by Kristen Horner Warren | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog
Many essential oil users apply oils without dilution and never experience any problems. Personally (knock on wood) I have not experienced any adverse consequences from neat (undiluted) application of essential oils, nor have members of my family. But I am always one...
by Kristen Horner Warren | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog
Yes, it is possible to be allergic to even very pure and high quality essential oils! Anyone who tells you that you cannot be allergic to essential oils or that when skin irritation arises in response to the use of essential oils (for example hives, rashes, itching,...
by Kristen Horner Warren | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog
Please note that I am not a veterinarian. I do, however, share my home with eight parrots. I have spent a great deal of time researching the use of essential oils on and around parrots in an effort to insure that my birds are safe. Resources I recommend on this topic...
by Kristen Horner Warren | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog
I absolutely LOVE this article. The author shares insight that only a sufferer of chronic illness could have. I have included the article in its entirety here (with links to the site that originally published it and the author’s website) because I believe it is...
by Kristen Horner Warren | Mar 15, 2014 | Blog
In previous posts I have written about the effect that stress and unresolved anger can have on physical and emotional health. Today I’d like to discuss depression. From the point of view of Chinese medicine, depression is the result of unresolved emotions...
by Kristen Horner Warren | Jan 31, 2014 | Blog
As I wrote about here, in Chinese medicine we believe that the primary cause of disease in adults is unresolved emotions. In my clinical experience, unresolved and/or unrecognized anger is particularly common and troublesome. It is unusual for me to encounter patients...
