Leiann's Essential Oil Blog
Endothelium and Synovial Fluid Overview.
I wanted to do a discussion about the Synovial Fluid and as I tried to walk down the path of trying to discuss it, I found the article would be much too large. Then as a curve ball it becomes apparent that the Endothelium Cell structure has to be included. So with this discussion I will have to bring these two along, together for it to make sense. So this discussion is an overview and outline of where the next few articles will take us.
The Endothelium is a single layer cell structure, a very thin layer membrane that lines the inside of the blood vessels and lymphatic vessels and basically forms an interface between the circulating blood/lymph and the vessel wall. This cell wall controls the flow of fluid (and other substances), and fluid into and out of a tissue/cell. This thin membrane actually controls the homeostasis balance, the hormone trafficking, if you will, a number of immune responses and the integrity of the blood vessel itself. It lines every single vessel of the...
Why do we talk about Minerals and Essential Oils in the same conversation?
I thought maybe we ought to discuss why we talk about Essential Oils and try to tie them with minerals. That is really an important aspect to Aromatherapy. People that are immersed in the Aromatherapy scene will usually focus on whatever their modality specialty dictates as a base from which to work with. For example, a Massage Therapist might focus on what the aromatherapy application will do and affect muscle relaxing. So a person schooled in that area might select an essential oil that will have a strong and observable effect with oils that will make the muscle relax.Some people that works directly with basic nutrition will maybe select oils that will have a strong and observable effect with will push the efficiency of the foods the person eats to a more efficient manner. People that are focusing on helping a person with their Hormones might select an oil that offers vastly different properties that any of the before mentioned modalities. The nice thing about the various...
