question for sleep guy

Are your essential oils grade A , I read somewhere that a label can state its 100% pure essential oil but it also has other ingredients. Grade A is supposed to be the best. Any comments?

sleepyhead63 wrote:Are your essential oils grade A , I read somewhere that a label can state its 100% pure essential oil but it also has other ingredients. Grade A is supposed to be the best. Any comments?

I source the EOs from a very large EO supplier with multiple offices throughout the world. They guarantee that all of their oils are 100% pure, undiluted, therapeutic grade and free from pesticides, herbicides, and other artificial chemicals. They have an in-house lab with a Gas Chromotograph that they use to test every batch.

I have not come accross any other grading system so I'm not sure what's meant by "Grade A." That strikes me as something like the FDA grading system for meat and dairy and I'm pretty sure that nothing like that exists for EOs. If it does, I'm confident that these EOs would qualify as being Grade A.

I have another business using EOs and have sourced oils from at least eight other suppliers and have settled in on the very best.

People have been asking about the "other" business.

It's called a catalytic effusion lamp--it's an air purification device that has been around in Europe for a long time that also emits aromatics. It's a catalytic device that burns an alcohol fuel base with dissolved aromatics. It burns without a flame and actually cleans the air through a catalytic process similar to an automobile "catalytic converter."

It is also extremely efficient in emitting aromatics. It's far, far better than scented candles and other "home fragrance" products on the market.

The business is manufacturing effusion lamp fuel with authentic, real aromatics. Everyone else uses artificial fragrances. In my opinion there's a huge difference. Our fuel, Pur-Woods, for example, uses a blend of real, authentic woods, conifers, and other earthy aromatics (like patchouli) so that it really smells like you're in the woods. Your nose is literally smelling the same aromatic molecules as if you were camping except you're at home. It's quite an amazing product.

The website is: http://www.puraira.com

Checking it out right now

I love good smells

Thanks, Bret.

God Bless...

Mary

Sounds like a great idea, placed my order a few minutes ago...thanks for posting site URL.

WARNING WARNING WARNING

Puppies love the smell of Bret's oils

I had my machine apart for maintenance of the HH, and had set the pur-sleep diffuser on the nightstand.

When I returned to put things back together the diffuser was gone. So was the puppy. I found the diffuser and the puppy under the bed. The puppy was fine. So was the top half of the diffuser.

So Bret, can I buy just the bottom (white) part?

Rick; who's puppy's breath smells suprisingly fresh.

Thanks, Rick. I will put the diffuser up high while cleaning the machine from now on

Bret, can I buy just the bottom (white) part?

I was also wondering this...is it possible to buy just the diffuser? Maybe to past customers only, if you don't want to be responsible for other people putting other "things" in the diffuser? Am pretty sure the husband will be a fellow hosehead in about a week or so and want to be able to hook him up right away with the pur-sleep

Thanks and blessings....

Mary

This is the article I found on www. aromanotes.com that talks about essential oils:

What You Should Know About Essential Oils


Unfortunately, not all essential oils are created equal. Most of the essential oils on the market are what is called "perfume quality" or "fourth & fifth quality" oils. This includes oils found in health food stores.

To maintain all of the therapeutic qualities, it must be extracted by steam distillation using extremely low pressure & low heat so as not to defile the quality of the oil.

Many people think that when they buy an oil that is labeled as "pure" they are getting good oils. This is far from true.


There are 4 levels of therapeutic oils:

! PURE - This means the oil was not diluted with a lesser quality essential oil. For example: lavender oil is often cut with lavendin, which has very little therapeutic quality. "Pure" does not mean it has no chemicals added to it. In the U.S., all you need is 5% of essential oil in the bottle in order to label it "100% pure."

! NATURAL- This means the oil was not adulterated with vegetable oils, propylene glycol, SD Alcohol 40 or other chemicals.

! COMPLETE - This means the oil was distilled at low heat & low pressure so that all the therapeutic properties are there. They have not been rectified or purified (which means stripped or redistilled.) Essential oils are often redistilled to make a small amount of oil go farther. They can make more profit that way. The problem is, when you redistill the oil you lose the therapeutic properties. It's like using a tea bag over & over again. An example: France is the number one producer of lavender oil. In 1997 they produced 25 tons of lavender and 67 tons were shipped to the U.S. alone. What is wrong with this picture?

