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Spearmint oil protects from tiger attacks. I use it every day and I have never even seen a tiger, much less been attacked by one. Someone recently told me that's because tigers don't live here in Minnesota. I was amazed... it's so effective, it's driven tigers away from the whole state!
I do the same. Have you tried mixing oils to get interesting scents? My favorite is a mix of pine, peppermint, and orange which reminds me of a pine forest after a snowfall.
This is what I always thought they were for since I was a kid. I was so confused when I learned about all the supposed hocus pocus people thought they did.
We also need to separate facts of previous cultures uses of plant based remedies and our bias towards believing people in the past were less intelligent than we are. If something was commonly used over a long period or a widespread area chances are good it was doing something.
@@aprildawnsunshine4326 I actually think it needs to be examined in the opposite way: So many times we hear 'People in the past used this for all sorts of things'. Yeah, when you don't know how disease and medicine works, the 'spicy or minty plant' must be magic. Let's not forget the stunning ignorance that is often perpetuated for generations, especially when it becomes part of a religious and ritual practice. That's not to say there aren't proven medicinal uses, such as antimicrobial and antifungal aspects, but lets not give all these shamanistic behaviors a blanket pass.
@@aprildawnsunshine4326 yeah but by that same token, we have better metrics of validity than we did then. If use of the scientific method turns up no evidence of something being useful, it's unreasonable to keep using something because your ancestors did.
@AudioArcturia I think that's OP's point, we now have the tools to find objectively which alkaloids that have been used for so long are actually doing the legwork in folk medicine, and which have been red herrings this whole time
@sciShow I'm a plant biologist with a natural products ethnobotany focus who earned their PhD on some of the uses of Catmint and Sage extracts and essential oils. Based on the data essential oils (depending on the plant etc.) can prevent arthropod-vectored disease. Would love to chat if you ever want a first-hand account. Your channel/team have been and an inspiration throughout my whole PhD which I earned earlier this year. Thanks from DR. Z
Omg I would love to see a collab! Do you have a channel and do videos on essential oils and stuff? I'm a plant medicine and brain science nerd but still working on my degrees. 😅
I'm no PhD but am doing ongoing research. This show was disappointing from the start stating to relax in a bath with your favourite scent. Do that with peppermint and others you could burn your but. I'm still watching this and wondering if he will mention photosensitivity or photo toxicity caused by citrus oils.
Makes sense. Presumably the chemicals from a fair few of our strongly-scented culinary/perfumery herbs were developed in the plants to deter their predators, mainly arthropods and other tiny critters. I'd imagine in areas and situations where there is some worry about the presence of bugs, certain oils in lotions and diffusers could be quite valuable. Similarly, capsaicin oils can be good for deterring mammalian pests, although mainly from direct contact, like in feed. I guess diffusing it could theoretically work to get rid of rodents and the like too, but it would certainly also make the area uninhabitable for humans.
Hats off to you, doc, for surviving the education system. I'd be interested in learning more about this. I have a friend in the CDFA who's working on fighting citrus greening HLB, and it's fascinating learning about all the new developments in prevention as they happen.
The number one thing that people need to understand about essential oils is that they are not "essential" for anyone. The name comes from the fact that they are the essence of the thing they are made from, not because anyone needs them.
I started using tea tree "zit stickers" for pop-up acne because my skin is too sensative for most acne treatments. I was very doubtful it would do anything, but when I tell you it works wonders, I'm not exaggerating. It's my go-to treatment any time I feel one starting to pop up now.
I love this video. Thank you for making it. Tom is a great guest host, but i think that's not bergamot. i think it's makrut lime, which (I think) is the most common image result when you search bergamot. I think they have the same name in some languages. Bergamot is smooth and yellow. 3:30
Wait, they studied the ability of bergamot oil to lessen pain for a procedure that isn’t painful in the first place? That's the worst experimental design I've heard of in at least fifteen minutes.
Tea Tree oil cleared up my acne - when I was 24. FINALLY. And yes, it did not dry out my skin. Benzoyl peroxide burned my skin. :/ But -- Tea Tree did nothing for my son's acne. I am so glad Sci Schow reports so well on these things.
My mom once put lavender oil on my pillow because she heard it helped with insomnia. Since then, I've never once been a victim of a shark attack. This stuff really works!
I have used clove oil since I was a child in the 70's. It works as a topical anesthetic. I never see this one covered. I'm 55, I learned it directly from my Grandfather who learned it from his father.
It's also strongly antimicrobial and antifungal. It also effectively kills the stench of stinkbugs if you put a drop on the cloth you are using to clean up the stuff. I love Clove oil...in sparing amounts, of course 😂
@@asphere8I had 2 dry sockets after having wisdom teeth extracted. Dentist packed those 2 with clove oil soaked dental packing. It helped them recover, but everything tasted like cloves until he removed that packing 😕
5:01 I have had 3 colonoscopies, agonizing is putting it mildly. It is not just the procedure, it is what you have to do to clear your colon before hand that is agonizing.
Yes, the prep is worse. I'm surprised though -- you were conscious for the procedure? They knock me out with Propofol for mine. The cramping afterwards from the air they inflate you with is also un-fun.
