AROMATHERAPY

When you enter the Fragrant Pharmacy a whole world of possibility is waiting for you. There you will find nature in one of its most powerful forms.—aromatic liquid substances known as essential oils, which are extracted from certain species of flowers, grasses, fruits, leaves, roots and trees. These concentrated liquids are indispensable to medicine, and to the food cosmetic industries.There are at present about three hundred essential oils, which between them constitute an extremely effective medical system. Many of these are the active ingredients in drugs prescribed by the orthodox Western system of medicine, or the inspiration for chemical copies.

In food and drink essential oils are used to give natural flavour and aroma, and as preservatives. Manufacturer of cosmetics appreciate their cell-rejuvenation and beautifying properties, while the fragrance industry is more concerned with their delightful aroma and their mood and emotion-enhancing capacities. Each single oil is used for many diverse purposes. For example, peppermint oil is an anti-inflammatory used to treat rheumatism and arthritis; and it is prescribed by doctors for the relief of discomfort in the digestive system, under the trade name `Colperin. It is well known that peppermint is used by confectioners; and less well known that it is also an ingredient in aftershave lotions. 

It is across this wide spectrum that this web extends, explaining fully and for the first time the many uses to which essential oils can be put in the home. We shall see peppermint oil used for all the purposes mentioned above and many more besides, from headache cure to a method of clearing an ant`s nest or deterring mice from spending the winter in your roof. Impressive though the medicinal qualities of essential oils are, the fragrant pharmacy is not just a book in which to look up illnesses and find the appropriate treatment. This is the household manual of the future and it provides answers to a very wide range of problems.

Reference:Fragrant pharmacy/V.A.Worwood

Vaginal infections and inflammation

• and all sexual activity should stop until the infection has cleared up. If you absolutely can't say 'no' to sex, use a condom as this reduces the risk of passing the infection back and forth between you
  
  Trichomonas
  Here is a synergistic blend formula for trichomonas. As you know by now, you make up the synergistic blend and then add the recommended number of drops taken from the concentrate, depending upon the method you intend to use. It is important that whenever method you choose, you should keep up the attack - use the essential oil remedy regularly and do not be tempted to double the dose, thinking you will be doubling your chance of recovery - instead use for twice as long. Follow the method preparations as described in the section on thrush.
  
  Trichomonas Synergistic Blend

• Tea Tree	5 drops
  Cypress	4 drops
  Lavender	8 drops
  Red Thyme	3 drops

• Choose your method from these:

• Teatree	8 drops in Sitz bath daily
  Cypress	4 drops in yogurt
  Lavender	4 drops in bicarbonate of soda and 600Mls of water pour the mixture into your vaginal douche pump

• Choose your method from these:
  
  4 drops of one of the above oils in one teaspoonful of vinegar added to 600mls of water.
  2 drops of the above blend in 600mls of water, drop a tampon in to this blend and insert.
  Use five drops of the above blend  per teaspoon of vegetable oil/carrier oil
  
  Massage oil - use twice a day, morning and night (keep the unused half  teaspoon in an eggcup for the evening massage.
  
  Now let us look at the essential oils that can help to clear up some of the other debilitating infections and inflammations that women are prone to:
  
  Essential oils to help clear Vaginal infections
  Cinnamon-Juniper-Hyssop-Lavender-Rosemary-Sage-Clary sage-Red Thyme-Origanum-Tea Tree-Eucalyptus-Cypress-Niaouli
  
  Essential oils to help clear inflamed vaginal tissues
  Chamomile German-Lavender-Yarrow-Tea Tree- Eucalyptus-Angelica
  
  Many conditions can be helped by the use of essential oils - you may like to experiment yourself, taking care to follow the golden rules for the use of douches, or choosing one of the other methods outlined here.

Summary of Methods of Use

Douche:
If specified, you can douche once a day for three days each week, always add the oils to spring water that has been warmed.

Sitz Bath method

• Drop formula into bath of water, run to hip level. Sit there for at last 15 minutes. Tampon Method Soak tampon in mixture of essential oil and other ingredients, as directed. Place in vagina in morning and
  take out at night. Creams Add formula to 120ml vitamin E ointment or KY jelly. Massage Oil Add formula in proportion to a total of 3o drops per 30ml any vegetable oil including soya, almond, sunflower, borage seed, evening primrose, jojoba. Glycerine available from any pharmacy, glycerine oil makes essential oils less harmful to vaginal mucous membrane and lessens irritation. Add essential oils to glycerine before adding this mix to water.
•  Reference: Valerie Ann Wormwood/Fragrant Pharmacy

Take 2 tablespoons of Vinegar add:

When you have completed the solution, soak a tampon in it and insert into the vagina. Do this daily, in the morning, remembering to take it out at night. Alternatively, use the entire solution in a douche, daily for three days. If you would prefer to use a bath method, add the solution made up as above to a bath that has been run until it is at hip level and ad 1 tablespoon of rock salt, as salt helps to heal the mucous membrane. (The salt addition, however, can only be used in the bath method, not the douche or tampon methods).

