The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy Aromatherapy Journal In this Issue: ● Beyond Aromatics Conference Review ● Attentive and Calm ● A Year with Morphology: Wood ● Polycystic Ovary Syndrome ● Tocopherol, Carotene, Phenolic Contents and Antibacterial Properties of Rose Essential Oil, Hydrosol and Absolute and Much More! Aromatherapy E-Journal Autumn 2014.3 Aromatherapy Journal A Quarterly Publication of NAHA Table of Contents Autumn 2014.3 AJ555 Editors Note......................................................................... 3 The National Association for Holistic Beyond Aromatics Conference Review............................ Aromatherapy, Inc. (NAHA) A non-profit educational organization Boulder, CO 80309 BEAUTY AND SELF CARE Wood Morphology...............................................................14 Adminstrative Offices: by Katie Vie PO BOX 27871 Raleigh, NC 27611-7871 MATERIA MEDICA Tocopherol, Carotene, Phenolic Contents and Antibacterial Office Phone: (919) 894-0298 Properties of Rose Essential Oil, Hydrosol and Absolute Fax: (919) 894-0271 by Seyhan Ulusoy, Gulgun Bosgelmez-Tinaz, and Hale Email: [email protected] Secilmis-Canbay................................................................... 21 Website: www.NAHA.org Chief Editor: Men and the Road to Aging Gracefully and Healthy ...... 28 Haly JensenHof by Maria Tabone Co-Editors: Sharon Falsetto & ROOTS OF HERBALISM Kelly Holland Azzaro Attentive and Calm ............................................................ 42 by Juliet Blankespoor Cover Art: Autumn Immunity: Five Unique Essential Oils for Autumn NAHA Image Database: Andrea Butje Rose petals by Dorene Petersen.................................................. 50 Article Submissions Roll-on Relief with Aromatherapy..................................... 58 Please send article by Kelly Holland Azzaro proposals to: Haly JensenHof <[email protected]> NAHA COMMUNITY Interview with An Aromatherapist......................................... 64 Advertising by Sharon Falsetto For advertising information please email: [email protected] Feature Articles The opinions expressed by the authors are their own and do not necessarily Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.............................................. 32 reflect the views of the editor or of by Jean Bokelmann, M.D. and Annette Davis, C.N NAHA. NAHA and the editors do not accept responsiblity for the use or misuse of essential oils mentioned in Menopause.......................................................................... 54 these articles. The Aromatherapy Journal by Colleen Harte reserves the right to accept or reject any advertisement or article submitted and does not necessarily endorse products advertised in this journal. NAHA Market Place ............................................................67 NAHA Directors .................................................................. 71 © Copyright 2014 NAHA All Rights Reserved by NAHA. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. © Copyright 2014 NAHA 3 Aromatherapy Journal Autumn 2014.3 Editor’s Note Autumn Transitions. It seems I notice the transition from summer to autumn much more than I do any other seasonal change. I think it is because, in Wyoming, the transition from summer to autumn is a long, beautiful, colorful, stimulating, busy time of year. The days remain quite hot, with temperatures in the upper 80’s and low 90’s, the evenings and nights are cool, if not cold, with temperatures dipping to the low 50’s. The skies are a vibrant azure with islands of billowy white clouds. It rarely rains, and if it does rain the sun is usually shinning. The weather can stay like this well into October. It’s magical! Observing the trees, grasses, herbs and flowers make their transition from summer splendor to autumn harvest is amazing. Everything changes color: trees begin showing off their blazing reds, yellows, oranges, and browns; flowers are bursting with the last vestige of color before fading; and the grasses slowly begin to fade from seas of green to waves of golden yellow. It is a time to gather and harvest. I am blissfully busy harvesting herbs, flower seeds, vegetables, and the last wild berries of the season. There is an energy to gathering foodstuff, but it is a calm, soothing, comforting energy. Everything; plant, animal and human is beginning to slow down, to make the transition from the hot days of summer to the lazy days of autumn and to prepare for the long quiet time of winter. Autumn marks life-cycle transitions. Young children are leaving their parents to embark on the adventures of being in school; young men and women leave home to attend college; middle-aged people begin to notice changes in their physiology. This issue of The Aromatherapy Journal includes an article