Modules:
Module 1: Fundamentals
This e-course begins with an in-depth introduction to essential oil therapy that includes an overview of historical uses, schools of thinking from modern schools of aromatherapy, essential oil attributes and their clinical effects on physiology, and criteria for determining essential oil quality.
Module 2: Applications and Dosing
Module two provides a clinical explanation and examples for using the three main essential oil applications: aromatic, topical, and internal. Topics covered include: dosing, modes of applications, and the safe and effective use of carriers.
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Module 3: Safety in Maternity
Module three covers guidelines for the safe application of essential oils during each phase of pregnancy. Areas of focus include: general safety, potential toxicity, therapeutic actions, herb-drug interactions, and contraindications for use during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum.
Module 4: Use in Pregnancy
This module addresses the most common uses for essential oil use during pregnancy, including: nausea, vomiting, poor digestion, stress, fatigue, trouble sleeping, muscular aches and pains, vascular irregularities, swelling, and preparing for childbirth.
Module 5: Use in Labor
This module offers indications for the key uses for essential oils during labor, including: preparing the birth space, calming anxious feelings, and coping with discomfort, exhaustion, discouragement, and healthy delivery.
Module 6: Use in Postpartum
This module addresses the most common indications for postpartum, including: afterpains, heavy bleeding, care for tender skin, perineum care, hormonal balance, baby blues, breast health, and healthy milk production.
Module 7: Use in Infant Care
Module seven covers safety guidelines for supporting infant health with essential oils. Participants will learn uses, applications, and concentrations for gently supporting: digestive health, teething, calm, sleep, and skin care.
Module 8: Materia Aromatica
This module, presented from an herbalist's perspective, provides summaries of 17 of the best essential oils for use in maternal and infant care . Each oil is characterized by its native location, aromatic parts, most important medicinal attributes, and any known contraindications. It also introduces the "doctrine of signatures", an ancient system of knowledge used by herbalists to better understand the unique attributed of individual plants.
