NAHA's Aromatherapy Journal Summer 2014

67 Pages·2014·8.48 MB·English

The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy
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romatherapy ournal
In this Issue:
A Year with Morphology: Flowers
Herbal First Aid for Summer Time
Helichrysum Essential Oil
What’s in a (Product) Name?
The Cure is in the Garden
Aromatherapy for Chakra Balancing
and Much More!
Aromatherapy E-Journal
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Aromatherapy Journal Table of Contents
A Quarterly Publication of NAHA
Summer 2014.2 AJ554 Editors Note......................................................................... 3
The National Association for Holistic Beyond Aromatics Conference NEWS!............................. 5
Aromatherapy, Inc. (NAHA)
A non-profit educational organization
Beauty and Self Care
Boulder, CO 80309
Flower Morphology.................................................................8
Adminstrative Offices: by Katie Vie
PO BOX 27871
Raleigh, NC 27611-7871
Student Article
Aromatherapy for Chakra Balancing.................................... 12
Office Phone: [phone]
by April Kurtyka
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Materia Medica
Website: www.NAHA.org
Helichrysum italicum.............................................................20
by Jade Shutes
Chief Editor:
Haly JensenHof
Holistic Nutrition
Co-Editors: Sharon Falsetto & The Cure is in the Garden.................................................... 25
Kelly Holland Azzaro by Maria Tabone
Business and Legislation
Cover Art:
What’s in a (Product) Name?................................................ 34
NAHA Image Database
by Marie Gale
Article Submissions
Roots of Herbalism
Please send article
Herbal First Aid for Summertime........................................... 37
proposals to: Haly JensenHof
<[email protected]> by Juliet Blankespoor
Advertising NAHA Community
For advertising information please Interview with Aromatherapists............................................. 56
email: [email protected] by Sharon Falsetto
Feature Articles
The opinions expressed by the authors
Surgery Recovery with Essential Oils...................................29
are their own and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the editor or of by Haly JensenHof
NAHA. NAHA and the editors do not
accept responsiblity for the use or The Aroma of Choice: Health Freedom and Aromatherapy..45
misuse of essential oils mentioned in
by Dorene Petersen
these articles. The Aromatherapy Journal
reserves the right to accept or reject any
advertisement or article submitted and Aromatic Botanical Blends for Natural Hygiene.................... 49
does not necessarily endorse products by Kelly Holland Azzaro
advertised in this journal.
NAHA Market Place ............................................................59
NAHA Directors .................................................................. 63
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ditor’s ote
Summer
Summer has finally arrived! There was a time in late April
when I was overheard saying we were in the grips of, “Never-
ending winter.” I don’t say that now. The sun is shining
hotly, the skies are a clear deep blue, the mosquitoes are
buzzing, and the breeze is warm. Yep, it’s summer.
Summer is a busy time of year for most people. Summer
is often the time to travel; work outdoors in gardens and on
lawns; make home improvements; host patio parties; and
bask in the sunshine. However, all of these activities expose people to various hazards. Traveling
during the summer months puts us in situations where we can become hot and overheated, but Kelly
Holland-Azzaro has provided a wonderful recipe for a Cooling Body Mist Spray in her article, Aromatic
Blends for Natural Hygiene. Working and playing outdoors exposes us to biting insects, sunburn, and
poisonous plants. Juliet Blankespoor tells us how to use herbs to help ease the discomfort of insect
bites, sunburn, and poison ivy in her article, Herbal First Aid for Summer Time. And, as you admire
your flower garden, think of the wonders of flower morphology and sex, as Katie Vie discusses in the
second installment of her series on plant morphology.
This issue of The Aromatherapy Journal has an added feature: Student Article. April Kurtyka, who
recently completed her aromatherapy program, wrote a beautiful article entitled, Aromatherapy for
Chakra Balancing. It is exciting to have students of aromatherapy submit articles. I want to encourage
more students to submit articles for publication. It is my hope that we can publish one student submitted
article in each issue of The Aromatherapy Journal. If you, or a student you know, want to submit an
article for future issues of The Aromatherapy Journal I encourage you to read the Writer’s Guidelines
found on NAHA’s website at: http://www.naha.org/get-involved/write-for-naha/
Sharon Falsetto gives us a sneak-peek at two of the presenters for the World of Aromatherapy VII
Conference in her Interview with an Aromatherapist article. I think you will enjoy reading about Cynthia
Brownley and Joy Musacchio of Stillpoint Aromatics.
The pages of this issue are full of articles with wonderful recipes and information. I hope you will be
able to carve out some time to sip a cold glass of lemonade and leisurely read through each article.
Stay safe and be cool!
Aromatic Blessings,
- Haly JensenHof, MA, RA
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The World of Aromatherapy VII