@@disorganizedorg Yes I was awake, but they gave me something to forget most of the procedure. I walked in then walked out like a cowboy who sat on a cactus when they were done.
A lot of beauty things companies sell are straight out bogus but like always when it comes to the placebo effect it is insane how much of an effect that alone can have, just the person *believing* something works can have a huge impact on their well-being. I can't remember when I've used essential oils myself but I'm sure I've fallen into the same trap over the years.
_A lot of beauty things companies sell are straight out bogus_ is it because they hope their target audience suffers from low self-esteem and can be milked sufficiently?
A lot of essential oils smell nice and that is it. The lavender I am surprised actually helps. I used to use a tea tree soap for acne and it did help. I had to stop using it because my husband is allergic to Balsam and his Dr told him to avoid essential oil and botanicals. Especially tea tree because it also come from a resinous tree, basically he is allergic to all fragrances and any resinous trees. Yes that includes spruce and pine.
Eugenol (which comprises something like 80% of clove oil) does work well as a dental analgesic. There's a reason that so many OTC dental items smell like cloves.
My Doctor prescribed me peppermint oil pills for my IBS back in The Eighties. But what worked for me was changing my diet to include more fibre and loosing weight
@ca44444 Ginger and peppermint depending on the stomach issue have gotten me through so much. Plus then you know it is food grade and regulated by the FDA. You never know with essential oils.
When I've been in hospital, and happened to have indigestion, rather than calling the resident doctor, the nurses would give me peppermint cordial - and I still use that for indigestion and do find that it helps.
Did the nurse pass it by the doctor first? It's sketchy for nurses dispense medication without approval. Especially in a hospital setting. Unless it's a nurse practitioner, I would run anything by A doctor or pharmacist first because of the risk of interaction
Because of Tea Tree oil's anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties, I have been adding it to my CPAP water for almost a year. I have no evidence that it helps me fight colds, but the aroma certainly hits me and I relax and smile. Call me delusional, but I will take the potential placebo.
Clove oil is unreasonably good for toothache. I was ready to knock my self out by headbutting the wall until I tried that stuff.. I cried with the relief.
I use very few essential oils. Lavender for relaxation simply because I like the smell. Ti tree 'cuz I get contact dermatitis during the summer--I smear it on the affected area after washing the skin, then put on a layer of baby powder to keep it dry. Keeps the itching down. If I have sore gums, clove oil is useful for numbing. One caveat: be _VERY_ cautious with Ti tree oil around your cats: it's extremely toxic to them. It can cause kidney failure.
Problem with essential oils the complexity of compounds that effect each other which makes them difficult to study and some compounds just dont hold in process. For example allicin is pretty nice compound that has strong antibacterial,antifungal effects and antiinflamatory effects but it degregades quickly and garlic has small amounts of it when you turn garlic into essential oil it just doesnt hold up or allicin amount is already low gets even smaller in the storing process. But some essential oil are almost a drug(Not strong enough but it is almost isolated) especially done with distilation or critical co2 extraction technics due to high rate of that certain compounds. One of them is oregano essential oil for example for gut issues I am using oregano essential oil right now and it is %83 carvachol, there is even higher one clove essential oil has %90 eugenol generally you can even higher if you find a good one. Some even has same potency as drugs for example lemongrass essential oils almost as effective as penicilin to staph aereus. They are specifically great for breaking resistency of antibiotic resistent staphs combined with antibiotics. This thing also used in industrial settings too. They add some essential oils to break resistency and prevent biofilms with other sterilisation compounds because especially e coli is very resilient forms biofilms and once biofilm formed it is resistent to many things including your stomach acid and immune system at some degree which is why it causes a lot of food poisoning.
I thought the rosmarinic acid in rosemary oil was found to inhibit release of the enzymes that break down acetylcholine in the brain and that was thought to be its main mechanism of action? 🤔 Guess I'll have to do more studying.
My take on essentials oils: if it makes you feel good and it's not harmful then just enjoy it making you feel good. Don't try to assign it any mystical magical healing mumbo jumbo to it.
IBS person here, peppermint oil in properly formulated capsules really does help with bloating and cramping. Also bonus, all the humongous burps you release when it begins working will smell delightfully minty. 😂
I asked my SIL how her healing crystals helped and asked if she takes them recitally like they recommended, she just blinked at me, like i knew something more then her. They're very sharp and pointy but i bet she did try.
You'd be amazed how many people think coffee enemas are some kind of cure-all. Most of that can be traced back to health food nut and general whack-job Doctor John Harvey Kellogg and his health sanitarium in the early 20th Century. "Doctor" Kellogg got his medical degree from a questionable 6 month course of studies after only attending primary school from the ages of 9-11. (He was largely self-taught, but did receive some formal training as a teacher prior to this.) His enema of choice was yogurt, but no matter what ailed you he would probably try to cure it with some combination of enemas and cold baths. His high-fiber vegetarian diet and courses of exercise were probably more helpful.
I love the scent of Rosemary oil, and I think it helps a bit with opening up a stuffy nose when you use it in a diffuser. Memory? Nah, except in the sense of perhaps a scent memory? Like, smelling rosemary could remind you of a beloved relative who used it a lot when cooking?
