re: Green Apple Scent Cuts Migraine Pain

madolin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:17:36 GMT

For Dr Mercola's information:

This is an older article, but I'm just now seeing it in preparation for treating a client for migraines. Dr Mercola should be aware that the scent of green apples is not something that can be reproduced, except synthetically. The real smell of green apples has to come from sniffing a fresh green apple or smelling stewing apples. There are many, many fruit flavors advertised as "aromatherapy," but genuine fruit-based aromatherapy is pretty much limited to essential oils derived from the rind of citrus fruits. Even neroli, which comes from orange blossoms, is a flower-derived oil. The majority of essential oils come from plant sources including herbs, shrubs, or trees, in which the oil is extracted from leaves, flowers, bark, roots, or resin. "Aromatherapy" spa-type products with scents and flavors of apples, pears, apricots, raspberries, strawberries, mangoes, banana, papaya, and many other tropical flavors that sound good enough to eat are usually toxic. They are made synthetically from petrochemicals. There are some botanicals, however, that are not essential oils but that provide juice or oil known to be beneficial to the skin and hair, such as coconut oil, almond oil, honey, milk, wheat germ, and cucumber. These are usually the real thing and are not harmful to humans or the environment.