Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Re: [Everything doTERRA] Re: Methyl Salicylate in Wintergreen

It is not suggested as an internal oil, even though I know of someone who gave it to her husband for pain, he slept through the night, but she could not sleep because she thought she killed him. It was pretty funny to hear the story. As I said, not suggested.
 
pat

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:17 PM, brenda <bturbomom@yahoo.com> wrote:
I was not aware that you could take deep blue internally--does it help
with pain if you take it in a capsule??  Thanks

On Nov 17, 5:38 am, Patricia Leavitt <doterradisco...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I am pasting a post regarding this previously discussed issue with
> Wintergreen.
> Rob James posted this and it says it all.
>
> Wintergreen and Birch are both very high in Menthyl Salicylate, which is why
>
> they, along with Deep Blue - which contains MS, have a saftey lid.  MS can
> be toxic, has even been attributed to death, but the dangers come with LARGE
>
> overdoses.  Using 3-5 drops every so often is not an issue.  I would not use
>
> it constantly for days or weeks at a time either.  But normal/occasional use
>
> is fine.
>
> I have never heard of it being an issue with blood thinners.  You could
> inquire further if you like, but I've never heard warnings.
>
> The reason for the saftey lids is to prevent over dose by children.  Some
> people have allergies to MS or wintergreen/birch, but I also know people
> that thought they had such allergies, but do not react to ours.  Likely
> their allergies are to the synthetic version of wintergreen, (of which there
>
> is an abundance.)  They know of their reactions, from wintergreen candies or
>
> gum which contain synthetic MS.  They should be careful though, even with
> the pure stuff.
>
> Rob.
>
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Joni <wellnessessential...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Someone I follow on twitter posted this article from the NY times
> > dated June of 2007.   A young athlete died from over use of a pain
> > relief cream like "Icy Hot" or "Bengay".  She was poisoned from the
> > main ingredient of Methyl Salicylate which is one of the main
> > constituents in Wintergreen.  Obviously, moderation in all things, but
> > what are the precautions when using Wintergreen.  Is there anything
> > important we need to be aware of when using Wintergreen?
>
> > Here is a link to the article
> >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/nyregion/10cream.html?_r=1
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Joni
>
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