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The best books in alternative and complementary medicine by Aeon Books Publishing

Aromatika Magazine

Oct 13, 2022
2 min

The best books in alternative and complementary medicine by Aeon Books Publishing

At this time of the year we keep harvesting some of the most beautiful medicinal plants. Whether you are foraging in the wild, perhaps growing your own plants in the garden or in the windowsill, or yet in the dreamy state of incorporating plant works in your daily life, we are here to support you every step on the way. In this we have on board our lovely partner Aeon Books dedicated to publishing the best books in alternative and complementary medicine. In each issue of Aroma

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Herbal prescribing and safety

Aromatika Magazine

Oct 3, 2022
2 min

Herbal prescribing and safety

You may remember in our BOOKSHELF corner we reviewed the wonderful new book from Carole Guyett ‘The Herbalist's Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Beyond: Herbal Therapeutics for the Childbearing Year’. In fact, in collaboration with the author’s publisher, we feature a full chapter of Carole’s book in Aromatika’s AUTUMN issue. Now, here is an excerpt from this extensive chapter ‘Herbal prescribing and safety’: “It is clear from all of the above that herbal medicine is not an

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Can you replace one essential oil with another?

Aromatika Magazine

Sep 27, 2022
2 min

Can you replace one essential oil with another?

“Did you know that Rosewood essential oil has an extremely high presence of linalool (over 80%)? This fact makes it easy for you to be creative and utilize any other essential oil rich in this same chemical component to have the desired effect. How interesting is that?” “In this article from passionate aromatherapy (and chemistry) educator Melani Kovac from Slovania you'll learn tricks to creatively replace one essential oil with another while having the same desired effects.

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Sacred oils from your garden

Aromatika Magazine

Sep 26, 2022
2 min

Sacred oils from your garden

“Sustainability, the commercial harvesting of essential oils, the effects on indigenous communities and reducing our carbon footprints are all topics of concern for aromatherapists. These points have been worrying me because many of the oils I use in my practice as a Soul Midwife (holistic care of the dying) are now on the global endangered list.” “Trying to find a practical solution to reduce my use of certain oils has encouraged me to increase my homegrown production of mac

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Spicy CO2 extracts for clinical applications – part 1.

Aromatika Magazine

Sep 25, 2022
2 min

Spicy CO2 extracts for clinical applications – part 1.

“Almost all of us have jars of spices sitting in our kitchen cupboard. They may be whole or ground peppercorns, cinnamon, clove buds or nutmeg. Or perhaps chilli peppers or allspice. Maybe you have worked with conventional essential oils or any of them." "Since the development of CO2 extraction, which I have written about before, spices have been a major part of CO2 extract production, having the food and flavouring industry as the most important customer. As you can imagine,

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From plant to essential oil... and in transit

Aromatika Magazine

Sep 23, 2022
2 min

From plant to essential oil... and in transit

“What I know about health and natural remedies at 14 is not much. What I do know is that it is much simpler than the way adults do about it. Today's humans live with nature much less than our ancestors did. We don't observe nature or seasonal changes. We listen to the weather report and even get the news on our phone if a storm is coming. In contrast, our grandparents looked up at the sky, watched the birds fly, listened to the frogs, and knew almost the same thing.” We are s

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Ancestral lineage connection: exploring native, indigenous and endemic European aromatic plants...

Aromatika Magazine

Sep 22, 2022
2 min

Ancestral lineage connection: exploring native, indigenous and endemic European aromatic plants...

“As aromatherapy grows in popularity, more people are using essential oils outside the cosmetics and perfumery industry. People are re-visiting ancient and cultural uses of aromatics for rituals, space cleansing, healing, spiritual connection and dreaming. Many people today have broken ancestral lineages due to colonization, fragmentation, displacement, or adoption. They have minimal to no guidance on which herbs and aromatics were used by their ancestors of blood and/or plac

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The Herbalist's Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Beyond

Aromatika Magazine

Sep 21, 2022
2 min

The Herbalist's Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Beyond

We just cannot leave from our Bookshelf section as yet: we have more goodies for you! A lovely discount coupon for the excellent new book from Carole Guyett. In collaboration with the publisher Aeon Books, we have also got to give a gentle ‘baby shower’ to the newcomer in the AUTUMN issue of Aromatika! Carole Guyett has been a practising medical herbalist for more than 35 years and ‘The Herbalist's Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Beyond: Herbal Therapeutics for the Childbe

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From the creation of Osmobiose to the foundation of Quantum Aromatherapy Part 2

Aromatika Magazine

Sep 9, 2022
2 min

From the creation of Osmobiose to the foundation of Quantum Aromatherapy Part 2

“In this new article, we will advance more deeply inside this discovery aromatic adventure. We start by learning a bit more about Taxandria fragrans, exploring the second essential oil that contributed to Rose-Marie's recovery process: Kunzea ambigua. We approach the creation of the complete picture of both essential oils making up the famous Eastern symbol known as "the TAO", with the interpenetration, inside a full circle, of the Yin side and the Yang aspect.” Dr Daniel Pén

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Aromythology by Elizabeth Ashley

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 28, 2022
2 min

Aromythology by Elizabeth Ashley

“Aromythology explores shadow. Those parts of us that we keep hidden in the darkness. The things we refuse to give light to because they are not things we, as people, but even more so women, are supposed to own.“ Elizabeth Ashley, The Secret Healer, the UK Director of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA) and an overseas speaker for IFPA (International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists). Elizabeth’s work focuses on understanding the very earliest

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Nature's perfumes – Mindfulness and well-being

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 27, 2022
2 min

Nature's perfumes – Mindfulness and well-being

“But on that day, the juxtaposition between the scent of the air before and after the rain was so massive that it mesmerised me. I felt that all those little drops of rain are drops of magic. I felt like my nose was blind before and after the rain. The volume got turned up by a million. But it was not just my sense of smell; everything around me seemed to come alive.” “But as I research it, I found out that it is not the rain itself that smells, but the interaction between th

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Perfume as spiritual medicine – Five questions to help personal development 2.