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Beauty and Self care
Flower Morphology: Using
Plant-Based Origins to Inspire
Aromatic Blending

by Katie Vie
Katie Vie shares her passion for designing and creating
aromatic products based upon the Morphology Blending
Technique.
“Let’s talk about sex, baby!” ~ Salt-n-Peppa it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs
oozing with nectar.”1
In the spring edition of the NAHA Journal, I
introduced the theme of morphology: an approach When a plant flowers it is an indication of general
to blending based upon the part of a plant from health and favorable conditions. It is an invitation
which the aromatic substance is extracted, and the to pollinators; a declaration of sexual activity. I think
meaning prescribed to that plant part. I discussed it must just feel good to flower. The plants know
seeds, specifically. I hope that you all were inspired they are healthy and looking good. Some plants will
throughout the spring to incorporate seed-based flower in the dark of the night, attracting nocturnal
aromatics into your aromatherapy preparations. pollinators like moths. Others emit an odor of rotten
meat, since flies are their main pollinator. There
For the summer issue, I’m going to talk about are plants that sport flowers for months on end,
flowers. And sex. and then, some, like the night-blooming cereus,
that bloom for only a few hours. Plants evolved to
Summer is a time of intensity. I live in the American have scented flowers long before colorful ones. As
south where summer heat is relentless; the nights aromatherapists, we are interested in the flowers
are humid and steamy, and most of us run around that emit scent.
half naked until the heat breaks, sometime in
October. Vines laden with flowers and fruit climb Let’s look at some aromatics that are flower based,
up every branch, fence post, and veranda. Forests meaning that the essential oil is found exclusively
are lush and carpeted in undergrowth. Road sides within the flower of the plant. This list is limited to
are brilliant with flowers, and farm stands are essential oils commonly used in aromatherapy.
filled with the season’s bounty. There is an air of There are many more flowers used in botanical
fertility, attraction, and production. Plants seem to perfumery.
be showing off by strutting their stuff. They revel
in this weather, taking advantage of these perfect •Chamomile, Roman (Chamaemelum nobile)
conditions to proliferate, and hell, celebrate. Diane
•Chamomile, German (Matricaria chamomilla)
Ackerman explains in A Natural History of the
•Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea)
Senses, “As to why floral smells should excite us,
•Jasmine absolute (Jasminum grandiflorum)
well, flowers have a robust and energetic sex life.
•Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
A flower’s fragrance declares to all the world that
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- Flower Morphology continued -
name and a girl’s name, they have their birth team
plastered on their vision boards, the grandmothers
are knitting booties and the wife’s girlfriends are
Googling baby shower ideas. But no baby. Now,
aside from the myriad of fertility issues that I will
not pretend to understand, let’s just address some
basic, obvious things. While all of this preparation
is certainly useful, is it sexy? Let’s ask the obvious
questions; “Is this couple attracted to one another?”
“Are they having good sex?”
If a plant was in the perfect soil, with the perfect
weather, during the exact time of year that it’s
supposed to reproduce, it can’t, and it won’t
reproduce, without a flower. There would be no
indication that the plant was ready or interested,
Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata)
despite the perfect conditions. In this case, let’s
say all systems seem to say go; the man’s sperm
•Neroli (Citrus aurantium var. amara)
count is fine and the woman has her ovulation dates
•Rose (Rosa damascena or Rosa centifolia)
charted and posted on the fridge, but there is no
•Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata)
pregnancy. What would an aromatherapy program
look like for them?
When you are blending with morphology, remember
that you’re looking for ways to weave aromatics into
Can aromatherapy, and specifically aromatics
your aromatherapy blends based on the plant part
derived from flowers, offer support for a healthy
alone. These are some indicators for using flowers:
sex life? Yes! “Scent inspires imagination and frees
the spirit. In poetry, flowers are often used directly
• Lack of vitality.
as a symbol for the soul, as their fragrance has an
• Feeling unattractive.
intangible quality which reaches out to our most
• Feeling unnoticed. intimate depths.”3
• A desire to “blossom.”
• A need of an aphrodisiac. Here is a list of factors I would consider with any
couple who wants to improve their sex life:
• Desire to be fertile, to reproduce.
• Self love, self nourishment.
1. Which aromatics, including flowers, do they
find sexy and attractive? Everyone is different, so
To quote Valerie Ann Worwood in Scents &
it’s important to sit with this couple and have them
Scentuality “...clearly flowers are “smart.” Smart
smell a lot of the flower essential oils and absolutes
people too, have for millennia been using essential
you have. You want to make sure that they both like
oils for the purpose of attraction and propagation—
these scents.
in other words, for making love.”2

