{"id":26237,"date":"2018-05-04T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T04:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/?p=26237"},"modified":"2018-12-23T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-23T17:55:24","slug":"video-eucalyptus-variants-and-child-safety-pharmacist-lindsey-elmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/?p=26237","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Eucalyptus and Child Safety &#8211; Pharmacist Lindsey Elmore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flindseyelmore%2Fvideos%2F1144130202394098%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Summary of&nbsp;Lindsey Elmore&nbsp;video<\/p>\n<p>Eucalyptus oil gets a really bad rap because people say, &#8220;OMG, it&#8217;s dangerous!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But there are really simple things you can do to keep yourself safe&#8230;primarily DON&#8217;T OVERUSE.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">Young Living currently offers&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eucalyptus Globulus<\/li>\n<li>Eucalyptus Radiata<\/li>\n<li>Eucalyptus Blue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Occasionally Young Living has offered&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eucalyptus Dives<\/li>\n<li>Eucalyptus Polybractea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many more eucalyptus species.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest concern with eucalyptus oil is seizure. It&#8217;s important to understand that different eucalyptus species have different levels of seizure risk.<\/p>\n<p>The risk of seizure is more specifically dealing with the levels of a compound called<strong>1,8-cineole<\/strong>, also known as eucalyptol. Eucalyptol occurs at different levels across&nbsp;the various species of eucalyptus&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eucalyptus Polybractea = almost 100%<\/li>\n<li>Eucalyptus Globulus = roughly 84%<\/li>\n<li>Eucalyptus Radiata = roughly 65%<\/li>\n<li>Eucalyptus Blue = 40% to 80% depending on time of year<\/li>\n<li>Eucalyptus Dives = almost 0%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that when people have seizure affiliated with eucalyptus oil it is with extreme amounts of ingestion. You may find a Eucalyptus Radiata (lower level of 1,8-cineole) in Thieves Vitality which is meant for internal use, but there is not a Vitality version of straight eucalyptus.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts suggest that about 2% of children will experience seizures after a very extensive eucalyptus exposure. Someone reviewed 192 cases of accidental ingestion. Four of those children suffered seizures. BUT HERE&#8217;S THE THING&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One 8-month-old baby died after ingestion of 30-ml of eucalyptus. THAT&#8217;S TWO 15-ML BOTTLES. How did that mom get that much oil in the baby, especially since the flavor is not all that good!!!<\/li>\n<li>An 11-month-old boy suffered a seizure after having about 15-ml of eucalyptus spilled on his face, but then recovered without any medical intervention.<\/li>\n<li>A 12-month-old girl had a seizure lasting about one minute&nbsp;after being given five prolonged baths in an undisclosed blend of eucalyptus, thyme, and pine.<\/li>\n<li>A 4-year-old girl&nbsp;with no history of seizures experiences one after using an 11% solution in an over-the-counter lice medicine. So we don&#8217;t even know what else was in the medicine or how the combo reacted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is obvious from these extreme cases that eucalyptus is actually very safe oil. The question of safety always comes back to the dose. But if you&#8217;re still concerned about using&nbsp;eucalyptus around your child, consider using a species with lower levels of 1,8-cineole. Or, as we do with peppermint and most of our essential oils, just avoid the whole face.<\/p>\n<p>Some&nbsp;1,8-cineole science&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>In animal models, 1,8-cineole has been shown to change potassium&nbsp;to calcium levels in the brain. Most authors agree that this change in calcium&nbsp;to potassium levels may be responsible for the soothing effect of eucalyptus&#8217; aroma. However, we only get into the realm of seizures after ingestion&nbsp;or even inhalation of REALLY high amounts of eucalyptus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary of&nbsp;Lindsey Elmore&nbsp;video Eucalyptus oil gets a really bad rap because people say, &#8220;OMG, it&#8217;s dangerous!&#8221; But there are really simple things you can do to keep yourself safe&#8230;primarily DON&#8217;T OVERUSE. Young Living currently offers&#8230; Eucalyptus Globulus Eucalyptus Radiata Eucalyptus Blue Occasionally Young Living has offered&#8230; Eucalyptus Dives Eucalyptus Polybractea There are many more eucalyptus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[211,212,102,213,214,215,769],"class_list":["post-26237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-eucalyptus-blue-essential-oil","tag-eucalyptus-dives-essential-oil","tag-eucalyptus-essential-oil","tag-eucalyptus-globulus-essential-oil","tag-eucalyptus-polybractea-essential-oil","tag-eucalyptus-radiata-essential-oil","tag-lindsey-elmore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28781,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26237\/revisions\/28781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialoilsage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}