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Antioxidants for Health & Longevity +Essential Oil Research

To supercharge your energy and enhance longevity it’s all about your mitochondria. Read Increase Your Energy & Longevity Essential Oils to Use to come up to speed on your mitochondria. In our last article we talked about how oxidative stress has been the burning topic among research scientists over the past two decade. Why? Because Oxidative Stress speeds up the aging process and is the Genesis of all Disease. We also talked about research on essential oils showing their capacity as an effective intervention strategy to protect against oxidative stress.Now, let’s look at the role antioxidants play in reducing oxidative stress and a few dietary strategies you can use.In our last article we learned that Irwin Fridovich and his graduate student,...

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The Grandmothers of Aromatherapy Sesquiterpenol

Based on their distinguishing qualities, each of the 12 chemical families can be divided into 12 Archetypes and their characteristic Elemental Powers. These 12 archetypes, and their chemical families, tell us about the therapeutic properties, actions and effects of essential oils. You can select essential oils to use alone, or in a formulation, to promote healing for specific conditions, based on their specific archetype and therapeutic chemical properties, actions and effects. PLEASE NOTE: Depending upon the percentage(s) of a chemical component that comprises an oil, it can be classed in more than one chemical family. Sesquiterpenol (subclass of alcohols) - Archetype: Wise Elders & Compassionate Ones ELEMENTAL POWER Grand Mothers, Guardians, Teachers, Ground, Soothe & Comfort SESQUITERPENOL PROPERTIES A naturally occurring 15-carbon organic...

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The Grandfathers of Aromatherapy Sesquiterpenes

Based on their distinguishing qualities, each of the 12 chemical families can be divided into 12 Archetypes and their characteristic Elemental Powers. These 12 archetypes, and their chemical families, tell us about the therapeutic properties, actions and effects of essential oils. You can select essential oils to use alone, or in a formulation, to promote healing for specific conditions, based on their specific archetype and therapeutic chemical properties, actions and effects. PLEASE NOTE: Depending upon the percentage(s) of a chemical component that comprises an oil, it can be classed in more than one chemical family. Sesquiterpene - Archetype: Wise Elders & Compassionate Ones ELEMENTAL POWER Masculine Power, Grandfathers, Guardians, Teachers, Ground, Soothe & Comfort SESQUITERPENE PROPERTIES Found most often in higher...

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The Service Workers of Aromatherapy Ketones

Based on their distinguishing qualities, each of the 12 chemical families can be divided into 12 Archetypes and their characteristic Elemental Powers. These 12 archetypes, and their chemical families, tell us about the therapeutic properties, actions and effects of essential oils. You can select essential oils to use alone, or in a formulation, to promote healing for specific conditions, based on their specific archetype and therapeutic chemical properties, actions and effects. PLEASE NOTE: Depending upon the percentage(s) of a chemical component that comprises an oil, it can be classed in more than one chemical family. Ketone - Archetype: The Service Workers ELEMENTAL POWER Can Do KETONE PROPERTIES Menthone, carvone, camphor, and p-vetivone are some of the characteristic components of ketone containing...

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The Transformers of Aromatherapy Ethers

Based on their distinguishing qualities, each of the 12 chemical families can be divided into 12 Archetypes and their characteristic Elemental Powers. These 12 archetypes, and their chemical families, tell us about the therapeutic properties, actions and effects of essential oils. You can select essential oils to use alone, or in a formulation, to promote healing for specific conditions, based on their specific archetype and therapeutic chemical properties, actions and effects. PLEASE NOTE: Depending upon the percentage(s) of a chemical component that comprises an oil, it can be classed in more than one chemical family. Ether (Phenylpropanoids) - Archetype: The Transformers ELEMENTAL POWERClear & Restore ETHER PROPERTIES Ethers rarely occur alone in essential oils. Phenolic ethers are the most commonly found...

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