How to Dilute Essential Oils

Hey essential oil lover!  If you are using essential oils then you need to have knowledge of essential oil safety.  To safely use your essential oils, you will want to know about diluting.  And that’s exactly what we’re gonna talk about…..how to dilute your essential oils.  Before we jump into the HOW, let’s talk about the WHY.

Why should I dilute essential oils?

• Diluted essential oils are more easily absorbed into the skin.
• Diluting your oils decreases the likelihood that you will develop an oil sensitivity.
• A larger area can be covered when the oils are diluted.
• They are actually MORE powerful when diluted.
• It’s more cost effective.

As you can see, diluting essential oils is a good thing.  Most of the time, we dilute essential oils in our home.  There are times when we don’t and that’s our choice.  But as a general rule, we dilute.

There are a variety of opinions as to how much one should dilute.  I am not an expert and I don’t pretend to be.  I am a mother who has been using essential oils for nearly 20 years and I’ve done a considerable amount of research.  This is what I’m comfortable with:

• Children ages 2 – 6. A 1% or 2% dilution rate.  Base this on weight.  The less you weigh, the less oil you need.
• Children ages 6 – 10, seniors and those with sensitive skin.   2% – 5% dilution rate.
• Ages 11 – adult.  A 5% – 10% dilution rate.

In our home, we use a standard 10% dilution rate.  I have a tween and a teen and this works for everyone in our home.  We keep many of our oils in roller bottles, diluted and ready to go.

To help you out, here are a few dilution charts:

Roller Bottle Dilution Chart

A 10 ml roller bottle will hold 180 drops.  A 5 ml bottle is 90 drops.  A 2 ml bottle is 36 drops.  Simply add your essential oils to the bottle and top with a carrier oil.

Essential Oil Dilution Chart for Oil Bottles

Sometimes we recycle our essential oil bottles and use them to create magical concoctions.  A 15 ml bottle holds 240 drops.  10 ml is 180 drops. 5 ml is 80 drops.  The same principle applies:  add your essential oils and then top with a carrier.

Essential Oil Spoon Dilution Chart

Often, it’s just easier to pour your oils into a spoon.  More likely, I will put carrier oil into my palm and add the essential oils.  Either way, you can tell by this chart that a teaspoon is equivalent to 5 ml so add your essential oils accordingly.

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Adolescence pregnancy

Too young, too curious

Adolescence is a period marked by confusion, as adolescents try to make sense of the changes in their physical appearance, as well as to establish their own identity. It is a crucial stage where being curious is not enough; that curiosity has to be satisfi ed, and the consequences can often be dire. One of the pressing concerns facing adolescents is the rise of unwanted pregnancy and incidences of sexually transmitted infections (STI) among this particular age group.

Sexual initiation among adolescents is occurring at a younger age; the typical age for boys is 13 and 14 for girls. More alarming, most of fi rst time sex were either
unplanned or non-consensual. The 2002 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study (YAFS) conducted in the Philippines showed that 57 percent of fi rst time sex fell in
the unplanned or non-consensual category. For unplanned - and therefore unsafe - sex, the risk of unwanted pregnancy and/or getting STI becomes higher.

The 2001 ESCAP Population Data Sheet showed that adolescent fertility rate in the
Asia-Pacific region stands at 36 births per 1,000 females 15 to 19 years old. South and Southwest Asia registered the highest rate of 57 births per 1,000; while North and Central Asia registered the lowest with 37 births per 1,000.

Teenage pregnancy – with its attendant risks and the prospect of abortion – is now becoming a global health threat. A report from the World Health Organization’s
Western Pacifi c Region Office showed that in developing countries, pregnant women below 18 years old are two to five times more likely to die than pregnant women 18
to 25 years old. Young mothers are not the only ones at risk; morbidity and mortality risks are higher among infants born to young mothers.

Adolescents are also prone to STIs. In a presentation, Dr. Suman Mehta, Global HIV and AIDS Coordinator of UNFPA, reported that nearly a third of people living with
HIV and AIDS are young people, and that half of new cases involved the young. Moreover, an estimated 111 million new cases of STI infection among the youth are
reported every year. In China, STI prevalence among 15 to 19 years old is at 79.45 percent. The WHO, has in fact, stated that “the current epidemiology of STI and HIV suggest that they are diseases of young people.”

Non-consensual sex

Non-consensual sex presents a particular challenge, since studies have shown that women whose fi rst sex was coerced are more likely to experience subsequent coercive sex. In addition, they are more likely to be sexually active. Non-consensual sex has far reaching effects, affecting a woman psychologically and mentally. Studies in India and Ethiopia showed that sexually-abused teenagers often drop out of school or suffer from poor academic performance. The women are also more likely to be depressed and to commit suicide. Even young boys fall prey to non-consensual sex, either with an older male acquaintance or relative, or an older and more sexually experienced female.

