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"In addition to memory, smell can have a profound effect on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels as is indicated by Aromatherapy—a practice that works with the volatile oils of a plant through the olfactory system. A strong odor in plants indicates there are volatile oils, further indicating a medicinal quality. Where does the aroma lodge in your body and what is the sensation you have there? Does the smell remind you of some kind of food or place or person? What kind of a feeling sense does the plant evoke, one of pleasantness or caution?" - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"That's because while stone grinding removed the bran from the wheat kernel (and therefore the largest portion of the fiber), it couldn't remove the germ, or embryo, which contains volatile oils that are rich in nutrients. The stone wheels merely crushed the germ and released the oil. This had the effeet of tinting the flour yellowish gray (the yellow is carotene) and shortening its shelf life, because the oil, once exposed to the air, soon oxidized—turned rancid. That's what people could see and smell, and they didn't like it." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"A strong odor in plants indicates there are volatile oils, further indicating a medicinal quality. Where does the aroma lodge in your body and what is the sensation you have there? Does the smell remind you of some kind of food or place or person? What kind of a feeling sense does the plant evoke, one of pleasantness or caution? Does this plant urge you to put it in your mouth? HEAR Engaging your hearing sense can be very profound because this is the place where you listen with "big ears," meaning your intuition. Intuition is an inner knowing that occurs without the use of reasoning." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.) "This strong taste indicates a high content of volatile oils and highly medicinal qualities such as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, and carminative (antispasmodic and gas relieving in the digestive tract), to list a few. The final taste to consider is a salty flavor, which indicates there are minerals in the plant that give it a nutritive quality. Sometimes you can actually taste the mineral. For example, high iron content makes your teeth feel funny while the taste of chalk indicates calcium." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.) "By feeling its stickiness, I became aware that there are lots of volatile oils, an attribute of a highly medicinal plant. My feeling sensation was in my head, specifically in my third-eye chakra. The external world and all that was going on around me gave many indications about Rosemary's essential nature. The dog came from the direction of the North, which is the direction of the wisdom keepers, the elders, and the dreamtime. The air swirled around and all was so heady, indicating the Vata dosha." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"Other characteristic constituents are the flavo-noids, resins, volatile oils, fatty acids, tannins, alkaloids, cimicifugin, and salicylic acid. Although the constituents in black cohosh may be able to bind to receptors in the pituitary or hypothalamus, these constituents do not seem to be able to bind to receptors in target organs. Older research showed the effects of a black cohosh preparation on LH and FSH secretion in menopausal women. After a treatment of two months, LH (but not FSH) levels were significantly reduced in the black cohosh-treated group." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.) "Garlic and its volatile oils can inhibit platelet aggregation and thereby improve circulation.15 Finally, women taking hormonal contraceptives can experience changes in vaginal pH, which can lead to changes in the balance of organisms in the vagina. Lactobacillus species are fundamental to maintaining a healthy ecological vaginal environment, which helps to prevent yeast and vaginal infections. It may be possible to favorably alter this vaginal ecology by taking lactobacillus in the form of a nutritional supplement." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"There are many volatile oils and flavonoid phytochemicals in parsley, all having cancer-protective attributes. Home Remedies Parsley is one of the medicinal herbs used by diabetics in Turkey. It is valued as a breath-freshener, due to its high concentration of chlorophyll, and in tea form, parsley is often used as a diuretic. Throw Me a Lifesaver! DIABETES: The Turks were on to something!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Other phytochemicals in basil include orientin and vicerin, flavonoids that protect cells from damage; volatile oils, such as camphor and 1,8-cineole, that have antibacterial properties; and carotenoids such as beta-carotene. Home Remedies Basil appears in many simple preparations. A leaf tucked over a mouth ulcer may ease the sore's pain. Try treating sore gums with a tea made from eight basil leaves in one cup of boiling water. Swish frequently with the tea. Treat an earache with the juice from ten basil leaves: With a dropper apply a drop or two into the ear canal." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"VOLATILE OILS • The volatillity in oils is the tendency to give off vapors, usually at room temperature. The volatile oils in plants such as peppermint or rose produce the aroma. The volatile oils in plants stimulate the tissue with which they come in contact whether they are inhaled, ingested, or placed on the skin. They can relax or stimulate, irritate or soothe, depending upon the of treatment and concentration. w WALNUT EXTRACT • An extract of the husk of the nut of Juglans spp., the English walnut tree. Used in walnut flavorings for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, and baked goods." - Ruth Winter, Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients Vitamin E (Get the book.)