I love the scent of a good lavender oil. The cheap stuff is HORRIFIC. The difference is that cheap lavender oil is made using the whole plant, where the good kind uses only the flowers. The plant matter has other compounds that spoil the fragrance.
Lavender oil also helps with pain. I kept a small bottle of lavender oil in my apron when I was cashiering at grocery stores. I would smell it between customers on particularly bad migraine days. Would it get rid of my migraine? No, absolutely not. But it kept it from getting worse with all the lights and sounds just enough to allow me to finish my shift, vs going home
Some of the trouble with these sorts of things is that studies can only happen when someone with money wants the study done, so there's a shocking amount of stuff with no published research, even if it's something that's been considered a home remedy for hundreds of years, but has no more proof of benefit than biting a stick; all because it wouldn't be profitable. The situation will only be worse as the corporate vise tightens, so I always hope folks are learning about how to do their own studies at home for these sorts of things. It'll never be perfect, and I'd say it can never replace anything in the medical field and should only be for small household things, but -- well -- at least in the US it's getting physically harder and harder to see physicians and get treatments (especially for the chronically disabled) so, distopian-esque, we do sometimes actually need to experiment on our own between the doctor visits where you've been waiting a year to see anyone. Me, for instance; I can't sleep more than 4 hours a day, which is crippling, but I've spent oh five years at least bouncing around trying to figure it out with doctors. I can experiment to find things that help at home, though. High protein high dairy diet seems to help a lot, since it reduces my chronic pain; and I've found out through experimentation with caffeine that it makes me *more* sleepy, actually, and doesn't wake me up at all when I want something to do so -- which is how I found out I had ADHD, which, while I was able to get *that* diagnosed relatively easily when I brought it up specifically and mentioned my trials with caffeine, the information doesn't super help because United'Healthcare' (praise be to the Claims Adjustor) is trying it's damndest to keep ADHD folks from getting meds, so even though I did have them briefly, a UHC policy change means I can't have them anymore and so I can't really focus and I ramble a lot. So now I have to try at-home variable testing to try to find things that make the ADHD a little easier to handle. So far, not much luck, besides the caffeine thing. I doubt there's any oils that could help, but maybe I'll start some variable trials with lavender and give that a shot.
3:23 You've made the common mistake of showing Markut Lime (sometimes also called Kaffir Lime) when talking about Bergamot. Bergamot has yellow-orange skin, orange flesh, and is much less bumpy/wrinkly in appearance.
Your bergamot pictures are completely wrong- the zeitgeist is wrong. You keep putting pictures of Thai kefir/makrut limes, not the Italian Bergamot. At some point, Google Translate decided to translate Thai makrut limes to bergamot, so the bulk Asian suppliers who depend on Google Translate for marketing their products started and the spread of misinformation began. Plus the lumpy lime is great for online pictures, so it has stuck. Farmer’s Almanac has an accurate picture of a smooth yellowish Italian bergamot.
I hate lavender but I love bergamot mint oil, which contains the same major component but at a higher concentration and with fewer other things. Also much, much cheaper than quality lavender oil. Smells just like Earl Grey tea without the tea.
I have an oil that smells like fruit loops and a pumpkin spice one I put in my diffuser and I swear they drive away ghosts, because I have never seen a ghost.
If you put a few drops of Clove essential oil on a cotton ball and vacuum it up, it will kill the stench of any stinkbugs that might get caught in your vacuum cleaner.
I made a home made nasal decongestant with peppermint and eucalyptus oils. I stuffed a few cotton balls into a small Rx bottle and added several drops of each oil. It works very well for clearing my nasal passages and sinuses. YRMV. Why not just get one OTC? Camphor makes my sinuses hurt (perfume allergy).
The one essential oil I use for medicinal reasons is tea tree, for skin care. I live in the tropics where skin infections are common, so I use it to treat them and also try to prevent them on my feet. Plus I just like the smell!
I use tea tree oil when my nose is stopped up. I have a small like 1 cup cool mist humidifier and put several drops in since the area I have it is pretty big. It works better than anything!
I wish I could enjoy the tea tree oil, but alas I am allergic to it. As in it creates swelling, itchiness, and swelling if applied to a wound, or if I have it in my hair or on my skin my nasal/breathing passages start swelling up and I have to take a Benadryl. Yes, you can also put the oil on wounds to help heal them, my friend is a nurse, and use it in hair products (looking at you Aveda). All of which for me were allergenic rather than therapeutic, unlike my friends who used them around the same time as myself and had all the good stuff happen to them. Enjoy...if it works for you.
It is possible to test efficacy of essential oils in clinical trials; control group uses synthetic fragrance oil ( synthetic fragrance oil smells like the essential oils, but doesn’t have the volatile compounds). Is the ‘benefit’ due to nice smell associations or are there differences between the research and control groups?
@@drtrowb No, the fruit peel is used. It just smells flowery. You can also get bergamot mint oil made from leaves, which doesn't have the cancer-promoting compounds activated by sunlight and UV that should be purified out of bergamot oil before it is used.