Breaking the taboo

Different social institutions have been actively speaking on the need to protect the youth from sexual proclivity, but the reality is that there is a growing and unmet need for reproductive health services and information among the youth. Ideally,
information should come from the parents, but in the Asia-Pacific context, sex remains to be a taboo issue. Often, parents and guardians are ill-equipped to give appropriate counseling to their wards, and the youth are forced to obtain the information from unreliable sources.

Despite their limited knowledge and their reluctance to discuss sex and sexuality with their children, parents can still infl uence their children to be more circumspect. A literature review conducted by the WHO and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutes showed that adolescents who grew up in a loving and caring household, and who have parents whom they look up to as role models, are less likely to engage in premarital sex.

Admittedly, providing services and information is just a part of the solution. Looking at the bigger picture, a more holistic intervention is required to ensure that the youth are protected. Non-consensual sex, for instance, often has socio-economic, political, and even cultural determinants. Poverty forces young boys and girls to prostitution, which makes them all the more vulnerable. Forced or arranged marriage – often done as payment for a debt - also makes a young girl vulnerable to coercive sex.

Gender issue is also a dominant factor, since women are often the victims of coercive sex. There is a widespread belief that young women should preserve their virginity until they are married, while young boys are expected to be sexually active and to have multiple female sex partners. The issue of teenage sex and adolescent reproductive health will always be a fodder for debate, but families and other key social institutions can no longer afford to turn a blind eye on the issue.

The article is published in Health Alert Asia Pacific newsletter (Issue 15) 

Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus

Cervical Cancer and Human Papillomavirus

Reading through The Philippine Star, I bumped into an advertisement which presents a husband lying in bed and trying to feel the presence of his deceased wife. What makes this interesting is the question flashed below which goes Naisip mo na ba kung gaano kasakit matulog at gumising na mga-isa?. Apparently, this seeks to inform readers that a woman has an eighty percent chance of already being infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) when she reaches fifty and that there are ten women who die of cervical cancer hence, ten new widowers everyday.

This advertisement brought me back to an article entitled A survivor’s battle with cervical cancer by Annie A. Jambora which was released last August fifth in Philippine Daily Inquirer. This highlights the experience of Josefina de la Cruz with cervical cancer, country’s second leading cause of death among Filipino women. Other than her menstrual period which takes much longer than usual, sometimes going for full ten days, she was feeling fine. In August 2001, exactly ten years after her mother succumbed to the same disease, she was diagnosed with multiple myoma. 

                           

Although the diagnosis is not a life-threatening condition, she nevertheless pushed through with all the necessary medical procedures. However, it was just last year when she figured out that the cancer was actually caused by HPV which she, unknowingly, had acquired from her husband.

Cervical Cancer

The Harvard Guide to Women’s Health defines cervical cancer as a disease that develops gradually starting with abnormal cell changes called preinvasive lesions (also called low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, or SIL; or dysplasia). These sometimes revert to normal cells. Nevertheless, these cell changes are considered a precancerous condition. In time (sometimes a full decade), some precancerous cells may develop into localized cancer, called carcinoma in situ, which affects the outer surface of the cervix (Carlson, Eisenstat, Ziporyn, 1996, p. 130).

World Health Organization states, in its website, that all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linked to genital infection with HPV, which is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

Cervical cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV), and HVP vaccines-Key points for policy makers and health professionals provides main points on this virus.

 HPVs are a family of viruses that are extremely common worldwide. There are more than 100 types.
 They are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) viruses that infect skin or mucosal cells.
 At least 13 of these types are oncogenic (cancer-causing).
 HPV is estimated to cause
-100% of cancer cases,
-90% of anal cancer cases,
-40% of cases of cancers of the external genitalia (vulva, vagina and penis),
-at least 12% of oropharyngeal cancer cases, and
-at least 3% of oral cancer cases.
 HPV types 16 and 18 cause approximately 70% of all cervical cancers worldwide.
 Almost 500 000 cases of cervical cancer and 274 000 cervical cancer deaths occurred in 2002.
 About 80% of cervical cancer deaths occur in developing countries.
                           
In the article which was mentioned earlier, it is stated that HPV, affecting both men and women, can be acquired only through skin contact. Men are generally spared from the deadly virus and only serve as carriers even if they use condoms. These do not protect a woman from contacting the said virus since the scrotum is still exposed.

It is wonderful knowing that newsprint media have started realizing the importance of writing on cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (HPV) as one of its causes. Untold stories of women, we can now finally conclude, are beginning to be told.

Source : one of my Friend 

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