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In addition to this list of essential oils that have substantial documentation of safe use, it is important to
remember that there are some essential oils that can never be used internally due to their chemical makeup
and effect on the body.
The following dōTERRA essential oils should never be used internally, in any amount:
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. . . . . Arborvitae
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas
. . . Fir . . . . . . . . . . . . White
. . . Fir . . . . . . . .
. . . . . Cedarwood
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eucalyptus
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wintergreen
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. . . . . Cypress
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spikenard
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Research
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In addition to the FDA GRAS list, research from the essential oil community continues to substantiate the
. . . use
. . of . essential
. . . . oils.
. . While
. . . the . . GRAS
. . . list . recognizes
. . . . . essential
. . . . oils
. . that
. . are . . safe . . to . use . . for . cooking
. . . . and
.
internal
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flavoring
. . . . purposes,
. . . . continued
. . . . . research
. . . . shows
. . . that
. . internal
. . . . use . of . . essential
. . . . oils . . is not
. . only
. . safe,
. . . but . that
. . it . can
.
. . . the
. . . . with
. . . . . . . benefits.
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provide
. . . . . body
. . . . . significant
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The
. . . . . . . Model
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . French
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . While
. . dōTERRA
. . . . . accepts
. . . . and . . upholds
. . . the
. . GRAS
. . . list, . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . other
. . research
. . . . and
. . resources
. . . . . support
. . . the
. . . . of . internal
....
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . usage
. . . for . essential
. . . . oils.
. . The
. . French
. . . Model
. . . idea
. for . essential
.....
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oil application advocates the internal use of essential oils
to achieve specific benefits. This model was backed by
prominent professionals in the world of aromatherapy like
Jean Valnet, Paul Belaiche, and Henri Viaud. The French
Model substantiates the idea that essential oils can be
used internally for health maintenance and other wellness
benefits, as long as correct dosage is applied.
As the amount of available research on internal essential
oil use grows, traditional internal usage practices are
validated, and new uses are continually being discovered.
Despite this research, some believe that any ingestion of
essential oils will cause toxicity. In the next chapter, you
will learn about dosage and toxicity—most importantly
that toxic reactions only occur when someone uses a
contaminated essential oil, essential oils not approved for
internal use, or uses essential oils in an excessive dose.