"To treat indigestion due to lactose intolerance, steep a heaped tbsp of chamomile flowers in a covered cup of hot water for 10 minutes to extract the medicinal flavonoids and some of the volatile oils. This tea can be taken several times a day to help. Gentian: Gentian can be consumed in several different forms to ease indigestion due to lactose intolerance. Boil 1 g in % cup of water for five minutes to make a liquid decoction that should be taken 30 minutes before meals, up to four times daily. Alternatively, an alcohol-based tincture of gentian can be made and similarly used before meals." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"The flavour components are often volatile oils, but can be pungent alkaloids (as in pepper and chilli), pungent mustard oils (as in mustard and horseradish) or sulphur compounds (as in onions and garlic). Spices are used sparingly in dishes and add relatively little to the nutrient content of the diet, but they may have important health effects as digestives, carminatives or stimulants. Many spices are indeed used in traditional medicine as herbal remedies and tonics. Spices are still an important part of world trade but are no longer the source of fabulous wealth as they once were." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Kennedy Al et al., volatile oils from normal and transformed roots of Artemisia absinthium. In: PH 32:1449. 1993. Kinloch JD, Practitioner 206:44, 1971. Lai H & Singh NP, Selective cancer cell cytotoxicity from exposure to dihydroartemisinin and holotransferrin. In: Cancer Lett; 91(l):41-46, 1995. Lemberkovics E et al., Some phytochemical characteristics of essential oil of Artemisia absinthium L. In: Herba hung 21(3): 197-215. 1982." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Biological Activity of Plant volatile oils and their Constituents. Planta Med. 55: 588. 1989 Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde 1-8: Springer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969. Leung AY: Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York 1980. Madaus G: Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3, Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979. Opdyke DLJ. Food Cosmet Toxicol: 14. 1976 Sattar AA, Bankova V, Kujumgiev A, Galabov A, Ignatova A, Todorova C, Popov S." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Volatile oils are easily transported throughout the body. Some can increase white blood cell formation, in turn increasing resistance to infection. Others act on the whole nervous system and are antispasmodic and relaxing. When applied externally, some volatile oils are warming and anti-inflammatory, while others will reduce itching. Garlic (Allium sativum), oregano (Origanum species), and tea tree (Melaleuca species) contain volatile oils. Understanding Herbs by Their Physical Properties Ayurvedic doctors have classified all their herbs based on their physical properties." - Alan Keith Tillotson, Ph.D., A.H.G., D.Ay., The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Chinese, Western, and Ayurvedic Herbal Treatments (Get the book.)

"VOLATILE OILS • Volatility in oils is the tendency to give off vapors, usually at room temperature. The volatile oils in plants such as peppermint or rose produce the aroma. The volatile oils in plants stimulate the tissue with which they come into contact, whether they are inhaled, ingested, or placed on the skin. They can relax or stimulate, irritate or soothe, depending upon their source and concentration. W WALNUT EXTRACT • Juglans nigra. An extract of the husk of the nut of Juglans species, used in walnut flavorings and for brown coloring." - Ruth Winter, M.S., A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients (Get the book.)

"Uses & properties The distinctive taste of maple syrup is due to volatile oils and other natural flavour components. Maple syrup is used in confectionery in the same way as golden syrup. It is popular as a syrup and sweetener with ice cream, pancakes and especially waffles. Nutritional value Maple syrup has a high energy value (more than 300 kcal per 100 g). notes The wood is used for furniture and veneers (so-called "bird's eye maple", popular in the Victorian era)." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Parsley Part of a Select Group of Cancer Fighters There's also some suggestion that the volatile oils in parsley—especially one called myristicin—may inhibit tumors. The National Cancer Institute, which has invested millions and millions of dollars researching the anticancer potential of plant foods, found that umbelliferous vegetables (which include parsley) are among a select group of about a dozen foods with the highest anticancer activity." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"That's great, but the many fragrant volatile oils in this product are a considerable problem. Of particular concern is the balsam oil, which can cause a phototoxic reaction (Source: The British Journal of Dermatology, September 2002, pages 493^*97). © Dr. Burt's Herbal Blemish Stick ($8.50 for 0.3 ounce) proves without a doubt that Burt should stick to beekeeping instead of doctoring. With alcohol as the main ingredient and irritating fragrant oils of juniper, lemon, and eucalyptus, this only serves to make blemished skin look worse and to impede skin's healing process." - Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron, Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me, 7th Edition (Get the book.)

"The active constituents of most of these herbs are their volatile oils. When ingested in a warm tea, these are released either through the pores of the skin, if they are taken in a warm infusion, or through the urine, if they are taken as a cool infusion. The volatile oils of these plants give them their characteristic pungent odor. The function of these volatile oils, is thought to be to protect the plants from invading airborne pathogens, just as the oils help to expel and protect our bodies from invading pathogens." - Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D., The Way of Chinese Herbs (Get the book.)

