FDA Disclaimer Situation
“The information in this post about essential oils is not intended to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat or prevent any disease. According to the FDA, only drugs can make those types of claims, which these products on our website are not.”
You’ll likely be seeing this disclaimer on my posts when I write about our products. We use essential oils in our soaps, and there’s a good reason for that. Most essential oils are plant based, and I feel better about using them than fragrance oils, when we can.
My hands are a little tied when it comes to talking about the benefits of essential oils. I could literally be fined if I say the wrong thing.
The one thing I will say is if you are using a product that is new to you, ALWAYS do a patch test. Just dab a tiny bit of the product on the inside of your wrist. If any redness or rash occurs, discontinue use.
The situation is frustrating to me. Most things we do now started a very long time ago. And cures for ailments were pretty much all nature based. Wise women and mid-wives were the people we went to when we were sick, or having a baby. Of course, if something went wrong people jumped to the conclusion that healers were witches, so there’s that.
So, if I’m writing about our Sweet Orange, Clove, Cinnamon Leaf Soap, please know that I would love to tell you the benefits of using it, beyond the fact that it has a bubbly silky lather, and leaves skin clean and moisturized. But if you want to know more about the actual oils used in it, Google is your friend.