Jóna K. Valdez 26/02/2020
Aromatherapy Certification Program
Final Research Paper
The Guide to Safety
Why to use hydrosols in place of essential oils in the weak and compromised.
I have wanted to write about the issues of the safety of essential oils in regards to babies and children, because I’ve felt that it’s been disregarded by a lot of general oil users. There has also been a big push in the essential oils industry in recent years, and I don’t think that safety has caught up with the speed of sales.
I have 5 children of my own ranging from 4-19 of age, and when I started to want to use oils on them, I hesitated. I had been using natural remedies like herbal tinctures, homeopathy and such to help support and heal my family for quite a while. Essential oils I had mostly used for myself but not on a large scale though, I had not really used them for my kids at all.
I had been introduced to them in England when I was in school for Beauty Therapy, but not much more than that we could use them in our massages. I did write a paper on aromatherapy, which would be fun to dig out now to read.
When my interest for essential oils got reignited a few years ago and I wanted to start using them “for real” I started to do some research and found a lot of contradicting information out there. It was quite overwhelming and it really made me more hesitant to use the oils than confident in using them. I had to think about the varied ages of children in my household, our cat, my husband’s medication and so on. So, I just looked at my oils and thought to myself, “I’ll never use them”.
I started to read books and information that I had been given, what I had bought, and there seemed to be a lot of contradicting information out there. Now I was getting even more confused but kept searching, which eventually lead me to find Aromahead Institute free online course, which I did right away.
Now I was reading and learning new information that seemed to be logical and consistent. I found out that I had a passion for the oils, but a passion to use them correctly, and a passion to help people use them correctly.
I loved the Aromahead teachers and I thought that if I could ever do a certification program it would be the ACP course. But for now, I would just try to self-educate and try to share information I felt was accurate and safe. And living in the State of Utah, the capital of MLM essential oils companies, and other oil companies, there were plenty of oil users around.
Now, what was I to do so I would keep my babies safe and not kill the cat? By God’s grace I was able to sign up for the ACP course and the journey began, and I have loved every part of it.
After doing some research on this topic I have come to the conclusion that this topic deserves a lot of attention, and people need to be informed.
So, should babies and children use essential oils?
What about pregnant women, or the elderly?
Are there any different guidelines to follow?
Are there other options?
Are there oils that are not safe and should be avoided?
Fragrant Aroma 