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Posted by Elettaria on April 1, 2004 at 09:19:22:

In reply to: Yo, Txilar and Faery Ring! Bail me out here! posted by Catherine Carwright-Jones on March 31, 2004 at 23:55:10:

Oops. Meant to mention that one. My brain was somewhat dead after
trying to research vashma online. The things I'll do to avoid
revising Chaucer.

I believe what you're meant to do with clove oil is put a drop on a
cotton bud and apply with caution. Unfortunately, I can't remember
whether you're meant to apply it to the gum but avoid the tooth as it
will damage it, or vice versa, and I'm too lazy to crawl out of bed
and check in my aromatherapy books. The former, I think.

Apart from toothipegs use, in general the toxicity rate is really
rather high for application to the skin. You'd certainly never want
to apply it neat or put it into the bath; if you did use it on the
skin we'd be talking ultra-low dilution (1/2-1% or something) and most
aromatherapists aren't in favour of even that, at least for home use
(and from what I can gather, profesionally as well). I've got a small
bottle of clove oil that I've never really used much. It went into a
mix I made up for cleaning once: equal parts of lemongrass, lemon,
clove and thyme oils. Drop or two of that on a sponge together with
usual cleaning stuff. I'd just moved into a flat which was absolutely
filthy and had flies lurking, so it did a good job on that. Think I
might have put one drop of clove on the burner once or twice as well,
but that's about it. Might be worth putting up a note somewhere
pointing out the differences between using ground or simmered cloves
as opposed to the essential oil, as someone could make a nasty mistake
there.

I had a feeling the firs were potentially problematic in some way. I
haven't actually owned fir in ages and even then I just used it on the
burner as I didn't have much info on it and had a feeling it could be
an irritant. Haven't had any problems with either spruce, but my
aromatherapist and I together hardly constitute a big study on the
subject. Any idea what it is in the firs which causes the problems?

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: Oops. Meant to mention that one. My brain was somewhat dead after : trying to research vashma online. The things I'll do to avoid : revising Chaucer. : : I believe what you're meant to do with clove oil is put a drop on a : cotton bud and apply with caution. Unfortunately, I can't remember : whether you're meant to apply it to the gum but avoid the tooth as it : will damage it, or vice versa, and I'm too lazy to crawl out of bed : and check in my aromatherapy books. The former, I think. : : Apart from toothipegs use, in general the toxicity rate is really : rather high for application to the skin. You'd certainly never want : to apply it neat or put it into the bath; if you did use it on the : skin we'd be talking ultra-low dilution (1/2-1% or something) and most : aromatherapists aren't in favour of even that, at least for home use : (and from what I can gather, profesionally as well). I've got a small : bottle of clove oil that I've never really used much. It went into a : mix I made up for cleaning once: equal parts of lemongrass, lemon, : clove and thyme oils. Drop or two of that on a sponge together with : usual cleaning stuff. I'd just moved into a flat which was absolutely : filthy and had flies lurking, so it did a good job on that. Think I : might have put one drop of clove on the burner once or twice as well, : but that's about it. Might be worth putting up a note somewhere : pointing out the differences between using ground or simmered cloves : as opposed to the essential oil, as someone could make a nasty mistake : there. : : I had a feeling the firs were potentially problematic in some way. I : haven't actually owned fir in ages and even then I just used it on the : burner as I didn't have much info on it and had a feeling it could be : an irritant. Haven't had any problems with either spruce, but my : aromatherapist and I together hardly constitute a big study on the : subject. Any idea what it is in the firs which causes the problems?
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