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<p>The use of an essential oil with a therapeutic purpose depends on many conditions. First of all, only substances whose quality meets the guidelines of the modern, current Polish standard PN-EN ISO 9235: 2021-12 (ICS 71.100.60 - Essential oils) and which are classified as essential oils can be used in aromatherapy, i.e. for therapeutic purposes. A very important role in obtaining essential oils of high therapeutic quality is played by the place and method of cultivation of the plant from which the oil is extracted, safety in maintaining the purity of the essential oil during its extraction, and compliance with the special requirement to label the essential oil package. Fragrance, synthetic and natural oils do not meet these requirements and cannot be used for therapeutic purposes.</p>
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The use of an essential oil with a therapeutic purpose depends on many conditions. First of all, only substances whose quality meets the guidelines of the modern, current Polish standard PN-EN ISO 9235: 2021-12 (ICS 71.100.60 - Essential oils) and which are classified as essential oils can be used in aromatherapy, i.e. for therapeutic purposes. A very important role in obtaining essential oils of high therapeutic quality is played by the place and method of cultivation of the plant from which the oil is extracted, safety in maintaining the purity of the essential oil during its extraction, and compliance with the special requirement to label the essential oil package. Fragrance, synthetic and natural oils do not meet these requirements and cannot be used for therapeutic purposes.

Selected Commodity Characteristics of Essential Oils Used for Healing Purposes

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The use of an essential oil with a therapeutic purpose depends on many conditions. First of all, only substances whose quality meets the guidelines of the...

Selected Commodity Characteristics of Essential Oils Used for Healing Purposes

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2022

Páginas: 170 - 178

Recibido: 20 dic 2021

Aceptado: 15 jul 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2022-0018

Palabras clave
aromatherapy, method of extracting essential oils, labeling of essential oils packaging

© 2022 Maria Radziejowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Selected Commodity Characteristics of Essential Oils Used for Healing Purposes

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2022

Páginas: 170 - 178

Recibido: 20 dic 2021

Aceptado: 15 jul 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2022-0018

Palabras clavearomatherapy, method of extracting essential oils, labeling of essential oils packaging

© 2022 Maria Radziejowska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
aromatherapy, method of extracting essential oils, labeling of essential oils packaging