In other words, don't depend on essential oils to treat your diseases. That's a load of bunk. They smell nice, and can make you relax and feel good. Use them for that or don't bother with them.
Essential oils are great for lots of things. They aren't miraculous, though. Eucalyptus oil in my diffuser is lovely for the aroma and for helping my sinuses stay happy on dry nights. Clove oil is fantastic for getting rid of stinkbug stink and it's also antimicrobial and antifungal... But VERY strong, use in a carrier oil and use sparingly. There are others that are great, too. They won't cure cancer.
This is what strange history needs when they introduce new narrators. Same energy, same vocal cadence, just a new person. We all got a little tism, gotta give it to us easy 😅😂
Having now watched the video, it didn't actually show me any essential oils that work as anything other than fragrances. Tea tree oil and the lavender were the onky ones.
There are a few good ones. Clove oil has antibacterial and antifungal properties, and it breaks down the stench of stinkbugs. Citrus oils are lovely for dissolving the stickiness from tape and stickers and labels, and thyme can help open up your sinuses when used in a diffuser. The key is to use them for things they can actually do, not expect miracles.
Essential oils used properly can do both harm and good. If you are e just inhaling them harm is unlikely, but ingesting them, no matter what MLM companies say, should only be done sparingly and with supervision of someone well trained and experienced with them. The best way to benefit from them is to use them in massage oils. Chemistry is chemistry regardless, and essential oils don’t have any special magic, but they are chemical and will act according the biology and chemistry of the receiver.
Also shows how stress can stop the body functioning well, or even cause diseases and other health issues. Hands, hands, hands, HANDS, hands, hands, hands... Hands.
Both my husband and my eldest son are allergic to lavender. My son is so allergic that he nearly had to be hospitalized the last time he came into contact with it. Suffice it to say, lavender anything is banned in my house and vehicles.
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is rfk jr a real person though?
Spearmint oil protects from tiger attacks. I use it every day and I have never even seen a tiger, much less been attacked by one. Someone recently told me that's because tigers don't live here in Minnesota. I was amazed... it's so effective, it's driven tigers away from the whole state!
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Ha........haha........hahaha...Good one.
That’s tiger balm!
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What happens if you go on vacation? Should i stock up on spearmint oil to maintain the protection?
I typically just use essential oils as air fresheners
This 👆🏾
Also a drop in floor cleaning water, super nice with lavender
I do the same. Have you tried mixing oils to get interesting scents? My favorite is a mix of pine, peppermint, and orange which reminds me of a pine forest after a snowfall.
This is what I always thought they were for since I was a kid. I was so confused when I learned about all the supposed hocus pocus people thought they did.
I use them as flavoring agents in my tea... spearmint and anise are quite nice.
I’m glad they’re studying these claims seriously. It’s about time we separate facts from marketing hype.
We also need to separate facts of previous cultures uses of plant based remedies and our bias towards believing people in the past were less intelligent than we are. If something was commonly used over a long period or a widespread area chances are good it was doing something.
@@aprildawnsunshine4326 I actually think it needs to be examined in the opposite way: So many times we hear 'People in the past used this for all sorts of things'. Yeah, when you don't know how disease and medicine works, the 'spicy or minty plant' must be magic. Let's not forget the stunning ignorance that is often perpetuated for generations, especially when it becomes part of a religious and ritual practice. That's not to say there aren't proven medicinal uses, such as antimicrobial and antifungal aspects, but lets not give all these shamanistic behaviors a blanket pass.
@@aprildawnsunshine4326 yeah but by that same token, we have better metrics of validity than we did then.
If use of the scientific method turns up no evidence of something being useful, it's unreasonable to keep using something because your ancestors did.
You call these studies serious?
@AudioArcturia I think that's OP's point, we now have the tools to find objectively which alkaloids that have been used for so long are actually doing the legwork in folk medicine, and which have been red herrings this whole time
@sciShow I'm a plant biologist with a natural products ethnobotany focus who earned their PhD on some of the uses of Catmint and Sage extracts and essential oils. Based on the data essential oils (depending on the plant etc.) can prevent arthropod-vectored disease. Would love to chat if you ever want a first-hand account. Your channel/team have been and an inspiration throughout my whole PhD which I earned earlier this year. Thanks from DR. Z
Omg I would love to see a collab! Do you have a channel and do videos on essential oils and stuff? I'm a plant medicine and brain science nerd but still working on my degrees. 😅
I'm no PhD but am doing ongoing research. This show was disappointing from the start stating to relax in a bath with your favourite scent. Do that with peppermint and others you could burn your but. I'm still watching this and wondering if he will mention photosensitivity or photo toxicity caused by citrus oils.
Makes sense. Presumably the chemicals from a fair few of our strongly-scented culinary/perfumery herbs were developed in the plants to deter their predators, mainly arthropods and other tiny critters. I'd imagine in areas and situations where there is some worry about the presence of bugs, certain oils in lotions and diffusers could be quite valuable. Similarly, capsaicin oils can be good for deterring mammalian pests, although mainly from direct contact, like in feed. I guess diffusing it could theoretically work to get rid of rodents and the like too, but it would certainly also make the area uninhabitable for humans.
Hats off to you, doc, for surviving the education system.
