Birch Essential Oil

I heard that sweet birch, or birch, is more than distilled or extracted essential oil. Is this true? I know that wintergreen and sweet birch are very similar, or have essentially the same fragrance, properties, etc. ..

No, this is not true .. it is always extracted as an essential oil. It's just that more research is done, and discovered, on the security of OT birch, more is to be rejected by the community aromatherapy.

In addition, much of the essence of wintergreen, which is on the market is not pure wintergreen oil. So, in my opinion, neither are worth the risk in the first place.

I am a big fan of safety of essential oils, not only to protect those who use it, but also to protect the aromatherapy in general.

Remember what happened with the ephedra plant? Once the market got it hand power over her, and people began to use it irresponsibly, it was banned. It is intended to be used in very small doses for respiratory problems, thousands of people, so basically overdosed on this. Now people think it is "bad", but this is not the case when it is used as it should be used.

Same goes for oil birch. It should be used in tiny quantities. My guess is that wherever you or anyone has heard the sound of the idea based on the toxicity of oil birch when used by non-aromatherapists.

Anyway, it is always sold as essential oil.

Yes, they are very similar and they both contain a high level of salicaytes (one of these days I'll learn to spell) - which are similar to aspirin .... and a person can overdose by topical application.

So if you like the birch, the responsible use of (diluted in small areas), and do not find it, wintergreen is a fine substitute ...