"Yesterday a young mother came by to obtain a remedy to ease the discomfort her little baby is having with teething. She is using my Gentle Analgesic blend which is in a carrier base of jojoba to
apply on
the exterior of his cheeks after being soothed with a warm wash cloth.
Lavender essential oil will be in the atmosphere to ease his nerves.
NOTHING is to be internal. I gave her
safe guidelines & products to help. She had been told by one of the
now popular MLM representatives pushing products to put Clove on his
gums! A baby NO !!!!! An adult, in dilution perhaps. And she was also
told that he should ingest Lavender. Beware the sales hype of these
marketers please. Yes, of course I desire your business, however I do
this with 25 years of knowledge & continue to study all the time.
Nature's Spirit is my dharma and my goal is to speak for the plants and to the people on how to use them safely and wisely. I do have a
catalog on the web. Most cities throughout the US do have a FEW
qualified aromatherapists. Nowadays there are more MLM sales pushers
who do so without proper knowledge. I wish for the good of all. I had to
post this after realizing that some of their hype is downright
dangerous!!!! OK Back to being positive. At least there is more
awareness coming about. Be safe & be Aromatized in the best of
ways!!! From Doreen DeSerresI read this and asked Doreen for permission to share, which she graciously granted. The thought of someone putting clove oil on a babies already hurting gums, or having a baby ingest Lavender Oil to calm them is just frightening. Our little Roxy is going to start teething any time now, and her mom will massage her cheeks with a week dilution of lavender and german chamomile, perhaps from our Baby Bottom Balm, or perhaps in some jojoba or lotion. Gentle, safe and effective. PLEASE don't put these innocent children at risk by unwise and unsafe use of these powerful oils.
Other solutions for teething pain, from old newsletters and our website:
Teething Pains:
Susan Fleet, a practitioner in New Zealand had been writing about the CO2 extracted German Chamomile and gave me a hint for teething little ones:
"I have found this extract [the German Chamomile CO2] far superior to that of the steam distilled oil for all sorts of inflammations and the aroma is a lot more rounded and truer in aroma to the herb. I dilute this with roman chamomile to a 5% dilution for teething in babies and mums rave about it." My comment: 5% is a strong dilution for a baby or toddler, but one would need just one or two drops, applied to the exterior jaw line. Eases the pain, and the fiery redness teething can cause. The roman chamomile will probably ease the former sufferer off to sleep. (Hope my daughter's in law are reading!)Years later, I think I would add perhaps 6 - 8 drops of our German Chamomile CO2 10% dilution to a measuring teaspoon of Jojoba. That would be a safe and gentle dilution. Add one drop of Roman Chamomile if desired, or one drop of Lavender.
Hydrosols: Jeanne Rose once suggested spritzing Roman Chamomile Hydrosol into a baby's mouth on the gums to ease the pain and inflammation of teething. Somehow I don't think most babies would cooperate with that, but you could add a splash of one of the Chamomile Hydrosols to a glass of water, wet a small washcloth, wring nearly dry, and freeze it. Most babies would find sucking on this very soothing.
NO Clove, NO internal use.
2 comments:
Firstly, thank you for posting this article. This is certainly misinformation and I'm in full agreement that a baby should never take EOs internally or applied undiluted. I have been working with herbs for over twenty years and have a growing clinical practice. I also sell therapeutic-grade essential oils for doTERRA, which is an MLM. I chose doTERRA because they high quality, have good business and environmental ethics, and have tremendously helped myself, my family and many of my clients. I do want to be clear to those who may not know a lot about the MLMs, that the one I'm a rep for, doTERRA, does NOT recommend giving babies oils internally or using oils undiluted topically (the standard ratio is 1 Tbs. to 1 drop of oil touched to the bottoms of the feet.) This company provided an impressive amount of clinical research (www.aromaticscience.com), education (www.oilsmentor.com), and guidelines for correct usage. After several truly impressive healing experiences I started sharing doTERRA oils in a safe and educated way. I now prefer this model of one-to-one, personalized word-of-mouth sales to the mass marketing of large, lesser quality herbal companies. That being said, I too am concerned with the sharing of potentially harmful misinformation and appreciate you for calling this to public attention. Stephanie
The problem is, of course, that the oh so ethical founders of doTerra do nothing to prevent their representatives from giving the dangerous misinformation that was mentioned in this article. Stephanie as long as uneducated and misinformed reps are allowed to go on sharing the dangerous methods we write about doTerra is going to be causing harm to the innocent.
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