Ayurvedic Medicines » Aromatherapy http://www.ayurvedicmedicines.org All About Ayurveda Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:02:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Lavender Deception http://www.ayurvedicmedicines.org/2010/09/lavender-deception/ http://www.ayurvedicmedicines.org/2010/09/lavender-deception/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:25:08 +0000 admin http://www.ayurvedicmedicines.org/2010/09/lavender-deception/ Today much of the lavender oil sold in America is a hybrid called lavandin, grown and distilled in China, Russia, France, and Tasmania. It is brought into France, cut with synthetic linalyl acetate to improve the fragrance; propylene glycol, DEP, or DOP (solvents that have no smell and increase the volume) [known carcinogens buy prescription drugs - editor's buy drugs online without prescription note] are then added and it is sold in the United States as lavender oil. Often lavandin is heated to evaporate the camphor and then is adulterated with synthetic linalyl acetate

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