The New Antibiotics Might Be Essential Oils

[Hestia]

9. Sorry, just now getting back to the board

I am so glad that I am not the only one who reads aromatherapy research articles. There has been a lot of research in Europe in discovery the properties of plant extracts and I am so happy that we are hopefully seeing the start of the benefits of that research.

The problem with essential oils is that they can go rancid if not stored properly, and a lot of oils need to be replaced each year. There is already exploitation of essential oils now on the market, and I do hope we do not see an explosion of adulterated oils entering the market.

The first thing my DH said, well, there goes the patenting of plant extracts, and I said no way because they have been in the wild for centuries and they are publicly held items. Well, used to be, we aren't sure any longer how the patent office will rule, but there are too many people who use essential oils and plant extracts to allow that to happen.