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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

flying_wahini

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3. NO I have studied the chemistry of essential oils for the last 5 years and can tell you that they

Reply to gollygee (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 09:56 PM

Dec 2016

absolutely DO work! and if I do say so myself they work Great!!You just have to know what you're doing.
I have made several medical salves and creams that heal burns and diminish chronic joint pain and carpal tunnel.
My past nursing career of 20 years and interest in the chemisty of botany has helped my studies tremendously.

The problem is that people read crap online and most of those people don't have a clue how they work.
Essential oils can be extremely dangerous when used incorrectly. i.e. NEVER take them orally!
As a matter of fact there are several studies that prove that they DO work better than many antibiotics and
anti fungal meds.

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Essential oils, vaccines [View all] gollygee Dec 2016 OP

I think it's kind of like chiropractic. trotsky Dec 2016 #1

Sounds like an ignorant hipster trying to play turf war Warpy Dec 2016 #2

NO I have studied the chemistry of essential oils for the last 5 years and can tell you that they flying_wahini Dec 2016 #3

I have a friend heavily into essential oils wyldwolf Jan 2017 #4