| All but the most stubborn, unrelenting, curmudgeonly | | | | rates of juvenile leukemia; and very careful, detailed |
| old physicians agree on essential oils' therapeutic | | | | and well-documented research confirms the |
| value. Especially physicians and nurses who work with | | | | connection between PCB's in groundwater and |
| critically ill patients recommend essential oil therapy as | | | | exceptionally high rates of digestive-tract cancers. |
| part of an eclectic, comprehensive treatment | | | | Consistent with naturopaths' contention Nature |
| program for potentially fatal illnesses and injuries. | | | | provides the most powerful antidotes for man's |
| Complementing, reinforcing, and supplementing | | | | monumental mistakes, almost all healthcare |
| traditional treatments, essential oils' therapeutic | | | | professionals now advocate some kind of essential oil |
| applications have gained widespread acceptance | | | | therapy as part of an advanced cancer-treatment |
| among surgeons, clinicians, and hospitalists. Supported | | | | program. . |
| and encouraged by a growing body of reputable | | | | Research confirms Burdock, so humble an herb it |
| research, oncologists, endocrinologists, and | | | | does not always qualify for experts' lists of |
| psychiatrists regularly enhance standard treatments | | | | essentials, inhibits growth and reproduction of cancer |
| with therapeutic essential oils. | | | | cells. It also seems to black cancer cells from |
| Specialized Requirements for Essential Oil Therapeutic | | | | metastasizing. Burdock, therefore, is the primary |
| Grade | | | | ingredient in one of the most widely prescribed |
| One ER physician, who uses therapeutic essential oils | | | | breast cancer therapies. During treatment for cancer, |
| as anesthetics, antiseptics, and anti-depressants, | | | | essential oil therapeutic regimes help patients control |
| emphasizes, "Genuinely therapeutic essential oils must | | | | the side effects of chemotherapy, and they maintain |
| meet rigorous standards for purity, concentration, | | | | patients' immune systems, protecting them against |
| and safety. We do not just drag in a few old roots, | | | | infection and illness. Especially effective during |
| brush-off the dirt, and start administering flowers and | | | | treatments for pancreatic and colon cancers, |
| herbs to critically ill and injured patients. Our | | | | essential oil therapy speeds recovery from radiation, |
| therapeutic essential oils, in fact, undergo more | | | | helping patients maintain proper nutrition even when |
| demanding testing than most of our generic | | | | they have lost their appetites. |
| medications." Gas chromatography testing guarantees | | | | Essential oil: Therapeutic Applications in Endocrinology |
| compliance with essential oil therapeutic-grade | | | | and Treatment of Immune Deficiencies |
| standards. Regular assessments of steam distillation | | | | Because almost all HIV/AIDS treatments are still in |
| equipment and procedures assures processors' | | | | their experimental stages, physicians have |
| adherence to standards for preparing therapeutic | | | | encouraged clinical trials of essential oil therapeutic |
| grade essential oils. The standards also prohibit use of | | | | regimes. Two of the humblest plants in the garden |
| preservatives or other additives. Only 2% of natural | | | | have revealed amazing bio-medical capacities. The |
| extracts satisfy International Standards for essential | | | | unpretentious geranium, for example, has earned |
| oils therapeutic grade. | | | | unqualified scientific endorsement for its |
| Essential oil: Therapeutic Applications in Oncology | | | | "anti-proliferative properties." Geraniol-the flower's |
| As investigators reveal cancer's causes, they confirm | | | | eponymous oil-has proven its capacity for inhibiting |
| our worst suspicions: Synthetic chemicals cause the | | | | growth of virulent cells and boosting patients' immune |
| majority of serious cancers. The more people | | | | systems in strict double-blind testing. In addition to |
| contaminate the environment, the more they | | | | inhibiting growth of hostile cells, geraniol increased |
| contribute to the cancer epidemic. Mesothelioma, the | | | | multiplication of healthy anti-bodies by at least 40%. |
| cancer that develops after sustained exposure to | | | | Almost as promising as geraniums, Burdock-already |
| asbestos, provides the clearest, most compelling | | | | proven promising in cancer treatments-retarded |
| evidence of the link between environmental toxins | | | | depletion of leucocytes, essential immune cells, by |
| and cancer. By no means, however, does | | | | more than 28%. With no risk of dangerous side |
| mesothelioma stand as the only example. Exposure | | | | effects, these two therapeutic essences promise to |
| to electro-magnetic fields around high-tension lines | | | | lead medicines next sorties in the war on cancer. |
| undeniably corresponds with higher-than-average | | | | |