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 26, 2022
2 min

Perfume as spiritual medicine – Five questions to help personal development 2.

"Do you want to be the best version of yourself? Are you willing to dive deep into self-examination and determine where your excesses and shortcomings lie? Are you open to asking for help to be more aware, in tune, and love with life? The best teacher for this task is found literally under your nose." "When we make natural perfume, we will receive their wisdom revealed in the scents. All we have to do is listen. Aromancy is an attempt to gain insight into a question or situat

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Burnout & Bergamot

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 24, 2022
2 min

Burnout & Bergamot

Burnout & Bergamot is an article that you will find in our APPLICATIONS section, however it is here to create more awareness. Kara Rogers, a lovely graduate of the Aromatic Scholars program of The School for Aromatic Studies, brings us a topic that concerns more people than ever…! “The terms exhaustion and burnout are challenging to define and are at times used interchangeably. Petersen distinguishes them as: "Burnout is of a substantively different category than "exhaustion

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The use of essential oil plants in Hungarian folk medicine in the light of phyto- and aromatherapy

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 23, 2022
2 min

The use of essential oil plants in Hungarian folk medicine in the light of phyto- and aromatherapy

Look at this amazing image capturing the beauty of making a cough syrup prepared with honey, thyme, pine needles and young cones! The photography comes from Transylvania thanks to our honourable columnist Dr Peter Babulka who contributed with an exciting article on the use of essential oil plants in Hungarian folk medicine in the light of modern phyto- and aromatherapy. “I became interested in herbs, folk medicine, and the use of herbs 50 years ago. A few years later, at the

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Ethanol - the mighty molecule

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 22, 2022
1 min

Ethanol - the mighty molecule

On our distillers’ roundtrip we now leave the Himalayas and happily ride on our fragrant magic carpet to New Zealand where a special lady is awaiting us! We are so pleased to announce that master distiller Jill Mulvaney re-distilled her fascinating 'ethanol' workshop she had presented at the botanica2022 conference this May. "Alcohol and its applications are not the first things that spring to mind in forums dedicated to botanical learning, health and wellbeing. But I underst

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Interview with Nisagra Farms Organic

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 20, 2022
2 min

Interview with Nisagra Farms Organic

It is our pleasure to bring you knowledge from ancient wisdom keepers in the Kashmir region of India, where organic farmers live the principles of Ayurvedic practices and transparently share their life philosophy with us to show how to apply that also as our everyday life philosophy. Our editor Ildiko Berecz interviewed Krishana Chaitanya, one of the founders of Nisarga Farms. Krishana has a family background deeply connected to yoga and Ayurveda and is an AromaTechnologist,

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From the creation of Osmobiose to the foundation of Quantum Aromatherapy

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 20, 2022
2 min

From the creation of Osmobiose to the foundation of Quantum Aromatherapy

FOOD FOR THOUGHT from Dr Daniel Pénoël as he writes: ‘Aromathérapie’, with the French spelling, means a medical and pharmaceutical specialization. You should know that, in those years, our patients and we were lucky because all medical prescriptions, comprising plant extracts and essential oils, established by MDs and prepared by pharmacists, were refunded by the social security system (unfortunately, it is no longer the case). As one of the pioneers of modern aromatherapy, D

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Inflammation, the Source of Chronic Disease

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 16, 2022
1 min

Inflammation, the Source of Chronic Disease

We are honoured that Christine Herbert and her publisher AEON Books grated us a chapter from the freshly published book ‘Inflammation, the Source of Chronic Disease’ to include that for our readers in our HERBS section of AROMATIKA Magazine. Christine is retired NHS senior biomedical scientist and master herbalist who now teaches and writes using all the knowledge she had acquired during the years of her practice in the past 25 years. “Inflammation is the underlying reason fo

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Pandemic stress and hair loss

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 14, 2022
2 min

Pandemic stress and hair loss

“As a professional hairstylist, I have seen firsthand my client's hair loss and the worry it adds to an already stressful, unprecedented experience. In the early part of 2021, my clients started to ask about their hair loss several times a week. I was experiencing thinning hair myself and commiserated with the overwhelmed clientele. What was going on? There are many reasons for hair to change (medication use, hormonal changes, and genetics, to name a few), and I ran through t

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Grief Revisited - The end of a toxic relationship

Aromatika Magazine

Jun 13, 2022
2 min

Grief Revisited - The end of a toxic relationship

"The first article I ever wrote was about my experience dealing with grief through aromatherapy. It was cathartic, to say the least. The first article I wrote for Aromatika, about living through a pandemic, turned out to be about adaptability and grief. Whilst the words and tears are pouring themselves down on paper, I realize that yet again, this article is also about grieving, i.e. is grief revisited. I am embarking on a journey of loss, self-discovery and insight, where I

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