Education and training/ 18.02.24
Safety issues page posted on August 5, 2013 from:
Safety issues page posted on August 5, 2013 from: learningabouteos.com Below is the information that was on the above site. It is typical of the incorrect and misleading pseudo science which originated over 20 years ago from 2 or 3 people in France. That wrong information has been parroted ad infinitum by other teachers. Their claimed therap...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
TRAINING & EDUCATION
TRAINING & EDUCATION Anyone considering a career in aromatherapy should study all the articles carefully. You will then have an idea on what to be on the lookout for, and how to avoid wasting your money. Do I need to take a training course? Minor updating 2014 Aromatherapy is no different to many other subjects in that it is only wor...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
BOTANICAL (Latin) NAMES FOR ESSENTIAL OILS
BOTANICAL (Latin) NAMES FOR ESSENTIAL OILS 'Aromatic Sense' the IATA newsletter, Summer 1996. Revised 2006 Over the years there has been an enormous push for utilising scientific terminology in aromatherapy. Unfortunately, few of the people promoting the use of Latin terminology have a working knowledge of the essential oil trade, or for...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
Lecture to the Royal College of Nurses conference
Lecture to the Royal College of Nurses conference on complementary medicine in 1992 by Martin Watt cert. phyt. medical herbalist. Paul has asked me to start the day and I am told that I have to wake everyone up. To do that I will pass on to you some of my knowledge about the misleading and untruthful claims made by some complementary thera...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
AROMATHERAPY FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
AROMATHERAPY FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION A USEFUL THERAPY, BUT TRAINING QUALITY AND SAFETY STANDARDS ARE A LOTTERY By Martin Watt Significant inroads into the mainstream clinical environment have been made in recent years by various forms of complementary medicine including aromatherapy (1). Therefore is the time not overdue for the medical...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
Some thoughts on the use of Complementary therapies
Some thoughts on the use of Complementary therapies within Government controlled health care services. By Martin Watt Mainly UK but can apply to other countries. A letter (May 2006) from Professor Michael Baum and other leading doctors in the UK, suggested that complementary therapies should not be used by our health service. Their reas...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
Letter from Institute of Comp. Medicine on UK organisations
Letter from Institute of Comp. Medicine on UK organisations. This letter below from the late Michael Endacott of the ICM, may seem out of date, but in some respects it remains valid. Particularly in relation to trade associations accepting LOWEST standards for qualifications. I intend therefore to continue hosting his letter so that newcome...
Therapeutic use issues/ 18.02.24
MISLEADING AND FAKE COVID CURES
MISLEADING AND FAKE COVID CURES By Martin Watt. June 2020 Since the coronavirus outbreak started there have been numerous quacks setting up prestigious looking web sites and blogs. The aromatherapy world has plenty of them. I expect the multi level sellers representatives are spreading the usual lies directly to their customers now after t...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Clinical Aromatherapy in Nursing
Clinical Aromatherapy in Nursing by Jane Buckle (Arnold 1997). Reviewed by Maria Lis-Balchin B.Sc. (Hons), PhD. This book should not be recommended for any University courses in complementary or alternative therapies as I do not feel it meets the academic standards expected of a course core book or recommended reading book at any level. Due...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Complete Guide to Aromatherapy
The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy 1995 edition by Salvatore Battaglia. Reviewed by Martin Watt. I thought parts of this book looked impressive until I started on the essential oil monographs. In those he includes the usual nonsense from earlier aromatherapy authors. They took the traditional uses of herbs and assumed the external applicati...