When the mucous membrane of the vagina is inflamed and very sore it is sometimes better to use another method- bicarbonate of soda. This works in the opposite way to yogurt or vinegar methods as it increases the alkaline content of the vagina instead of the acid content, making the vagina too alkaline for the fungus of Candida to grow.

The bicarbonate of soda treatment for Thrush
Dilute half a tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda into 600mls of warm water, mix together well.

Dilute Lavender 2 drops
          yarrow     2 drops in one tablespoon of vegetable oil.

Although water and oil don't mix, do the best you can and don't worry about it as this is an effective way to use the soda with the essential oils of nature. You can soak a tampon in the solution and insert into the vagina, daily, remembering to take it out at night. Alternatively, use the entire solution in a douche, daily for three days. And if you prefer the bath method, pour the entire solution into the bath that has been run to the level of the hips. One way or another, you will banish the nasty little thrush fungus from your life!

Fragrant Pharmacy/ V. Wormwood

Thrush treatment for Men- Women 

• Change to a wholefood Diet as previously recommended.
  Three tablets of Acidophilus per day
• Tea tree    5 drops
  Patchouli  5 drops
  
  Combine and add 1 drop to a bowl of warm water and wash under the foreskin twice a day; Dilute 1 drop in 30ml vegetable oil and apply under the foreskin once a day.
  
  Now that you know you are not going to be re-infected by your possibly symptomless partner, take a look at the essential oils which will help to clear up your case of thrush.
  
  Essential oils for clearing Thrush
  
  Chamomile German-Yarrow-Marjoram-Cajeput-Eucalyptus-Lavender-Geranium-Rosemary-Tea Tree-Myrrh-Thyme-Patchouli 
• There are several ways to treat thrush, so find the most effective for you. First, the yogurt way The yogurt used here must be whole-milk, natural, white, un-pasturized and with a live acidophilus culture - obviously, no additives or preservatives.
  If you can't find a 'live yogurt' that fits the bill, forget this method for now.
• Using yogurt with essential oils  provides dual action - the lactic acid  and 'friendly' bacteria of the yogurt plus the antibiotic and anti-fungal properties  of the essential oil. You can prepare a carton of yogurt  for the purpose  and keep it in the fridge . This method is very effective if you have a lot of soreness and itching.
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  Chamomile German    5 drops
  Lavender                     5 drops
  Tea Tree                     5 drops
• Add to 100g carton of yogurt (as above) and stir well.
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  Now we get to the fun part- trying to get the yogurt mixture into the vagina! Use either an applicator for inserting pessaries or a tampon applicator. If the latter, remove the tampon and scoop as much yogurt into the applicator as you can (in the end which normally holds the tampon)You will need to close the end of the applicator that normally pushes the tampon into the vagina; either use a piece of adhesive tape or plug it tightly with cotton wool. Insert the applicator now as you would with a tampon into the vagina. This will enable you to get as much yogurt  mixture into the vagina as necessary. Use once a day until the condition has cleared up.
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  Another way of using yogurt is to dilute it in warm spring water until a thin fluid has been obtained. Then add the following essential oils.
• Geranium  3 drops
  Marjoram  2 drops
  Patchouli  1 drop
  Add to 100g yogurt and spring water and stir well.
• Place this mixture into a douche and wash out the vaginal tract twice a day. If you don't have a douche, here is another method but it is not so effective and therefore takes longer to clear the thrush away. Put the yogurt and essentials oils into a bowl of warm water and lower yourself into it, submerging the whole genital area. Open the vagina with your fingers and push as much water as you can with the palm of your hand into the vagina. If you find this too difficult, just open the vagina as wide as possible and allow the solution to enter.
• Alternatively again, soak a tampon in the yogurt mixture and insert into the vagina once a day in the morning, making sure to remove the tampon at night.
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  Thrush can also be treated by using the vinegar and water methods. The vinegar of course, should be entirely natural product with no additives or preservatives - apple vinegar is excellent. It is important that the vinegar should be sugarless as the thrush fungus thrives on sugar. Vinegar can help restore the acid balance of the vagina.
• If you are in discomfort and have not seen your GP, please book an appointment as soon as possible. Your GP can request the appropriate tests and further referrals that may be needed.
• Reference: Fragrant Pharmacy/Valerie Wormwood