I'd be interested in learning more about this. I have a friend in the CDFA who's working on fighting citrus greening HLB, and it's fascinating learning about all the new developments in prevention as they happen.
The number one thing that people need to understand about essential oils is that they are not "essential" for anyone. The name comes from the fact that they are the essence of the thing they are made from, not because anyone needs them.
I started using tea tree "zit stickers" for pop-up acne because my skin is too sensative for most acne treatments. I was very doubtful it would do anything, but when I tell you it works wonders, I'm not exaggerating. It's my go-to treatment any time I feel one starting to pop up now.
Make sure to use them at night where possible and a good spf. Tea tree is great for acne but It causes sun sensitivity so you can burn much quicker.
I love this video. Thank you for making it. Tom is a great guest host, but i think that's not bergamot. i think it's makrut lime, which (I think) is the most common image result when you search bergamot. I think they have the same name in some languages. Bergamot is smooth and yellow. 3:30
Wait, they studied the ability of bergamot oil to lessen pain for a procedure that isn’t painful in the first place? That's the worst experimental design I've heard of in at least fifteen minutes.
So happy to see Tom on SciShow!!
Tea Tree oil cleared up my acne - when I was 24. FINALLY. And yes, it did not dry out my skin. Benzoyl peroxide burned my skin. :/ But -- Tea Tree did nothing for my son's acne. I am so glad Sci Schow reports so well on these things.
Are you sure cause someone on tik tok told me i could cure my type one diabetes with essential oils and a chakra cleanse
TikTok? Must be true ;) lol
You should definitely believe TikTok, no this scientific crap
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My mom once put lavender oil on my pillow because she heard it helped with insomnia. Since then, I've never once been a victim of a shark attack.
This stuff really works!
Essential oils do work, they make my house and bathroom not smell like person and butts respectively.
THIS
False they don't remove or reduce any smell or fecal matter you breathe.
Chance are because you mask them you might breathe them oven more.
Help! I tried this and now my house smells like butts and my bathroom smells like person!
I have used clove oil since I was a child in the 70's. It works as a topical anesthetic. I never see this one covered. I'm 55, I learned it directly from my Grandfather who learned it from his father.
It's also strongly antimicrobial and antifungal. It also effectively kills the stench of stinkbugs if you put a drop on the cloth you are using to clean up the stuff. I love Clove oil...in sparing amounts, of course 😂
Topical clove oil for toothache has a pretty long history... but use care; the oil can burn.
Clove oil was what my dental surgeon prescribed to me when I had my wisdom teeth extracted!
@@asphere8I had 2 dry sockets after having wisdom teeth extracted. Dentist packed those 2 with clove oil soaked dental packing. It helped them recover, but everything tasted like cloves until he removed that packing 😕
Clove oil can do everything! Except stop me from gagging every time I smell it ...
My favourite euphemism for the effects of IBS is "digestive armageddon". You're welcome.
5:01 I have had 3 colonoscopies, agonizing is putting it mildly. It is not just the procedure, it is what you have to do to clear your colon before hand that is agonizing.
Yes, the prep is worse. I'm surprised though -- you were conscious for the procedure? They knock me out with Propofol for mine. The cramping afterwards from the air they inflate you with is also un-fun.
@@disorganizedorg Yes I was awake, but they gave me something to forget most of the procedure. I walked in then walked out like a cowboy who sat on a cactus when they were done.
A lot of beauty things companies sell are straight out bogus but like always when it comes to the placebo effect it is insane how much of an effect that alone can have, just the person *believing* something works can have a huge impact on their well-being. I can't remember when I've used essential oils myself but I'm sure I've fallen into the same trap over the years.
The placebo effect is why double blind studies are so necessary.
_A lot of beauty things companies sell are straight out bogus_
is it because they hope their target audience suffers from low self-esteem and can be milked sufficiently?
I like Peppermint Schnapps Therapy against boredom and sanity.
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A lot of essential oils smell nice and that is it. The lavender I am surprised actually helps. I used to use a tea tree soap for acne and it did help. I had to stop using it because my husband is allergic to Balsam and his Dr told him to avoid essential oil and botanicals. Especially tea tree because it also come from a resinous tree, basically he is allergic to all fragrances and any resinous trees. Yes that includes spruce and pine.
clove oil actually helps with tooth aches
Smells awful tho. Its also used to kill fish.
It's also supposed to help testicles stay fuller. 🙆♂️
100% The dr gave it to me for a dry socket. It worked within minutes too.
Clove extract was traditionally used as an oral analgesic, before we discovered lidocaine and other numbing agents.
Eugenol (which comprises something like 80% of clove oil) does work well as a dental analgesic. There's a reason that so many OTC dental items smell like cloves.
Now I have to wonder if the Anubis candle makes the house smell of freshly ground mumia.
That image you used for bergamot is not bergamot. It's a very common mistake because that fruit is flashy but bergamot is not
WeirdExplorer did a video on this issue in 2021
@@rosalie.e.morgan They should have called a specialist for fact-checking.
@@pattheplanterAny gardener will do.
What also needs to be mentioned (please!) is that these are all allergens!
