Contra-indications

[White guy]

Hi all

Have not posted or replied to much recently - busy decorating!! However have been having the quick read every so often. My head is getting 'bamboozled' with all these contra-indications. I have been qualified for 1/2 a year now and know all about the usual contras, high blood pressure, heart disease, surgery, cancer etc but with reading some posts, it is bec oming a minefield. How do you know for example what specific medications interact with aromatherapy and their results? For example reading the message re warfarin. How do you find these things out? Is it from experience? I know the GP would have to be consulted, but do they all know what the results of combining both would be? I know when I spoke to my GP about my duaghter's eczema and using carrier oils (calendula) and other essential oils, he didn't know much about either.

Which takes me on to my next question. One of my clients is taking a prescribed 'diet pill' Diethylprion and wasn't sure if she could have aromatherapy treatments. What is the best way of finding this out? She says she doesn't think the clinic would know.

Thanks in advance.

Tracey

 

[Jada Cochran]

MMMMMMM i would say an up to date bnf may help......this would explain how the drug works on the body and from this you can then think about oils to use,or not to use. For instance many of my Autistic clients are on chlorpromazine which has photosythesising actions so therefore you would avoid oils that do the same......i hope i have explained this ok.x Jane.

 

[Tehcawk, ftw!]

Or could it be that using oils with the same properties would allow a lower dose of medication? Anyone on medication and coming to any complementary therapist has a chance of getting better, and as a consequence the medications should be adjusted to the improvemnts!

As for high BP, can anyon etell me why it is a contraindication for aromatherapy? I thought that relaxing is good against high BP?

Artemis

 

[Niko171]

Hi Artemis

Re high blood pressure - I remember starting out and using my mum as a guinea pig. I knew she had high blood pressure and is on tablets for this, however at the time I used Rosemary essential oil along with lavender and another (can't remember) for her to use in a room burner. After a while, she said she could feel her heart beating a lot faster like she was having palpatations - and this was only using about 3 drops. So I can see now why it's best not too use oils such as Rosemary which actually stimulate.

Tracey

 

[blogdog123]

Hi Tracey,

That soem oils hav eto be aovided with high blood pressure makes sense. I must have misread your initial comment: I thaught that aromatherpy alltogether was contraindicated.
Once I was a case study for an aromatherpy student. One day he used bergamot (can't remember what the other two were)... it did not go well with my low blood pressure! I was feeling quite diuzzy for the rest of the evening.

Artemis