SKINIPEDIA - Skin Encyclopedia: Essential Oils, Sandalwood

Essential Oils & Aromatherapy - Part 5 SANDALWOOD

Compiled by Peter Brodhead CN

Notes from the Tim Bleckley lecture on Aromatherapy from a lecture given at Expo East 2005 Washington DC September 2005 & a lecture done at Brighter Day in the fall of 2004. Tim Bleckley is an herbalist and works for Frontier Herbs who owns Aura Cacia a high quality essential oil company.

Sandalwood is way underutilized (it is very expensive). Recent studies have been done with sandalwood in treating herpes. Sandalwood will stop the replication of the herpes virus 100% of the time. It will stop herpes from spreading. It is an incredible anti-fungal agent also.

Sandalwood can be used in smaller concentrations than any other oil including Tea Tree Oil; it stopped Candita Albicans from spreading. It’s great for athletes by far because when you can apply it, it is very viscous, it stays on for a long period of time. It’s a good anti-bacterial agent. Historically its been used on acne. Tim Bleckley doesn’t think there is a safer and more effective anti-microbial agent than sandalwood right now. It is so safe to use. It can be put on the lips and
sucked on all day long.

Other essential oils:

Australian Blue Cypress – insect bites anti-spasmodic
Carrot Seed is a specific for dry skin –(it is a very interesting scent)
Geranium – anti-stress
Mandarin Orange – its relaxing and an anti-spasmodic
Orange Bergamot – very calming, soothing and anti-depressant. Australian Blue
Rosewood – Its loaded with the same thing lavender has and it’s very healing to the skin.
Wintergreen – used for osteoarthritis
Ylang Ylang – Jasmine – Cardamin - a love blend

 

Conditions

Anti-oxidants - Rosemary, Nutmeg, Oregano, Marjoram, Thyme, Clove, Lavender

Athletes Feet - Tea Tree Oil and Sandalwood use them together or separately apply it every day 2 to 3 or 4x a day. Put the oils in cornstarch and put them in your socks.

Kill Fungus – Tea Tree 50 – Palmarosa 30- Cassia 3 drops Toe Nail Fungus – soak the nails in
the formula for 30 to 60 minutes – you have to soak your feet in it. Palmrosa – tea tree and
lavender 1 drop added to a carrier oil added in a capsule can be taken internally – for internal
funguses – Thyme and Oregano Oils can be used on the feet but dilute them 1st.

Burns – Aloe is good – lavender is better. It is the best for burns.

Car driving – Rosemary with Peppermint. to keep you mentally alert. Test yourself with your elbow – lavender

Headaches – Lavender and Peppermint – Jasmine is good also as well as rose.

Menopause – Clary Sage, Lavender and Rose all calming and soothing. Peppermint will sooth hot flashes because it will cool the body off as a spray.

Sciatica – Ginger, Turmeric, Chamomile. Wintergreen and Rosemary – apply at the place of pain.

Spasm – menstrual cramps – Roman Chamomile, Clary Sage, Lavender, Mandarin Orange. Kava is a great anti-spasmodic.
Tea Tree Oil will kill ring worm in 24 hours – apply it non-stop

Varicose veins – Blue Cypress

Yeast infections – thrush and ringworm on the skin. Lavender, Palmorosa, Chamomile and Sandalwood. Oils for a yeast infection – Palmarosa – Lavender-Tea Tree – Geranium Mix 2 drops of each in a sponge or a suppository and insert into the vagina.

Oral Consumption

Thyme and Oregano Oils are the most commonly consumed of any essential oils today orally. Oregano Oil is the most toxic oil you can consume orally. Because the compounds found in oregano (phenolic). It is toxic to the liver. The 2 oils are almost identical and can be used interchangeably. They have to be diluted. Red Thyme is a lot hotter than white thyme and will absolutely burn your skin. Most oregano oil sold today is thyme oil.

Scent

Grapefruit – in one study – done with women – not men. When women put the oil on – people perceived them to be 6 years younger on average in age than they were. Grapefruit has a component in it not found in any other essential oil.

Oils in cooking – There are several books out on it now. If you bake with them they will evaporate. There is a book called the essential oil cookbook. Try putting Lavender and Rose in chocolate.

Try Rose Oil with vanilla ice cream. Try them in salad dressings – batters with fish and chicken. If you are cooking use it at the end so the fragrance doesn’t evaporate off. Oils that have Jojoba in them – don’t cook with them – Jojoba doesn’t taste go Best comprehensive book on the topic.

The complete aromatherapy book – 2nd edition – by Salvatore Battaglia


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