Education and training/ 18.02.24
Safety issues page posted on August 5, 2013 from:
Safety issues page posted on August 5, 2013 from: learningabouteos.com Below is the information that was on the above site. It is typical of the incorrect and misleading pseudo science which originated over 20 years ago from 2 or 3 people in France. That wrong information has been parroted ad infinitum by other teachers. Their claimed therap...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
TRAINING & EDUCATION
TRAINING & EDUCATION Anyone considering a career in aromatherapy should study all the articles carefully. You will then have an idea on what to be on the lookout for, and how to avoid wasting your money. Do I need to take a training course? Minor updating 2014 Aromatherapy is no different to many other subjects in that it is only wor...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
WHERE AROMATHERAPY TRAINING WAS/IS GOING WRONG
WHERE AROMATHERAPY TRAINING WAS/IS GOING WRONG Written and researched by: Martin Watt Original version published in The Aromatic Thymes. Vol.3. No.1. 1995. pp7,9,30. Article slightly revised 2012. My response to criticism from the UK Aromatherapy organisations council of my article is below. Those training courses placing great em...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
AROMATHERAPY FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
AROMATHERAPY FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION A USEFUL THERAPY, BUT TRAINING QUALITY AND SAFETY STANDARDS ARE A LOTTERY By Martin Watt Significant inroads into the mainstream clinical environment have been made in recent years by various forms of complementary medicine including aromatherapy (1). Therefore is the time not overdue for the medical...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
Some thoughts on the use of Complementary therapies
Some thoughts on the use of Complementary therapies within Government controlled health care services. By Martin Watt Mainly UK but can apply to other countries. A letter (May 2006) from Professor Michael Baum and other leading doctors in the UK, suggested that complementary therapies should not be used by our health service. Their reas...
Education and training/ 18.02.24
Letter from Institute of Comp. Medicine on UK organisations
Letter from Institute of Comp. Medicine on UK organisations. This letter below from the late Michael Endacott of the ICM, may seem out of date, but in some respects it remains valid. Particularly in relation to trade associations accepting LOWEST standards for qualifications. I intend therefore to continue hosting his letter so that newcome...
Therapeutic use issues/ 18.02.24
MISLEADING AND FAKE COVID CURES
MISLEADING AND FAKE COVID CURES By Martin Watt. June 2020 Since the coronavirus outbreak started there have been numerous quacks setting up prestigious looking web sites and blogs. The aromatherapy world has plenty of them. I expect the multi level sellers representatives are spreading the usual lies directly to their customers now after t...
Therapeutic use issues/ 18.02.24
Essential Oils during Pregnancy
Essential Oils during Pregnancy Myths Exposed & Some Facts by Martin Watt 2013-14 Several ladies have emailed me about this issue. They have been scared about the effects on their baby after using essential oils while pregnant but only later reading about the dangers. Below I am providing some facts to dispel the common aromatherapy non...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Complete Guide to Aromatherapy
The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy 1995 edition by Salvatore Battaglia. Reviewed by Martin Watt. I thought parts of this book looked impressive until I started on the essential oil monographs. In those he includes the usual nonsense from earlier aromatherapy authors. They took the traditional uses of herbs and assumed the external applicati...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Medical Aromatherapy
Medical Aromatherapy by Kurt Schnaubelt. 1999 edition Reviewed by Martin Watt. I had high hopes for this book as it was only published in 1999 years after other aromatherapy books. It therefore had a chance to correct errors made by previous authors. Sadly I was disappointed as it contains the same old recopied errors on the therapeutic us...