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Essential Oils are raw products.

Some Essential Oils can be applied pure to the skin, for example, rosewood, palmarosa, lavender, tea tree…

Others are irritant or dermocaustic, for example, thyme thymol, clove, cinnamon…Before using them, they should be diluted in an appropriate excipient (or binder). The simplest of these excipients is a vegetable oil, such as sweet almond or hazelnut.
However, some excipients are more adapted to certain situations, such as “Sanomulse” which is a lotion enabling Essential Oil milks to be made, or “Sanocrème” which can be used to make creams. Essential Oils are diluted using 10% of E.O. to 90% of “Sanomulse” or “Sanocrème”.

Taking Essential Oils orally also requires an adequate preparation.
In general, “Sanodisp” is used, a liquid excipient enabling drops to be made that can be taken orally.
The Essential Oil is mixed with “Sanodisp” using 10% of E.O. to 90% “Sanodisp”.
The ingestion of Essential Oils that have not been undiluted in an adequate binder really must be avoided.

In a therapeutic context, Essential Oils are used in many galenical forms: drops that can be taken orally, capsules, suppositories, pessaries, nasal sprays, nasal drops…
The production of certain galenical forms requires special competency, adequate equipment and sometimes, a lot of time…