The Aromatherapy Handbook: Essential Oils Uses and Applications (Essentially Yours Book 1)

The PRINTABLE Guide to How to Use Essential Oils Safely

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Terpineol does not appear to have basis to avoid in cats specifically. Single essential oils are also included on lists to avoid with cats.

This book will help you the most when deciphering toxicity concerns and cautions. Lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, bergamot, mandarin, tangerine, petitgrain, and neroli all are included on lists as they are in the Citrus class of oils. Cinnamon, clove, thyme, oregano, savory, and cassia are all higher in Phenols. Cajuput is high in 1,8-cineole and also contains terpineol. Camphor is an essential oil, and a chemical constituent found in many essential oils. Listings cautioning against the use of camphor, never qualify if it is the constituent or the essential oil they are referring to.

In high concentrations, it can pose health risks, and is listed as toxic in regards to humans. Camphor many species essential oil is not recommended for use within Veterinary Aromatic Medicine.

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Camphor as a chemical constituent can be found in small percentages within many essential oils known to be safe for use with animals, however oils high in camphor content, are often not used Spike Lavender. Pine while no species is ever mentioned contains pinene and terpineol, but is also prone to oxidation issues that can cause increase of dermatitis issues.

Peppermint is often included in lists of oils to be avoided with cats. But research reviews, and even the most respected conservative animal references, rarely list it. Most toxicity or adverse events are from gross misuse and overdosage situations full undiluted applications. Tansy is often included in lists to be avoided with cats, again with no apparent justification. In general, this is an oil that is not recommended for use within Veterinary Aromatic Medicine.

Tea Tree or Melaleuca alternifolia is almost always found on cautionary lists, however almost every report of toxicity is gross misuse. Birch and Wintergreen should be avoided for use with animals due to methyl salicylate content. Rue often makes the list of oils to avoid, but in actuality it is considered safe by the FDA for human consumption according to Tisserand and Young.

While this oil is not commonly used with animals, it has been within reasonable guidelines. It actually has available safety data with animals, and shows quite safe levels in terms of LD50 measurements. Aromatherapy literature carries much caution for this ketone rich oil, which has been thought to be neurotoxic or cause seizures. Clearly, essential oils are not benign substances.

They must be respected and used with care. However, when reports of toxicity occur, it is greatly important that further information is provided regarding the case. In veterinary medicine, and with pet poison control centers everywhere, it would be irresponsible and unheard of to not ask further questions about a potential poisoning. However, the questions regarding essential oils and their evaluation are usually not collected in a clinical case. If you called the poison control center about potential rodenticide ingestion, you will immediately be asked for the active ingredients, brand, amount consumed, etc…to help with the evaluation and treatment options.

With essential oil toxicity cases I rarely find that information on the species of oil used, brand, lot number, purchase date, dosage and route to have been collected. This is vastly important to accurate and truthful documentation of valid concerns for every animal lover. Complete blood work and a minimum data base, is also rarely collected, nor compared to earlier values.

If someone reports a case of essential oil toxicity to you — please do ask for the medical information. At a minimum I would ask for the species and source of the essential oil, purchase date, how it was used, how long it was used for, prior health concerns for the animal, weight and species of the animal, prior blood work results and status, and current laboratory and physical exam findings.

So often, essential oils are the obvious thing to blame when an animal all of a sudden appears ill. And the internet is an easy way to find support of this theory. However, in true clinical evaluation, I often find very poor cause and effect relationships. With the vast number of people using essential oils in their home, we can be quick to get into a trap of blaming any illness upon the presence of essential oils.

And this, we need to be careful to avoid. I have consulted with many veterinarians who missed the true diagnosis for weeks, due to the assumption that the essential oils were at the root cause.

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While I will never say essential oils cannot hurt an animal, we also need to be realistic that when a Facebook post is shared over half a million times, all to animal loving people — the statistics are in the favor of someone also having an animal that falls sick at the time of reading it. We should be required to obtain more information to prove cause and effect relationships.

And I urge you to always look at each research article, Facebook post, reference book, blog, or what-have-you with a critical eye. I greatly sympathize with all of those who are concerned that they have unknowingly injured their animal with the use of essential oils. I merely urge a stance of critical evaluation, instead of fear-based and poorly documented reports and concerns.

More on the author: In , she dedicated her practice solely to the research and advancement of veterinary aromatic medicine. Shelton is devoted to providing accurate, honest, and documented information regarding essential oil use in the animal kingdom — and is a popular speaker at veterinary conferences. Shelton introduced animalEO, a line of veterinary essential oil products for animals. She has presented on the use of essential oils throughout the United States, Japan, Australia, and Canada and has also authored several books and journal articles regarding the use of essential oils in animals.

The following research articles appear to be much of the basis for our concern with cats, but also what is ignored in terms of continuing advancement of our education and knowledge base. I will start with the oldest first. And this is not even close to all relevant material. Toxicity of low doses of aspirin in the cat.

Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Ames, Iowa State University Press. Chronic toxicity of essential oils and certain other products of natural origin.

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New York, Academic Press. Aspirin poisoning in the cat. Analgesic drugs in the cat. Zontine, WJ, Uno, T: Acute aspirin toxicity in a cat. Metabolism of morphine by cats. Species differences in biotransformation and excretion of salicylate.

