cannot be dissolved and diluted. At this time, oral administration will cause burns and corrosion of oral mucosa and digestive tract.
If it is really necessary to take essential oil orally, it should be done under the guidance of a professional aromatherapist, and at the same time, it should be diluted by dropping essential oil into oral vegetable oil. If you are not used to the taste of oral vegetable oil, you can buy a special essential oil emulsifier, or you can take it orally after dropping essential oil in fat-rich substances such as milk and yogurt.
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