Educational Links
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Smell is a learned process shaped by language, experience and genetics. The fields of aromatherapy and therapy with oils represent a complex blend of basic sciences and clinical medicine. Botany, geography, anatomy, physiology, chemistry, toxicology, genetics, immunology, psychology and various medical specialties all should be studied to a certain extent in order to achieve a knowledge base sufficient to use essential oils safely. Western medicine is very gradually integrating aromatherapy and other healing arts as well as traditional Chinese medicine into clinical practice. The educational links provided here are a simplistic start to self education. Learning can be a wonderfully exciting excursion. Bon voyage.
Medical Aromatherapy in the 21st Century
National Center for Biotechnical Information: National Library of Medicine
National Institute of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Cancer Institute: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Herbal Resource Library
California Pacific Medical Center: Institute for Health & Healing
MD Anderson Cancer Center Complementary / Integrative Medicine
The Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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