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Influence of phenobarbital treatment on p-nitrophenol and bilirubin glucuronidation in Wistar rat, Gunn rat and cat. Experimental benzoic acid poisoning in the cat. Yeary, RA, and Swanson, W: Aspirin dosages for the cat. Hietanen E, Vainio H. Interspecies variations in small intestinal and hepatic drug hydroxylation and glucuronidation. Suppression of morphine-induced mania in cats. Acetaminophen toxicosis in the cat. Plasma levels of digoxin in the cat: Therapeutic and toxic plasma concentrations of digoxin in the cat. Clinical pharmacology of salicylates. Benzyl alcohol hazardous as a parenteral preservative.

Toxicity of benzyl alcohol preservative. Plasma kinetics of digoxin in the cat.

Effect of chloramphenicol on serum salicylate concentrations in cats and dogs. Clinicopathologic evaluation of N-acetylcysteine therapy in acetaminophen toxicosis in the cat.

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On the glucuronidation of digitalis compounds in different species. Tylenol poisoning in the cat. Idiosyncracies of Drug Metabolism in Cats: Effects on Pharmacotherapeutics in Feline Practice. Phenytoin metabolism in the cat after long-term oral administration. The toxicity and biotransformation of single doses of acetaminophen in dogs and cats. Oxidative and conjugative metabolism of xenobiotics by livers of cattle, sheep, swine and rats.

Vollmer KO, von Hodenberg A. Structure elucidation of the metabolites and interspecies comparison. Xenobiotic biotransformation in livestock: Acute Pinesol toxicity in a domestic cat. Mouse skin tumor promoting activity of orange peel oil and d-limonene: Toxicity of D-limonene, the major component of citrus peel oil, to all life stages of the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis Siphonaptera: Jocie McKade rated it liked it Feb 01, Nova rated it liked it Aug 03, Darcy Webb rated it really liked it Mar 31, Jyoti Singh rated it liked it May 07, Denise rated it liked it Jun 27, Lauren Hunt rated it really liked it Mar 11, Lauren Dukes rated it liked it Dec 30, Christy Fain rated it it was ok Sep 08, Jill Sanchioni rated it really liked it Jan 22, Stephanie Fyfe rated it it was ok Aug 03, Kathryn rated it liked it Jun 04, Melissa Morrell rated it liked it Jul 19, Melanie rated it liked it Aug 07, Mark Murray rated it liked it May 24, Nicole Dix rated it really liked it Dec 10, Victoria Lynn rated it liked it Mar 25, Skye rated it liked it Dec 06, Bonnie rated it liked it Sep 10, Andrea rated it really liked it Jul 11, Naomi Duggan rated it it was amazing Nov 14, April rated it really liked it Jan 23, Are you aware of a certain brand?

Try this image-only link: I need clarification on the math….. You are absolutely correct!!

Next time you update, it would be great to deferinciate bewteen phototoxic oils based on extraction method since some citrus oils are not phototoxic, depending on how they are extracted cold pressed or co2. Love this and defitnitely sharing! YES, you are so right. Lemon and lime are listed as cold-extraction on the chart, but I tried to get all of the oils on there and at a 4 point font, it just became a mess. So much misinformation out there.

I think you are one of the first bloggers I have read that has paid attention to safety. I have tried many times over the last few hours to download and print this off. I have yet to receive this in my e-mail. Out of curiosity, have you checked your spam folder?

Kresha Thank you for your website and I do so want a hard copy of your chart. Please send it as an email because I want to mount it on my wall as a reference!! Thank you I love this chart it helps a lot. Would you mind giving me some resources I could start with and maybe good topics and keywords to research?

I would really appreciate it. Thank you kresha for this info. And sharing your talent I like it I do love essential oils.. My curiosity about essential oils are widen now.. Thank you Keesha for sharing such great insight from your experience. One question, how do you know what brand of oil to use?

There are many out on the market. The printable safety sheet is amazing! It is a little ink heavy and it looks like it will be difficult to read when I print it though. Would I be able to be e-mailed a copy that is in an image form so that I could blow it up to fit the whole page?

Also would you be able to send me the references you used to find this information? Thanks for the great information! I just used some diluted ginger oil that my sister gave me, for ongoing pain in my leg from breaking it 3 years ago. It worked almost right away!

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When I looked it up from my favorite company, they only offer the CO2 extract. Im just starting in learning about essential oils. I think the knowledge that they are toxic to cats even fatal should be a first alert in this day and age of animal lovers. Thank you for this guide it will be very helpful to me. There are only a FEW essential oils that are toxic or fatal to cats. Some are very beneficial! I am unable to click on the chart and enlarge it.

It says to enter my name and email address and it will be sent to me. I just wanted to look at the chart. Due to the amount of information on the chart and its size, the only way to zoom in and look at it is to download it. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. We as parents must also take the Hippocratic Oath for our children's health: Thus, the rule of thumb for this chart is this: If an oil exists in two locations, that means it is generally regarded as safe, but has a contraindication for some sub-population and should be researched if you have any concerns.

Kresha Faber Kresha is the mother of four young children, the wife of one handsome organic farmer, an opera singer, a cloth diapering instructor, and an avid researcher. How to Make Natural Food Dyes. How to Make Homemade Potting Soil. Homemade Dusting Spray and Wood Polish. December 12, at 8: December 18, at 2: I hope that helps! Could you be sending a copy of the Essential Oils? January 2, at January 6, at 4: Those are great questions! January 6, at 8: January 15, at 7: February 16, at 2: So, I hope that clarifies things a bit!

February 16, at This resource is wonderful! February 16, at 5: February 16, at 7: February 17, at 5: Thank you so much for your response.

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