{"id":3076,"date":"2013-05-01T19:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T19:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2014-05-27T20:50:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T20:50:44","slug":"why-essential-oils-heal-and-drugs-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/why-essential-oils-heal-and-drugs-dont","title":{"rendered":"Why Essential Oils Heal And Drugs Don&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/oils-heal-drugs-dont.jpg\" alt=\"Essential oils from Quinessence\" width=\"250\" height=\"201\" \/>It&#8217;s always good to get credible support expounding the remarkable healing qualities of <a title=\"essential oils\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/essential_oils.htm\">essential oils<\/a>, especially when it comes from the medical profession. In an excerpt from his book &#8216;The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple&#8217;, Dr David Stewart Ph.D. explains why he believes using essential oils is preferable to pharmaceutical drugs.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn this comprehensive extract from his book, Dr Stewart explains the various differences between the way that essential oils work to heal the body, versus the sledgehammer approach that drugs usually take. To help illustrate the point, Stewart includes a chart in the linked article which compares the actions of both healing paradigms. To back this up, he delivers some startling figures revealing the high number of deaths from prescribed drugs in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>In this interesting excerpt from his book, Steward also includes quotes from 18 other physicians who likewise have concerns about modern drugs, their effects, and the way they are used. It makes very interesting reading, and is encouraging for for those of us who already question the wisdom of using drugs quite as\u00a0 much as we do in the modern world, &#8211; especially when there are so many natural alternatives available such as <a title=\"aromatherapy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/aromatherapy.htm\">aromatherapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***************************************************************<\/p>\n<h2>Why Essential Oils Heal And Drugs Don&#8217;t<\/h2>\n<p>If you tell most medical doctors that essential oils bring about healing with no negative side effects, they won\u2019t believe you. This is because in medical school, students are repeatedly told by their professors that all effective medicines have negative side effects, and if they don\u2019t then they can\u2019t be effective.<\/p>\n<p>When I was in medical school one professor emphasized this point in a colorful, graphic manner with specially prepared slides. In each slide specific drugs were depicted as evil looking demons or . . .<\/p>\n<p>Read <a title=\"full article &gt;\" href=\"http:\/\/healthimpactnews.com\/2013\/why-essential-oils-heal-and-drugs-dont\/\" target=\"_blank\">full article &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***************************************************************<br \/>\nCopyright \u00a9 Quinessence Aromatherapy Ltd 2013. Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/geoff_lyth.htm\" rel=\"author\">Geoff Lyth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s always good to get credible support expounding the remarkable healing qualities of essential oils, especially when it comes from the medical profession. 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