I really like Tom Lum. He seems to fit SciShow perfectly. ☺
My Doctor prescribed me peppermint oil pills for my IBS back in The Eighties. But what worked for me was changing my diet to include more fibre and loosing weight
*losing. Do better.
Peppermint oil makes me stop itching and keeps mosquitos away
I use it as an anti-nausea agent.
@@BuildinWingsI use boiled fennel seeds for nausea. It has a light licorice smell and will cure any gas or bloating issues you may have.
Sometimes just having a tea, can be safer than isolated essential oils.
Thissss, like drink peppermint tea instead of investing straight up peppermint EOs, it’s so much less caustic!
@ca44444 Ginger and peppermint depending on the stomach issue have gotten me through so much. Plus then you know it is food grade and regulated by the FDA. You never know with essential oils.
When I've been in hospital, and happened to have indigestion, rather than calling the resident doctor, the nurses would give me peppermint cordial - and I still use that for indigestion and do find that it helps.
Did the nurse pass it by the doctor first? It's sketchy for nurses dispense medication without approval. Especially in a hospital setting. Unless it's a nurse practitioner, I would run anything by A doctor or pharmacist first because of the risk of interaction
Because of Tea Tree oil's anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties, I have been adding it to my CPAP water for almost a year. I have no evidence that it helps me fight colds, but the aroma certainly hits me and I relax and smile. Call me delusional, but I will take the potential placebo.
i dunno why the last line made me laugh so much "Made by Scishow, Its got zero medical claims" lolololol
Oil of clover works for reducing tooth pain.
Clove oil is unreasonably good for toothache. I was ready to knock my self out by headbutting the wall until I tried that stuff.. I cried with the relief.
Clove extract was used by dentists before we discovered lidocaine and other numbing agents. I recommend it to anyone with tooth pain.
As used in the movie Marathon Man by Laurence Olivier, when he tortures Dustin Hoffman.
Clove oil, not clover oil. Clover is a completely useless plant that doesn't offer much strength of anything.
Clover is a stock food, cloves are a flower from a tree.😊
I use very few essential oils. Lavender for relaxation simply because I like the smell. Ti tree 'cuz I get contact dermatitis during the summer--I smear it on the affected area after washing the skin, then put on a layer of baby powder to keep it dry. Keeps the itching down. If I have sore gums, clove oil is useful for numbing. One caveat: be _VERY_ cautious with Ti tree oil around your cats: it's extremely toxic to them. It can cause kidney failure.
Problem with essential oils the complexity of compounds that effect each other which makes them difficult to study and some compounds just dont hold in process. For example allicin is pretty nice compound that has strong antibacterial,antifungal effects and antiinflamatory effects but it degregades quickly and garlic has small amounts of it when you turn garlic into essential oil it just doesnt hold up or allicin amount is already low gets even smaller in the storing process. But some essential oil are almost a drug(Not strong enough but it is almost isolated) especially done with distilation or critical co2 extraction technics due to high rate of that certain compounds. One of them is oregano essential oil for example for gut issues I am using oregano essential oil right now and it is %83 carvachol, there is even higher one clove essential oil has %90 eugenol generally you can even higher if you find a good one.
Some even has same potency as drugs for example lemongrass essential oils almost as effective as penicilin to staph aereus. They are specifically great for breaking resistency of antibiotic resistent staphs combined with antibiotics.
This thing also used in industrial settings too. They add some essential oils to break resistency and prevent biofilms with other sterilisation compounds because especially e coli is very resilient forms biofilms and once biofilm formed it is resistent to many things including your stomach acid and immune system at some degree which is why it causes a lot of food poisoning.
I thought the rosmarinic acid in rosemary oil was found to inhibit release of the enzymes that break down acetylcholine in the brain and that was thought to be its main mechanism of action? 🤔 Guess I'll have to do more studying.
Teatree oil works amazing for mosquito bites. 😊
Ooooooooh, I hit play with cautious optimism, but I'm peering through parted fingers and my hands over my face.
I really liked this in its entirety!! Great topic and excellent coverage!!!
You want to be careful with essential oils. Some of them are quite toxic to pets and small children
3:24 you're talking about bergamot but showing a different citrus, the kaffir lime.
Although I’m not a college student anymore, I still have garbage sleep and sleep patterns. So I’ll take the advice anywhoser.
My take on essentials oils: if it makes you feel good and it's not harmful then just enjoy it making you feel good. Don't try to assign it any mystical magical healing mumbo jumbo to it.
Exactly, they’re just plant concentrates. Which means they have all the chemical compounds that come from those plants.
IBS person here, peppermint oil in properly formulated capsules really does help with bloating and cramping.
Also bonus, all the humongous burps you release when it begins working will smell delightfully minty. 😂
I asked my SIL how her healing crystals helped and asked if she takes them recitally like they recommended, she just blinked at me, like i knew something more then her. They're very sharp and pointy but i bet she did try.
