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Essential oils: Lemongrass – the science

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Lemongrass is reported to be an essential oil with great anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Does it stand up to the science? ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIESThis study (1) concluded that “…limited exposure of yeasts to lemongrass oil at subcidal concentration can suppress growth for more than 24h. Altogether, the results obtained indicate that lemongrass oil possessed antifungal and...

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Essential oils: Lemongrass essential oil

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Lemongrass isn’t just for flavouring your favourite Asian noodles any more! It’s an essential oil, too! Lemongrass essential oil (Cymbogon citratus) is steam distilled from cultivated plants. (It can also be CO2 extracted.) It’s considered to be a sedative, flavouring and fragrance agent, analgesic, anti-microbial and antiseptic, fungicidal, insecticidal, and astringent. (And you know we’ll...

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Essential oils: What do you want to know?

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I’ve been working so much on the Newbie Tuesday stuff (including a video I hope is ready for Tuesday!) that I kind of got off track with the essential oils. Do you want to see more about essential oils? (I ask because there hasn’t been a lot of comments about the posts, and I’m getting...

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Where do I get my information?

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I’ve been asked this quite a number of times in the last few weeks, so I thought it was a good idea to re-post this information as well as information on how you can do your own research! What are my resources? The Handbook of Cosmetic Science & Technology (3rd edition), Chemistry for Pharmacy Students, Surfactants...

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Support your local (2012)

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I’ve always enjoyed shopping local, and this year we’re shopping local even more often! (Please read this post for my good reasons to shop local as this is more about my frustrations about large companies!)  Raymond and I realized that we’re pretty self-sufficient during that snow storm a few weeks ago, but we still need raw...

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