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Sept. 28, 2023

66: What is an Essential Oil Chemotype?

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! What You Will Hear in Episode 66: Definition of essential oil chemotype Examples of plants with different chemotypes Importance of understanding chemotypes for blending and therapeutic applications Factors that influence chemotypes GC/MS testing and chemotypes Safety and efficacy considerations when choosing essential oils with specific chemotypes Aroma differences between che...
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Nov. 10, 2022

61: Natural Relief for Acute Bronchitis: Essential Oils and Wellness Protocol

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! Summary: In this informative episode, we explore the natural approach to treating acute bronchitis using the power of essential oils. Join me, your host Liz Fulcher, as I share my own personal experience with acute bronchitis and tell the method I used to choose my essential oils based on their therapeutic properties and respiratory benefits. I also discuss practical methods of app...
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Sept. 22, 2022

54: The Amazing Blue Essential Oils: Chemistry and Benefits

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! In today’s episode, Liz will enlighten you on why some essential oils are blue in color while others are not as well as the amazing properties you can expect when you use the blue oils. What You'll Hear in Episode 54: What are the "blue" essential oils? Liz explains the unique chemistry that creates the blue color How many "blue" essential oils exist? (hint: there are more than f...
Jan. 26, 2018

35: Chemical Families Deep Dive - Part 2

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! ❤️ If you enjoy this podcast, feel free to support the show Patreon.com/AromaticWisdom ❤️ In today’s episode, Liz continues from Podcast Episode 034 in which she shared about five different chemical families: Monoterpenes, Sesquiterpenes, Monoterpenols, Sesquiterpenols, and Phenols. Today, in Part 2 of Essential Oil Chemistry Deep Dive, the learning of AromaChemistry continues as L...
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Jan. 18, 2018

34: Chemical Families Deep Dive Part 1

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! ❤️ If you enjoy this podcast, feel free to support the production and get receive even more aromatic wisdom check out my Patreon page! Patreon.com/AromaticWisdom ❤️ In this episode, Liz dives into 5 different essential oil chemical families as she teaches the unique properties, benefits, and safety considerations for each family. You can find my online courses here: AromaticWisdo...
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Jan. 11, 2018

33: Understanding GC/MS Essential Oil Testing: The Key to Effective Blending

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! ❤️ If you enjoy this podcast, feel free to support the production and get even more aromatic wisdom here: Patreon.com/AromaticWisdom ❤️ In today’s episode, you’ll learn what an essential oil GC/MS report is and the importance of having one for each essential oil that you're working with; especially if you're doing therapeutic or medicinal blending. Enjoy the podcast! It is my sin...
32
Jan. 4, 2018

32: A Guide to Understanding Essential Oil Chemical Families

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! ❤️ If you enjoy this podcast, feel free to support the production and get even more aromatic wisdom here: Patreon.com/AromaticWisdom ❤️ In today’s episode, you'll learn the basics of what an essential oil chemical family is and why understanding the general characteristics of each family can be a great way to begin to learn essential oil chemistry and improve your blending skills!...
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Sept. 17, 2015

15: Five Ways Hydrosols can Help With Allergy Relief

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! Hydrosol, also known as distillate water or hydrolat, is the water that remains under the thin layer of essential oil after the distillation process. Hydrosols contain many of the benefits of essential oils but in a more subtle and gentle way. In this episode, Liz talks about hydrosols and how they're made and recommends hydrosols and methods that are super for allergy relief. Supp...
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Sept. 10, 2015

14: 1,8 Cineole Essential Oils for Respiratory Health

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! Continuing with this month's theme of Respiratory Health, in Episode 14 you'll learn all about the essential oils that are high in the rockstar molecule called 1,8 cineole. Discover how the 1,8 cineole essential oils can have a healthy impact on your sinuses and entire repiratory system. Support the show 📬 Subscribe for more Aromatic Wisdom from Liz!
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Jan. 15, 2015

8: Five Reasons Every Aromatherapist Should Learn Essential Oils Chemistry

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! We all want our essential oil blends to be effective and safe, right? Essential oil chemistry makes that possible! It is really important for anyone working with essential oils to understand the chemistry of these powerful plant extracts you're working with, especially if you are making blends for other people. What You Will Hear in this Episode Basics of essential oil chemistry W...
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Dec. 11, 2014

5: Six Essential Oils for a Healthy Respiratory System

📳 You can now send me a text! Do you have a question? Comment? Suggestion? Testimonial? I'd love to hear from you! In today’s episode, Liz shares how essential oils can help your respiratory system and keep your throat, sinuses and lungs working well. She covers what therapeutic properties to look for in a respiratory-supporting oil and what those properties actually mean in terms of how they help the body. You will learn the best methods of application for respiratory health and her pick of s...