Final Exam Flashcards
What 3 precautions do you take if working with essential oils daily?
Adequate ventilation
Frequent breaks
Vary essential oils
What caution applies to all Citrus Esssential Oils?
Photoxic
Photoxic means:
Avoid exposure to sun/tanning beds (UV rays) for 12 hours post application.
What cautions are advised during first trimester of pregnancy?
Most EOs should be avoided during first trimester.
What % dilution can be used during 2nd and 3rd trimesters?
1%
Which three EOs can be used during second and third trimester?
Ginger
Lemon
Mandarin
What EO should be avoided if person has high blood pressure but does not take medication for this issue?
Rosemary (very stimulating)
If a person has LOW blood pressure, avoid which essential oil?
Sweet Marjoram
Never use the following three toxic oils?
Cassia - sensitizer
Sassafras - possibly carcinogenic
Thuja
In our final choice of blend, BH recommends we use how many top notes and base notes.
No more than two of each.
What is the easiest (simplest) way to blend EOs?
Equal number of drops.
What is the alcohol concentration of perfume?
5-30%
What is the alcohol percentage of Eau de Toilette?
4-8%
What is the alcohol percentage of splash cologne?
1-3%
Does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
Yes.
EOs can be easily set on fire? Yes or no.
Yes
Essential oils do not dissolve in?
Water
Top notes do what two things?
Evaporate into air quickly and are usually uplifting
Middle notes can be both what:
Uplifting or relaxing
Base notes are what?
Usually more relaxing
What is the most common method used in extraction of essential oils?
Steam Distillation
What is the most common method of distillation?
Steam distillation.
Describe Steam Distillation?
- water heated
- high pressure steam passes through plant material
- oils are evaporated
- steam is collected
- sent through coil cooled by running water
- steam condensed
- essential oil and condensed water separate with oil rising to top
What are a byproduct of the distillation process?
Floral waters
Three things to know about Enfleurage?
- an extraction by fats
- oldest method of obtaining essential oils
- method no longer commercially viable
What process is used to extract essential oils from citrus oils?
Cold expression.
Why is the Solvent Extraction Process not suitable for some people and why?
They still retain a good amount of non-volatile substances and residues of solvent.
These could provoke an allergic reaction in people with sensitive skin.
The process whereby a potential unwanted side-effect of one chemical component can be nullified by the presence of other chemical components.
Quenching
What is the only difference between plant an animal cells?
Have extra set of organelles called chloroplasts.
Essential oils occur during the what metabolism in the plant?
Secondary
David Williams says that there are very few essential oils that do what?
Do not change their odour during the period of their evaporation.
On first smelling the fresh dip of an essential oil, what is perceived and what does it consist of?
The Top Note - consists of combined odours of the most volatile constituents
On smelling the same dip of an essential oil a second time (after an interval of time) what is noticed?
The Middle Notes (the body) may be noticed although there will always be lingering traces of the top note complex.
Smell that same fresh dip of essential oil a third time (after a second interval of time), what happens?
The Middle Notes (body) will have evaporating leaving a residual odour known as the DRY OUT.
In order to get an odour profile description for as many oils as possible from what two books:
Essential Oil Chemistry by David Williams
And, Natural Aromatic Materials - Odours & Origins by Tony Burfield (2 volume materials index)
In Ayurveda, describe the Vata Dominant Type?
- thin framed body
- tall or short
- joints crack easily
- irregularity is the rule
- appetite often variable or low
- when unwell, likely to suffer from pain and nervous disorders
In Ayurveda, Pitta Dominant types have:
- a moderate shape with good proportions
- they can gain and lose weight relatively easily
- eyes are sharp and penetrating
Ayurveda Kapha Dominant Types are:
- large bodies, large frames
- hair is thick and wavy
- peaceful and content
- move slowly
- waste little energy
The first chakra
Base or root
What is the first chakra’s energy colour
Red
Second chakra
Sacral
Third Chakra
Solar plexus
Third Chakra energy colour
Yellow
Fourth chakra
Heart chakra
Fifth chakra
Throat chakra
Sixth Chakra
Brow or Third Eye Chakra
Seventh Chakra
Crown Chakra