You'd be amazed how many people think coffee enemas are some kind of cure-all. Most of that can be traced back to health food nut and general whack-job Doctor John Harvey Kellogg and his health sanitarium in the early 20th Century. "Doctor" Kellogg got his medical degree from a questionable 6 month course of studies after only attending primary school from the ages of 9-11. (He was largely self-taught, but did receive some formal training as a teacher prior to this.) His enema of choice was yogurt, but no matter what ailed you he would probably try to cure it with some combination of enemas and cold baths. His high-fiber vegetarian diet and courses of exercise were probably more helpful.
My GI doc actually recommended peppermint oil for my IBS recently. So that’s… cool.
Patchouli smells so bad it works as a tick and fire ant repellent
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I love the scent of Rosemary oil, and I think it helps a bit with opening up a stuffy nose when you use it in a diffuser. Memory? Nah, except in the sense of perhaps a scent memory? Like, smelling rosemary could remind you of a beloved relative who used it a lot when cooking?
I like this guy.
yup. tea tree oil treats my acne without drying my skin (which causes my skin to produce more oil)
Lavender oil is amazing for burns and bruises
Tea tree oil is goated at getting rid of that pink/orange mold on shower curtains. Highly recommend it for that use case!
I love the scent of a good lavender oil. The cheap stuff is HORRIFIC. The difference is that cheap lavender oil is made using the whole plant, where the good kind uses only the flowers. The plant matter has other compounds that spoil the fragrance.
Lavender oil also helps with pain. I kept a small bottle of lavender oil in my apron when I was cashiering at grocery stores. I would smell it between customers on particularly bad migraine days.
Would it get rid of my migraine? No, absolutely not. But it kept it from getting worse with all the lights and sounds just enough to allow me to finish my shift, vs going home
Some of the trouble with these sorts of things is that studies can only happen when someone with money wants the study done, so there's a shocking amount of stuff with no published research, even if it's something that's been considered a home remedy for hundreds of years, but has no more proof of benefit than biting a stick; all because it wouldn't be profitable. The situation will only be worse as the corporate vise tightens, so I always hope folks are learning about how to do their own studies at home for these sorts of things. It'll never be perfect, and I'd say it can never replace anything in the medical field and should only be for small household things, but -- well -- at least in the US it's getting physically harder and harder to see physicians and get treatments (especially for the chronically disabled) so, distopian-esque, we do sometimes actually need to experiment on our own between the doctor visits where you've been waiting a year to see anyone.
Me, for instance; I can't sleep more than 4 hours a day, which is crippling, but I've spent oh five years at least bouncing around trying to figure it out with doctors. I can experiment to find things that help at home, though. High protein high dairy diet seems to help a lot, since it reduces my chronic pain; and I've found out through experimentation with caffeine that it makes me *more* sleepy, actually, and doesn't wake me up at all when I want something to do so -- which is how I found out I had ADHD, which, while I was able to get *that* diagnosed relatively easily when I brought it up specifically and mentioned my trials with caffeine, the information doesn't super help because United'Healthcare' (praise be to the Claims Adjustor) is trying it's damndest to keep ADHD folks from getting meds, so even though I did have them briefly, a UHC policy change means I can't have them anymore and so I can't really focus and I ramble a lot.
So now I have to try at-home variable testing to try to find things that make the ADHD a little easier to handle. So far, not much luck, besides the caffeine thing. I doubt there's any oils that could help, but maybe I'll start some variable trials with lavender and give that a shot.
Peppermint, Lavender and Patchouli are my very favorites. ❤
3:23 You've made the common mistake of showing Markut Lime (sometimes also called Kaffir Lime) when talking about Bergamot. Bergamot has yellow-orange skin, orange flesh, and is much less bumpy/wrinkly in appearance.
This is a great video, thanks! :)
Your bergamot pictures are completely wrong- the zeitgeist is wrong. You keep putting pictures of Thai kefir/makrut limes, not the Italian Bergamot.
At some point, Google Translate decided to translate Thai makrut limes to bergamot, so the bulk Asian suppliers who depend on Google Translate for marketing their products started and the spread of misinformation began. Plus the lumpy lime is great for online pictures, so it has stuck.
Farmer’s Almanac has an accurate picture of a smooth yellowish Italian bergamot.
5:08 oh, if I have a zit, I could use the essential oil called Brilliant
St. John's wort is another plant that should attract interest.
Just don’t mix it with antidepressants 😅
I have troubles sleeping, i will try the lavender. Thanks for the tip.
I'm going to need to see a citation for the claim that that candle has "zero medical claims attached." 🤔
I wonder if lavender works as a sleep aid to those who find the smell off-putting. 🤔
It doesn't for me. Can't stand the scent 😅
I hate lavender but I love bergamot mint oil, which contains the same major component but at a higher concentration and with fewer other things. Also much, much cheaper than quality lavender oil. Smells just like Earl Grey tea without the tea.
I have an oil that smells like fruit loops and a pumpkin spice one I put in my diffuser and I swear they drive away ghosts, because I have never seen a ghost.
If you put a few drops of Clove essential oil on a cotton ball and vacuum it up, it will kill the stench of any stinkbugs that might get caught in your vacuum cleaner.
I made a home made nasal decongestant with peppermint and eucalyptus oils. I stuffed a few cotton balls into a small Rx bottle and added several drops of each oil. It works very well for clearing my nasal passages and sinuses. YRMV. Why not just get one OTC? Camphor makes my sinuses hurt (perfume allergy).
