Essential Oils During Ancient Egyptian and Biblical Times - New Age, or Ancient Age?
October 10, 2007 in Aromatherapy, Biblical Oils, Did You Know?
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Essential oils were mankind’s first medicine. From Egyptian hieroglyphics and Chinese manuscripts, we know that priests and physicians have been using essential oils for thousands of years.

In Egypt, essential oils were used in the embalming process and well preserved oils were found in alabaster jars in King Tut’s tomb. Egyptian temples were dedicated to the production and blending of the oils and recipes were recorded on the walls in hieroglyphics. There is even a sacred room in the temple of Isis on the island of Philae where a ritual called “Cleansing the Flesh and Blood of Evil Deities” was practiced. This form of emotional clearing required three days of cleansing using particular essential oils and oil baths.

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Why essential oils heal and drugs don't
by David Stewart, Ph.D.

If you tell a medical doctor that essential oils can bring about healing with no negative side effects, they won’t believe you. This is because in medical school students are repeatedly told by their professors that all effective medicines have negative side effects, and if they don’t, then they can’t be effective.

When I was in medical school one professor emphasized this point in a colorful, graphic manner with specially prepared slides. In each slide specific drugs were depicted as evil looking demons or goblins. As he presented each picture, he explained, “Although ugly and capable of doing harm, these ‘demons’ are also the bearers of some good. So long as the benefits outweigh the risks, we use them,” he summarized. “We have no choice,” he continued, “because if a drug has no dangers, then it can have no benefits. That’s just the way it is. And that’s why it is essential that only qualified physicians be allowed to prescribe medicines,” he concluded.

Actually, the professor was telling the truth. Within the restricted practice of allopathy (MDs) the only real medicines are physician prescribed pharmaceuticals. Such medicines always do have negative side effects. All of them. No exceptions. Hence, doctors are trained to accept the bad with the good as the price of effective medicine.
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bergamot
[BER-gah-mot] A small acidic orange with a peel that yields an essential oil-called essence of bergamot-which is used for perfumes and confections. The peel is used in earl gray tea. It's also candied and used in the same way as other candied fruit peels.
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