January 2022 Newsletter

New Research on Covid-19 and Essential Oils

Just when we think we are out of the woods, here comes Omnicron. The numbers in Florida have been worse with this variant than we have seen with the Delta variant and number wise, we are back to where we were when it first started. The "good" part is that this variant is much milder and behave more like a bad cold or mild flu. With all of us here in Central Florida getting ready for "snowbird" season as people from all over the world come to see our beautiful weather, we are more at risk than we usually are. New studies have come out to assist us in battling at least the symptoms of COVID-19 and its variants.

The name of the study is  "Appropriate use of essential oils and their components in the management of upper respiratory tract symptoms in patients with COVID-19"

As always, we encourage you to read the study in its entirety but we are here to give you the main talking points.
What we really like about this study is that it digs deep into the chemistry of the oils, so instead of saying Eucalyptus and Tea Tree will help Covid-19, it starts to pull apart the constituents of the oils. As Clinical Aromatherapists this is how we are taught to approach the disease process.  This is because the same Rosemary that you may grow in your garden will not have the same chemical makeup as Rosemary grown in another part of the world. From a therapeutic value, these two plants may work two different ways, even if they are the same genus and species. 

In this case, the main constituents that they have found effective for the upper respiratory symptoms of Covid-19 are Eucalyptol, Menthol and 1,8 cineole. 

This is where it gets interesting...looking at those constituents you would think that Eucalyptus Oil would have the most Eucalyptol in it wouldn't you? Makes sense, it even sounds like the name of the plant. Guess what? In most types of Eucalyptus Globous Oils, the one most people know about, there is hardly if ever any Eucalyptol in it. A quick study of chemical constituents show that one type of Eucalyptus which is Eucalyptus Gunnii has 86% of Eucalyptol in it. This is not a very easy oil to find. 

The good news is that essential oils of Bay Laurel otherwise known as Laurel Leaf and the essential oil of Sage have decent amounts of this constituent. This is where you would want to go to help those symptoms. Many oils have menthol in them, but the study does state that menthol may not be the best because menthol can possibly mask the severity of your symptoms. 

The last constituent is 1,8 cineole and that can be found in many types of Eucalyptus. So in that sense yes, Eucalyptus possibly may help with the upper respiratory symptoms of Covid-19. 

If you were to make an inhaler? Look at doing equal parts of Bay Laurel, Sage and Eucalyptus. 

For the full study click here: https://mcusercontent.com/42b7e19a129f10174ee592e21/files/b94effe4-57a9-07a2-a39e-ebbabb692d0f/COVID19oils.pdf
 

January Speaker Series!

As we promised, this year of 2022 will have a speaker once a month in the store for free for our friends and customers to find out more information on topics that we find pertinent to our community. On January 12, 2022 Dylan Pate from Ortho Molecular Products will be here to hand out some samples of functional food smoothies and their new Detox Program. The best part of this is any question you have regarding any supplement may be asked. Always wondering what Alpha Lipoic Acid does for blood sugar? Now you can ask an expert. There is no cost to attend and no pressure to buy anything. We believe that education leads to better health choices. Better health choices leads to happier people, happier people will tell people about us....it's a full circle. Co-Q10 for your heart? How does that work? Dylan loves to be challenged so come visit with your hard questions! Events starts at 11 and will go for approximately 2 hours.