by Colleen Harte addressing a woman’s transition into menopause and how essential oils can assist a woman through this stage of life. Maria Tabone’s article, Men and the Road to Aging Gracefully and Healthy, is an article all men would benefit from reading because it thoroughly covers health issues men face when they reach middle-age. Let’s not forget the aromas of autumn! The warm smell of freshly picked apples, the earthy aroma of squash and gourds, and all of the amazing odors of harvested herbs provide an olfactory experience that is quite pleasurable. Dorene Petersen has written an article about the wonderful essential oils that not only remind us of autumn, but also provide us with immune system support. We are looking for articles! If you are an aromatherapy student, or teacher of aromatherapy students, please submit your papers for publication in The Aromatherapy Journal. We hope you enjoy this autumn issue of the NAHA’s Aromatherapy Journal. - Haly JensenHof, MA, RA © Copyright 2014 NAHA 4 Aromatherapy Journal Autumn 2014.3 The World of Aromatherapy VII: Beyond Aromatics Conference Review with Roxana Villa I’m going to attempt to encapsulate the 7th All the presenters and some of the volunteers International Conference of the National Association were housed in the uber green student village on for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA), titled Beyond the edge of a forest. Each morning I would rise Aromatics. The soiree was held on the glorious early and take a leisurely walk through the vast campus of Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington garden on my way to the communal breakfast in from September 12th-14th, 2014. the cafeteria. The congregation in Seattle felt very heartfelt and intimate with a range of speakers and attendees Appropriately coined “the Harvard of natural from distillers, health practitioners, educators to medicine” by author Gabriel Mojay, the University is many friends including Miss Sunshine, Heidi Nielsen located within a tranquil forest park near Seattle. The pictured below. site, with its gorgeous organic herb and vegetable garden, was the perfect setting for a gathering of devotees of nature and wholistic healing. © Copyright 2014 NAHA 5 Aromatherapy Journal Autumn 2014.3 - Beyond Aromatics continued - Presentations began Friday morning with an insightful view of the global landscape of Aromatherapy delivered by Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, who had us all chuckling as he retold the creation story from the perspective of aromatic molecules. David Crow, my first teacher of aromatics, enchanted us with a dialogue on Cosmic Chemistry challenging us to a collective awakening with an intention of creating a sustainable spiritual culture. In the presentation he included footage of growers and distillers of Helichrysum italicum that he has been working with in Corsica. Although the region is known for abundant amounts of the golden flowering shrub the plant is suffering due to ecological factors. David shared how even the smallest shifts in a culture can have dramatic affects on the plants. For example, helichrysum is happiest when it has lots of space and is alone. If the sheep are present, they will eat all the shrubs and weeds that grow around helichrysum, giving her plenty of room to branch out while remaining in solitude. However, the goat and sheep herders of Corsica have now taken on work as tour guides rather than herding, thus the plants that used to be cleared by the animals now infringe on the helichrysum, impeding her abundant growth. © Copyright 2014 NAHA 6 Aromatherapy Journal Autumn 2014.3 - Beyond Aromatics continued - On Saturday afternoon I presented The Tree of Life: A On Sunday, the last day of the conference, I was Mystical Approach to the Art of Botanical Perfumery, able to catch two morning presentations. The first a rather esoteric impression on art, alchemy was Staying Healthy through the Seasons with and perfume, offering an alternate perspective Aromatherapy and Ayurvedic Principals with Jade on learning. I began with the history of botanical Shutes. The interactive workshop began with an perfume, going all the way back to the 1st scent introduction to the Five Element Theory of Ayurveda molecules produced by the conifers, progressing followed by a four page questionnaire to ascertain to todays modern botanical perfumers which hold our particular dosha. Most of us were a combination the seeds of aromatherapy, art, herbalism and of two, such as Vata/Pitta. Of all the wonderous alchemy. The tree, with its abundant use in spiritual information gathered throughout the conference, and philosophical doctrines, became the anchor this workshop was the most practical for me, and emblem, as I took the audience on a Delphic journey. I continue to apply