Favorite: The Science Behind Essential Oils
Essential Oil Solutions with dōTERRA
doTERRA International LLC
4.4 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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In this classic favorite episode we sat down with Dr. Scott Johnson Director of Product Management, to talk about the science behind essential oils. He'll discuss when the research of essential oils started, how science helps us determine the purity of essential oils, the science behind how essential oils interact with our bodies, and so much more! Plus, he'll let you know where to find more information like the Essential Oil Specialist Certification Course.
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| 1:05.7 | In this episode, we sat down with Scott Johnson, Director of Product Management, |
| 1:10.4 | to talk about the science behind |
| 1:12.8 | essential oils. Scott, thank you so much for being here with us today. I'm happy to be here. |
| 1:18.5 | Always enjoy having time to share more with our Dutera audience. Wonderful. Our first big question |
| 1:25.7 | is, what is the science that is used to study essential oils? |
| 1:30.3 | Yeah, essential oils have been used and anecdotally validated for hundreds of years. |
| 1:36.3 | But scientific research behind essential oils is just scratching the surface of their potential. |
| 1:43.3 | There has been an explosion of research in the last decade that has led to the publishing |
| 1:49.3 | of more essential oil research during that time period than in the last 500 years combined. |
| 1:56.9 | Wow. |
| 1:57.5 | I often talk about merging the art and science of essential oils. The art is the hundreds of years of experience and trial and error, while the science uses modern technology and instrumentation to look at the chemistry, mechanisms, and pathways of essential oils. Understanding science and merging these two realms helps us know how to use |
| 2:21.1 | essential oils more effectively in everyday life. Much of the research that has been published |
| 2:27.5 | is what we call pre-clinical or experimental research, or research that evaluates essential oils in a non-living organism or in |
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