2. Which aromatherapy preparations will
Let’s look at a case study. A man and a woman
compliment their life style and the ways they
who have been together for quite some time have
enjoy intimacy? Ask them questions like: “Do you
decided that they’d like to have a baby. After a year
like a scented room?” “Is taking a bath together
of trying they are unable to conceive. They have
relaxing and sexy for you?” “Do you like giving each
money in the bank, the nursery has been painted
other a massage?” If they don’t enjoy giving each
the perfect shade, they have chosen both a boy’s
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other massages, don’t make them a massage oil! 1 drop Rose Otto (Rosa damascena)
And I wouldn’t hesitate to ask things like: “Do you 1 to 3 drops Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin)
both like a quickie, or do you like to spend a while?” 1 to 3 drops Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum)
Why go through all the trouble of making a fabulous
boudoir scent if these two like to do it on the fly? Boudoir Scent: A room that smells different
They don’t need a lesson on how to do it, they just from the rest of your house helps too, “leave your
need to like the way they already do it even better. troubles behind.” And, if you use this scent every
Don’t add to their stress levels by “teaching” them time you, “wanna get it on,” there’s that lovely lock-
how to get it on. and-key response that gets you both in the mood all
the faster.
3. Get a basic understanding about any outside
issues that could be contributing to the problem. For example:
For example: job stress, low self esteem, boredom, To the bowl of a diffuser add:
allergies, injuries, etc. Weave these indications into Distilled water to fill the basin and the following
your program. essential oils:
4 drops Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis)
I would then take a look at all of the information I’ve 1 drop Ylang Ylang (Cananga odorata)
compiled and decide which core issues are affecting 2 drops Atlas Cedarwood (Cedrus atlantica)
this couple’s sex life. I would design the synergies to
include flowers, for the morphology based reasons Massage Oil: A well crafted massage oil can
we’ve listed, and other aromatics for balance. encourage couples to begin touching, well before
it’s “business time.” Massage helps relieve stress
Some options for aromatic preparations would and tension, invite mindfulness around the body,
include: and ease shyness or discomfort. Blend plenty of
this oil so you’re always ready.
Perfume: Dabbing on a scent that your lover
specifically likes is incredibly sexy. You are honoring For example:
your lover, and that is always a turn-on. An attractive To a 4 oz. glass bottle add:
perfume is often all you need to entice your, well, 2 oz. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) oil
pollinator.
1 oz. Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)
1 oz. Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) oil
For example:
4 drops Jasmine absolute (Jasminum sambac)
To one dram of organic Jojoba (Simmondsia
4 drops Vetiver (Vetiveria zizanioides) essential oil
chinensis) add the following essential oils:
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