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Organic Essential Oils
Organic Essential Oils
Within this article, I loosely
refer to all the volatile aromatherapy oils including essential
oils, absolutes and CO2s collectively as "essential oils."
Organic essential oils may be superior
to non-organic oils. There are two families of thought on this topic.
Organic oils are distilled or extracted from plants that are grown
without pesticides. Since it takes a great deal of plant material
to create even a small amount of essential oil, it certainly makes
sense that oils distilled from non-organic plants may have pesticides
in them. Some say that pesticides do not appear in the oils and
thus it doesnt matter. Frankly, I am not a chemist and I havent
come upon scientific research that gives me enough information to
make a solid conclusion one way or the other. What I have personally
noticed, however, is that the overall quality, therapeutic benefit
and aroma of organic oils seem superior to oils that I have sourced
from companies that sell non-organic oils. What may be occurring
is this: Vendors that sell organic essential oils may be sourcing
their oils more carefully for not only oils that are grown in compliance
with organic farming principles but may also be more carefully sourcing
their oils for therapeutic quality and aroma. So the choice is yours.
Do expect to pay more for oils distilled from organic plants since
it does cost a lot more to grow crops via organic means.
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