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| Article: Aromatherapy Demands More Credit - by Richard C. Honour, PhD | ||
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She sat on the examining table while the orthopedic surgeon removed the
walking cast and the thin cotton sock. The Doc then stood with hands on
hips, akimbo, head swaying left and right, uttering, “I am so amazed;
I have never seen anything like it. What did you do this time?” We had totally shocked the well-known surgeon a month earlier when he removed the hard cast and reviewed the X-rays of the broken leg. This was one month after the hiking accident that left her with a severely broken lower left leg. The fibula was broken in two places at two different angles and required two steel plates and a series of screws. Immediately after the initial surgery we started her on an herbal formulation from China that is loosely translated as ‘Bone Mending.” The product was developed and tested there long ago to evaluate the rate and fidelity of bone fracture healing. Because I am an Advisor to the US company that is now developing the product for Western markets I had access to several bottles of the first run material. As the Doc looked at the radiographs of her healed leg bones after just four weeks of immobilization and herbal treatment, he remarked about how amazed he was that the bones of a 60-year-old could mend so rapidly and completely, and without any evidence of a bone scar or seam at the site of the break. Now there we were, a month later, this time experiencing the Doc’s next ‘amazement’ at the absence of a typical heavy scar on the skin at the site of the major surgical incision. There is a faint scar line, but it was not raised or thick, and now he stated further, “I am amazed that I cannot even feel the scar, and it can hardly be seen. What did you do this time,?” he repeated. Following the surgical procedure to set the bones, install and fasten the metalwork, and then sew it all back together, we had to wait four weeks until the hard cast was removed for inspection. We then initiated the application of our botanical essential oil product regimen for scar minimization. For the first week a Dry Skin essential oil formulation was applied twice daily to prevent any drying and itching of the healing wound and the developing scar. For the following three weeks the primary ingredients for the No Scar essential oil formulation were applied, again twice daily. Now, at this visit, the surgeon next asked, “Do you have a patent on this product?” He was curious and interested, and we had his attention based on the observed results. Perhaps having read the three recent articles on the Natural Health Web by Annette Ramsey (Aromatherapy and You! - An Introduction), Linda Gutherie (Essential oils and Aromatherapy for Your Life) and Iris Chiappolini (Nature's Medicine) would have helped put some of these observations into a more logical perspective for the surgeon. Annette Ramsey tells us that, “Aromatherapy is the use of the aromatic pure essential oils from plants, absorbed via inhalation or through application to the skin, for physical and emotional therapeutic benefit.” She goes on to rightfully stress the safety factors to be observed when using essential oils for human healthcare, and does not hesitate to remind us that essential oils have been, and continue to be, used for their therapeutic benefits. Linda Gutherie states for us clearly that, “Essential Oils are the heart of true aromatherapy.” In this purely medical case of ‘scar inhibition’ or ‘minimizing,’ aromatherapy implies the use of essential oils from medicinal plants to provide an immediate and effective human health care solution. Iris Chiappolini points out that the practice of medicine using natural products, and especially essential oils, is likely as old as is modern Man. “Essential oils were very likely one of the first medicines of man,” she says. “They offer a gentle option for reestablishing homeostatis…. They stimulate the body’s own natural healing mechanisms as they enter the bloodstream and are carried to every cell in the body where they are most effective in promoting health, balance and regeneration.” She states the case very well that homeostasis is the objective of treatment and that essential oils are the means. One of the many logical applications of plant essential oils is for skin health and skin care. This fact was known long ago and it is well appreciated today. As we move forward today using better analytical methods for essential oils, their active chemical ingredients and their biological activities and effects, we are inadvertently merging with the biotechnology industry. On the other hand, we are in effect going back to nature and to the practice of ancient medicine, albeit under the auspices of modern technology. The rapid diminution of a surgical scar on the leg of a 60-year-old woman, in this case by the use of a novel essential oil formulation based on traditional medicine, suggests yet other and greater medical applications for scar reduction and inhibition using these oils, including for more serious scarring events, such as from burns, acne and cosmetic surgery, and from the current growing personal care phenomenon of dermabrasion. For more information on the essential oil formulations developed by Eulara, please review the web site content and products at www.eulara.com |
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Eulara is a personal skin care products company based in
Seattle, WA, and can be reviewed at www.eulara.com.
The Eulara products are based on the use of essential oils from medicinal
plants. Richard C. Honour, PhD, is a founder of Eulara, and is the Company's
Chief Science Officer. Dr. Honour earned a Doctorate from the University of
California, with special emphasis in the disciplines of microbiology, botany and
plant pathology. He has worked in the biotechnology industry in the fields of
infectious diseases, cancer and natural products since 1972. |
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