Essential Oil Therapeutics: two-day seminar
9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Plant Extracts International Inc
10921 Excelsior Blvd., Suite 111
Hopkins MN 55343-3443
$290 ($310*)
* Optional $20 includes catered lunch both days
11 CPD units offered for AIA and ARC credit
OVERVIEW
The therapeutic action of essential oils is multi-faceted, with psychological, neurological, immunological and microbiological effects. This can be partly explained by the characteristics of essential oil constituents. Added to this is the synergistic action between constituents within a single oil, and the synergistic action between two or more essential oils.
In this seminar, Robert Tisserand separates the real from the mythical by referring to clinical trials and other data, and shows how essential oils can be used both reactively and proactively to improve health and wellbeing, with optimum safety and efficacy.
Saturday
Aromatherapy in healing
• From Dioscorides to Gattefosse – a brief history (essential oils in traditional medicine)
• Essential oils in massage – are they effective?
• Essential oils as medicines
• Clinical work in hospitals & care centers – a global phenomenon
Essential oil basics
• Essential oil constituents: an overview
• Does constituent type determine effect?
• Variability in composition: botanical and geographical origin
• Purity, freshness and degradation: ensuring essential oil integrity
Therapeutic mechanisms
• Protection & communication: the two basic functions of an essential oil
• The psychological and the physiological
• Examples of constituent action: neurochemicals, cytokines, calcium channels
• Interactions, antagonism, synergy: constituents, essential oils, drugs
Constituents studied include: cineole, eugenol, linalool, limonene, menthol, pinene
Sunday
Dose and dilution: how much is enough?
• Inhalation: dose and duration for respiratory complaints
• Transcutaneous penetration – how much gets through the skin?
• Skin safety: a contentious issue
• Oral ingestion and safety
Holistic medicine: supportive and preventive care
• Inflammation, oxidative stress and disease
• Essential oils that stimulate immune function
• Essential oils for inflammation reduction & pain
• Antioxidant essential oils
• Infection: interventionist vs holistic strategy
Psychological effects
• Neurochemicals & the nervous system
• Anxiety reduction
• Sleep quality improvement
• Memory & cognitive function
Essential oils studied include: bergamot, black seed, eucalyptus, geranium, lavender, nutmeg, orange, tea tree, turmeric
AUDIENCE
Aromatherapists, aromatherapy students, aromatherapy tutors, nurses, nurse practitioners, naturopathic doctors, integrative medicine practitioners and pharmacists.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
On completion of this seminar attendees will be able to:
• Recount the development of essential oil therapy in the context of the history of medicine.
• Describe the global scope of essential oil therapy practice.
• Explain the various types of administration and biological effect that constitute essential oil therapy.
• Describe the medicinal properties of specific essential oils in terms of chemistry and pharmacology.
• Cite papers showing an effect that goes beyond placebo.
• Refer to the therapeutic action of specific essential oils in terms of palliative care, supportive care, or intervention.
• Discuss the protective function of specific essential oils in relation to the immune system, antioxidant status and inflammation.
• Identify key essential oil quality and safety issues.
ACCOMMODATION
Special Rates are available for our group at the Marriott Minneapolis Southwest (1.5 mi from PEI) 5801 Opus Parkway, Minnetonka MN 55343. Telephone reservations can be made by calling (800) 228-9290. Mention the Southwest Marriott and the Robert Tisserand Seminar Room Block to receive $74/day rate (available Fri-Sun, 5/21-23). This group rate is only available until Friday, April 30, so be sure to make your reservations by then.
Cancellation policy here