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Linda Halcón
We are very proud of the accomplished professionals and educators that constitute the Tisserand Institute Advisory Board! They are not only knowledgeable; they are also actively involved in notable ventures. Here’s what Linda Halcón has been up to lately. Linda is...
Citrus Oils and Breast Health
by Robert Tisserand, with thanks to Christine Carson PhD and Linda Halcon PhD for their input. In the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and it is the second most common cause of death from any cancer. According to the National Cancer...
No One Can Hear You When You’re Mean
by Cristina Howell with thanks to Kandace Knudson, PhD for her input My name is Cristina but I am also called Crissi, Cris, Mom, Cricket, and quite possibly other names I am content to remain uninformed of. I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, doula,...
Essential Oils and the “Detox” Theory
by Kristina Bauer Globally, aromatherapy is becoming increasingly popular. As the number of essential oil users continues to grow, and as recommendations for undiluted use increase, so exposure increases. As Robert Tisserand notes, “The number of incidents of an...
Resistance is Futile
The single chemical approach Since I became involved in aromatherapy 45 years ago, the dynamic between conventional medicine and aromatherapy has changed. Some of the weaknesses of conventional medicine (a $400 billion industry in the USA, and worth $1 trillion...
AromaTab™ – A Novel Essential Oil Tablet
by Raphael d’Angelo MD Background The human immune system must deal with a host of microbial and infectious agents throughout a person's life. Such challenges come from viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites and those organisms that do not easily fit such well-defined...
Tea Tree Oil is not Losing its Bug-Killing Punch
by Christine Carson, PhD An experienced group of US-based researchers (Cuaron et al. 2014) have recently published a paper with the title "The Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus Tea Tree Oil-Reduced Susceptibility Mutants" in the journal Phytotherapy Research (impact...
Infographic: Essential Oils as Antimicrobials
3,565 years of known history on one timeline, starting with the use of myrrh as a wound salve in ancient Egypt in 1550BC. Special thanks to Christine Carson, PhD for her input You can download a PDF version of the graphic here (size will depend on your printing...
Essential Oils of Citrus Prevent Infection in Plants and Animals
by Kelly Albard, PhD Not all microbes cause disease, in fact most of them don’t, but those that do are called “pathogenic”, meaning disease-causing. Pathogenic micro-organisms (PMs), in the form of bacteria and fungi, have plagued modern humans for 200,000 years....
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