! GENUINE or GRADE A - These are the cream of the crop. Great care is taken at every step of the process. Seeds- not from hybrids, soil- organic soil that never has chemicals put on it. Chemicals are never used on the plants in the field. Distillation by steam at low pressure & low temperature in upright containers & no chemicals are ever used in the process. Must have clarity of definition (one plant could have 200 species.) The time in the distiller is also important- cypress oil needs to be distilled for 24 hours. Many companies will distill at higher temperature for a shorter time. This will destroy the quality of the oil. The distiller must be no more than 50 miles away from the sight where the plants were harvested.

They must have Gas Chromatograph readings with an embossed seal that does not come from their own lab.
Then & only then can they have the words "Grade A" on the label.

[quote="sleepyhead63"]This is the article I found on www. aromanotes.com that talks about essential oils:

What You Should Know About Essential Oils


Unfortunately, not all essential oils are created equal. Most of the essential oils on the market are what is called "perfume quality" or "fourth & fifth quality" oils. This includes oils found in health food stores.

To maintain all of the therapeutic qualities, it must be extracted by steam distillation using extremely low pressure & low heat so as not to defile the quality of the oil.

Many people think that when they buy an oil that is labeled as "pure" they are getting good oils. This is far from true.


There are 4 levels of therapeutic oils:

! PURE - This means the oil was not diluted with a lesser quality essential oil. For example: lavender oil is often cut with lavendin, which has very little therapeutic quality. "Pure" does not mean it has no chemicals added to it. In the U.S., all you need is 5% of essential oil in the bottle in order to label it "100% pure."

! NATURAL- This means the oil was not adulterated with vegetable oils, propylene glycol, SD Alcohol 40 or other chemicals.

! COMPLETE - This means the oil was distilled at low heat & low pressure so that all the therapeutic properties are there. They have not been rectified or purified (which means stripped or redistilled.) Essential oils are often redistilled to make a small amount of oil go farther. They can make more profit that way. The problem is, when you redistill the oil you lose the therapeutic properties. It's like using a tea bag over & over again. An example: France is the number one producer of lavender oil. In 1997 they produced 25 tons of lavender and 67 tons were shipped to the U.S. alone. What is wrong with this picture?

! GENUINE or GRADE A - These are the cream of the crop. Great care is taken at every step of the process. Seeds- not from hybrids, soil- organic soil that never has chemicals put on it. Chemicals are never used on the plants in the field. Distillation by steam at low pressure & low temperature in upright containers & no chemicals are ever used in the process. Must have clarity of definition (one plant could have 200 species.) The time in the distiller is also important- cypress oil needs to be distilled for 24 hours. Many companies will distill at higher temperature for a shorter time. This will destroy the quality of the oil. The distiller must be no more than 50 miles away from the sight where the plants were harvested.

They must have Gas Chromatograph readings with an embossed seal that does not come from their own lab.
Then & only then can they have the words "Grade A" on the label.

Rabid1 wrote:WARNING WARNING WARNING

Puppies love the smell of Bret's oils

I had my machine apart for maintenance of the HH, and had set the pur-sleep diffuser on the nightstand.

When I returned to put things back together the diffuser was gone. So was the puppy. I found the diffuser and the puppy under the bed. The puppy was fine. So was the top half of the diffuser.

So Bret, can I buy just the bottom (white) part?

Rick; who's puppy's breath smells suprisingly fresh.

Rick--ROFL! I got enough of a chuckle out of this I'd be happy to send a replacement. PM me.

SleepGuy wrote:

sleepyhead63 wrote:This is the article I found on www. aromanotes.com that talks about essential oils:

What You Should Know About Essential Oils...

...and I found this article:

Is this the SAME Young? of Young Living Essential Oils?

http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/young.html

Snoredog thanks for the article about young living oils, guy does seem like a real quack!!! What some people will do to push their product .

Snoredog wrote:

SleepGuy wrote:

sleepyhead63 wrote:This is the article I found on www. aromanotes.com that talks about essential oils:

What You Should Know About Essential Oils...

...and I found this article:

Is this the SAME Young? of Young Living Essential Oils?

http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/young.html

The one and very same Gary Young.

I think it's unfortunate how far he has taken the EO thing--he's making hundreds of millions off of the enterprise and it's just starting to take off.

The MLM is an ideal structure for this kind of business because it's primarily the sales reps who make the therapeutic claims--word of mouth kind of thing--and there's not much the FDA could do because it's not the company making claims directly.

Young Living has also ghost written a textbook (People's Desk Reference for Essential Oils). It's full of all kinds of far out there claims--medical claims and, in particular, Young Living EOs. But again, it wasn't published by Young Living.

It's a shame because EOs do have some real benefits. In my opinion, the primary benefit is simply that they smell good. And things that smell good help us feel good. But that's pretty much where it should end.