June 29, 2023
63: Essential Oil Plant Families: A Guide to Aromatherapy's Building Blocks
Join Liz as she takes you on a journey into the enchanting and diverse world of essential oil plant families.
What You Will Hear in Episode 63:
- What is a plant family?
- What quantifies a plant to be included in a specific botanical family?
- Examples of human families vs plant families
- Why you should not automatically substitute one essential oil for another from the same plant family.
- Understanding how plant families can deepen your relationship with aromatics and the natural world
- Eight Plant Families and their characteristics
- Essential Oils from the plant families featured in the episode
Resources and Links
- Patreon.com/aromaticwisdom for a 5-page printable of all the plant families and their corresponding essential oils.
- Liz's Blog post on Plant Families
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For a full, printable transcript of this episode, go to Patreon.com/AromaticWisdom.
The printable transcript is a wonderful tool that you can add to other aromatherapy study materials, a resource binder, highlighting key points or simply making your own notes in the margin.
