Recursos
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Animals
For information relating to essential oils with animals (the IFA only advice of the application with humans) please visit the following websites:
- Dogs Naturally www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com
- Pet Poison Helpline www.petpoisonhelpline.com
Distillation
The art of distillation from the 17th Century www.levity.com
Endangered Essential Oils
For information relating to threatened essential oil species please visit the following websites:
- Cites www.cites.org
- IUCN Red List www.iucnredlist.org
Essential Oil Chemical Components and Therapeutic Properties
For information relating to specific essential oils please visit the following websites:
Herbmed www.herbmed.org
Herb Research Foundation www.herbs.org
Oils and Plants www.oilsandplants.com
Levity www.levity.com
The Good Scents Company www.thegoodscentscompany.com
Essential Oil Farming
Soil Association www.soilassociation.org
Multi-discipline and CAM Updates
CAM Quest www.cam-quest.org/en
Cochrane Complementray Medicine https://cam.cochrane.org/
College of Natural Medicine www.collegeofmedicine.org.uk
Positive Health www.positivehealth.com/users/register
The Research Council for Complementary Medicine www.rccm.org.uk
Parliamentary Reports and Debates
- Consumer Health Protection Committee: Guidance on Essential Oils in Cosmetic Products
- Department of Health and Social Care www.gov.uk
- European Medicines Agency: Public statement on the use of herbal medicinal products containing estragole
- EU databse Cosing Annexe III (it does not list essential oils but rather the constituents of the essential oils)
- Guide to quackery, health fraud visit www.quackwatch.org
- House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology www.publications.parliament.uk
- International Trade Centre: Marketing Manual and Web Directory for Organic Spices, Culinary Herbs and Essential Oils
- Knowledgeshare – Information for evidence based practice www.knowledgeshare.nhs.uk
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence www.nice.org.uk
- Regulation (ec) no 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council Manual on Cosmetic Products
- University of York and NHS Centre for Reviews & Dissemination www.york.ac.uk
Pioneers of Aromatherapy
The fathers and mothers of alternative medicine www.oilsandplants.com
Pregnancy and Aromatherapy
NHS Chelsea and Westminister Hospital: Guidance for the use of Aromatherapy on the Birthing Unit
NHS Royal Berkshire: Aromatherapy use in Labour Care (GL1085)
Products and Cosmetics
For information relating to labelling, advertising and regulating of product contents and guidelines please visit the following websites:
- Aromatherapy Trade Council www.a-t-c.org.uk
- The Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) www.cir-safety.org
- Health Sciences Authority (HSA) (Singapore) www.hsa.gov.sg
- International Fragrance Association www.ifraorg.org
- Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency pages www.gov.uk
- Personal Care Truth www.personalcaretruth.com
- QTTC (China) www.qtccc.com
- Research Institute for Fragrance Materials www.rifm.org
- Trading Cosmetic Products: Trading Standards Fact Sheet
Statistics
For information relating to statistics please visit the following website:
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