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Re:Essential Oils Might Be the New Antibiotics by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday February 06, 2015 @12:42AM (#9007852)
Yeah, totally, that's ridiculous. Essential oils should never be taken internally. Having said that, the oils from most culinary herbs can usually be diluted one drop per litre safely.

I studied herbal medicine formally for four years about ten years ago, and I always just tell people "never take essential oils internally" and they say things like "but what if an Aromatherpist (actually a qualification in Australia) tells me to, to which I reply "never take essential oils internally".

Never take essential oils internally. Unless you want kidney failure.

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Re:Essential Oils Might Be the New Antibiotics by spacemanmatt on Friday February 06, 2015 @01:15PM (#9010532)
I wouldn't say never.

A midwife recommended oregano oil for my wife when she couldn't take antibiotics, and we have used it to mitigate sore throats and possible sinus infections ever since. She did say it's not something you want to stay on forever, because that can have its own downside, but its limited toxicity is much better than a bacterial infection or stronger antibiotics, if you can safely avoid them.

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