Not to mention smelling mint or peppermint etc helps unblock stuffy nose.
10:08 medical professional does not equal naturopath.
4:50 What?! So a "pain study" done on a procedure that causes no pain?
i use eucalyptus in a hot shower when i’m congested and it helps to loosen all that up
Anubis scented candle huh.. looking at the notes it smells like I thought it would.
And now I have a new list of natural items to add to my daily life
The one essential oil I use for medicinal reasons is tea tree, for skin care. I live in the tropics where skin infections are common, so I use it to treat them and also try to prevent them on my feet. Plus I just like the smell!
I love Tea Tree oil, it helps with so many issues.
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@@CowboyPants-h5p Oh, dear. I see why you laughed. To be fair, it really does. Athletes foot is a real thing when you work on your feet all day.
I use tea tree oil when my nose is stopped up. I have a small like 1 cup cool mist humidifier and put several drops in since the area I have it is pretty big. It works better than anything!
Ever since I used peppermint oil, everyone peppers me with newly minted pennies.
I wish I could enjoy the tea tree oil, but alas I am allergic to it. As in it creates swelling, itchiness, and swelling if applied to a wound, or if I have it in my hair or on my skin my nasal/breathing passages start swelling up and I have to take a Benadryl. Yes, you can also put the oil on wounds to help heal them, my friend is a nurse, and use it in hair products (looking at you Aveda). All of which for me were allergenic rather than therapeutic, unlike my friends who used them around the same time as myself and had all the good stuff happen to them. Enjoy...if it works for you.
Citrus oils are great for removing the adhesive from stickers and tape. Use sparingly.
It is possible to test efficacy of essential oils in clinical trials; control group uses synthetic fragrance oil ( synthetic fragrance oil smells like the essential oils, but doesn’t have the volatile compounds). Is the ‘benefit’ due to nice smell associations or are there differences between the research and control groups?
So, this is how I learned that bergamot comes from a fruit. 😮
They usually extract it from the bergamot flowers, if I’m not mistaken.
@@drtrowb No, the fruit peel is used. It just smells flowery. You can also get bergamot mint oil made from leaves, which doesn't have the cancer-promoting compounds activated by sunlight and UV that should be purified out of bergamot oil before it is used.
Remember, some but not all common medicines were synthesized from plants
In other words, don't depend on essential oils to treat your diseases. That's a load of bunk. They smell nice, and can make you relax and feel good. Use them for that or don't bother with them.
Essential oils are great for lots of things. They aren't miraculous, though. Eucalyptus oil in my diffuser is lovely for the aroma and for helping my sinuses stay happy on dry nights. Clove oil is fantastic for getting rid of stinkbug stink and it's also antimicrobial and antifungal... But VERY strong, use in a carrier oil and use sparingly. There are others that are great, too. They won't cure cancer.
you need to do an episode on healing crystals now
I like how in a video about essential oil treatments that actually work, 2 out of 5 were still basically BS lol
This is what strange history needs when they introduce new narrators. Same energy, same vocal cadence, just a new person. We all got a little tism, gotta give it to us easy 😅😂
A death candle. How charming.
I just like how essential oils smell
Anosmics could be a good group to study efficacy with.
Basically... Tea tree oil for acne and jasmine for sleep.
I just smoke weed that’s how I get my essential oils
*Love* that shirt Tom 😍 Where'd you get it 👀🤔
Rosemary traditional use is to help digestion. I don't know where the memory thing comes from...
Having now watched the video, it didn't actually show me any essential oils that work as anything other than fragrances.
Tea tree oil and the lavender were the onky ones.
There are a few good ones. Clove oil has antibacterial and antifungal properties, and it breaks down the stench of stinkbugs. Citrus oils are lovely for dissolving the stickiness from tape and stickers and labels, and thyme can help open up your sinuses when used in a diffuser. The key is to use them for things they can actually do, not expect miracles.
Essential oils used properly can do both harm and good. If you are e just inhaling them harm is unlikely, but ingesting them, no matter what MLM companies say, should only be done sparingly and with supervision of someone well trained and experienced with them. The best way to benefit from them is to use them in massage oils. Chemistry is chemistry regardless, and essential oils don’t have any special magic, but they are chemical and will act according the biology and chemistry of the receiver.
4:41 "crumb roll"
Also shows how stress can stop the body functioning well, or even cause diseases and other health issues.
Hands, hands, hands, HANDS, hands, hands, hands... Hands.
Tea tree is a good anti fungal
I never thought the t in bergamot was supposed to be pronounced. I've always said bergamow.
Unfortunately lavender has the complete opposite effect in a small percent of the population, I'm one of them
Well that sucks... I'm allergic to lavender. 😢
Both my husband and my eldest son are allergic to lavender. My son is so allergic that he nearly had to be hospitalized the last time he came into contact with it. Suffice it to say, lavender anything is banned in my house and vehicles.
I use the essential oil d-limonene as a food-safe organic solvent
There were people in my city that made cannabis concentrates using limonene. They were very expensive, but tasted oh so good
Had a few litres at my old job I used it to keep ants away.