"The intake can lead to gastric complaints in susceptible patients. volatile oils containing menthol can worsen the spasms of bronchial asthma. The volatile oil possesses a weak potential for sensitization due to its menthol content. Pediatric Use: Preparations containing the oil should not be applied to the faces of infants or small children, particularly not in the nasal area (glottal spasm, bronchial spasm, asthmalike attacks, or even possible respiratory failure could occur). overdosage Cases of poisoning are not recorded." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"The volatile oils of these plants give them their characteristic pungent odor. The function of these volatile oils, is thought to be to protect the plants from invading airborne pathogens, just as the oils help to expel and protect our bodies from invading pathogens. A pungent odoriferous herb that possesses volatile oils should never be subjected to prolonged decoction or boiling, as this will cause the oils to vaporize their active constituents. Instead, such herbs are added after all other ingredients of the formula have been properly boiled." - Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D., The Way of Chinese Herbs (Get the book.)

"Essential Oils Essential or volatile oils are aromatic oils extracted from plants. The pharmacopoeias of the late Middle Ages through the 19th century contained several essential oils, and they are still used in medicine today. Eucalyptus oils, camphors, and menthols are active ingredients in over-the-counter medicines; several volatile oils are used in dentistry as solvents and analgesics. These extracts are common ingredients in perfumes, toiletries, and soaps." - Michael Friedman, ND, Fundamentals of Naturopathic Endocrinology (Get the book.)

"Some herbal diuretics such as juniper, parsley, and lovage rely on their volatile oils for this effect. However, these cause a loss of water by irritating the kidney tissue, which, over time, can be damaging to the kidney or aggravate pre-existing kidney disease. These herbs should be used carefully, under the guidance of a medical herbalist. Goldenrod: This herbal diuretic may help facilitate the elimination of kidney stones, probably due to its flavonoid and saponin compounds. There are over 100 species of goldenrod that probably have similar diuretic action." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.) "To treat indigestion, steep a heaped tbsp of chamomile flowers in 1 covered cup of hot water for 10 minutes to extract the medicinal flavonoids and some of the volatile oils. This tea can be taken several times a day to help with symptoms. Fennel: Another common carminative, fennel seeds can simply be eaten after a meal to aid digestion, calm the stomach and intestines, and dispel gas. Alternatively, % tsp of the seeds can be powdered then infused with hot water and consumed throughout the day, or 30-60 drops of a tincture of the seeds can be taken several times daily." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.) "Allow the herb to steep for 10 minutes while covered to prevent the loss of important volatile oils. Give a colicky baby 1-2 oz at a time, up to 3-4 oz per day. Fennel seed and root: Recognized for its antispasmodic action, fennel is well known as a herbal remedy for colic. The essential oils, flavonoids, and plant sterols reduce spasms in the digestive system and decrease the production of gas. Infuse 1 tsp of dried seeds (or fruit) in 1 cup of water. Give babies 1-2 oz at a time, up to 3-4 oz per day." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"Chew one-half teaspoon of one of the seeds. The volatile oils in these seeds aid digestion and improve breath without the sugars and chemicals found in breath mints. If these suggestions don't help, see your doctor. You may have a dental infection or a health problem, such as diabetes or liver or kidney failure, that natural bad breath remedies simply can't cure. Freshen Your Breath With a Cup of Tea You can freshen your breath by drinking a cup of tea. Polyphenols found in green and black tea inhibit the growth of odor-causing bacteria." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Plants growing close to nettles tend to have more potent levels of volatile oils. And when added to the compost pile, nettle hastens the breakdown of organic materials." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.) "German studies indicate that lemon balm's volatile oils help protect the cerebrum from excess external stimuli. It is a good herb for children; a cup of tea before bed can help prevent nightmares and allow for a good night's sleep, and it is excellent to calm the nerves and boost the mood of schoolchildren who are anxious about upcoming tests." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.) "Constituents Polysaccharide (arabinogalactan), lignan, lari-ciresinol, liovil, secoisolariciresinol, resins (larinolic acid, laricinolic acid), volatile oils (pinene, limonene, phellandrene, borneol) Energetic Correspondences • Flavor: bitter • Temperature: warm • Moisture: dry • Polarity: yang • Planet: Mars/Saturn/Sun/Jupiter • Element: air LAVENDER Botanical Name Lavandula spp., including L. angustifolia (syn. L. officinalis, L. vera, L. spica), L. stoecbas (French lavender), L." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

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