Education and training/ 18.02.24
AROMATHERAPY BOOKS AND COURSES
AROMATHERAPY BOOKS AND COURSES Look at any course notes you had during your training. Do they contain any references to justify claims like: "German chamomile is anti inflammatory", "lavender is a relaxant", "tea tree kills bacteria". If you see no references to scientific papers justifying such claims, then your course provider has not bo...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
Herbs and Essential oils - the differences in action and the errors in aromatherapy
Herbs and Essential oils - the differences in action and the errors in aromatherapy By Martin Watt The following three old newsgroup emails have been put into this article because aromatherapists are still not being educated on these vital issues. Indeed leading course providers and oil suppliers continue to promote essential oils based o...
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...
Therapeutic use issues/ 18.02.24
Ancient Egyptian uses of aromatic plants
SOME PLANTS USED IN ANCIENT EGYPT WITH THEIR POTENTIAL MEDICINAL PROPERTIES By Martin watt Written for the benefit of the participants on an aromatherapy trip to Egypt. Important note: When this was written it was mainly an article about the herbs. Therefore, do not assume all the comments are applicable to a distilled oil. CHAMOM...
Therapeutic use issues/ 18.02.24
Health advice for rescuers
Could Aromatherapy and Massage Help Survivors and Workers Recover from September 11? By Martin Watt First published by: The journal Aromatic sage People who do not know much about aromatherapy will think that it may be a nice relaxing massage with a nice smell, but that’s about it. However, that alone give tremendous relief from physi...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
The Chemistry of Essential Oils
THE CHEMISTRY OF ESSENTIAL OILS Revised edition 2008 By David Williams ISBN 978-1870228-31-2 Reviewed by Martin Watt - Dec 2008 This book is something I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to understand the chemistry and other issues of the use of essential oils. This edition includes many GLC charts on each different essential oil...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple
The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple By David Stewart Reviewed by Robert Tisserand Review first published on August 24th 2012: http://roberttisserand.com/2012/08/book-review-the-chemistry-of-essential-oils-made-simple/ At almost 850 pages, there's plenty of reading here. Unfortunately, this book is replete with errors. There are inn...