Essential Oils for Managing Oral Mucositis and Vomiting, and Genitourinary Syndrome for Menopause with Judith Boice, ND, Lac, FABNO
Worth 1 CE (of which .25 are pharm)
In the past two decades, essential oils have received tremendous attention from both the general population and medical researchers. Widespread misinformation about essential oils has prompted many cancer patients to use essential oils in conjunction with their conventional treatments, usually without the knowledge or consent of their providers. Most providers have little training in safely, effectively prescribing essential oils, particularly in the oncology setting. Essential oils have a role in treating side effects of conventional cancer treatments including nausea and vomiting, oral mucositis, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Essential oils are extremely concentrated (one drop is roughly equivalent to 30 cups of tea) and misuse, particularly ingestion, of essential oils can elevate liver enzymes and bilirubin levels. These potent botanical medicines require special knowledge on the health care provider’s part to ensure the patient’s health and safety.
Learning Objectives
Identify the safest, most effective methods of dosing essential oils
Recognize how essential oils influence liver detoxification pathways
Differentiate classes of essential oils (commercial, medicinal, “therapeutic,” brokered, authentic)
Explore essential oils that can reduce nausea and vomiting
Learn how essential oils can address oral mucositis and oral ulcers
Discern which essential oils do or do not modulate estrogen levels to address genitourinary syndrome of menopause
Worth 1 CE (of which .25 are pharm)
In the past two decades, essential oils have received tremendous attention from both the general population and medical researchers. Widespread misinformation about essential oils has prompted many cancer patients to use essential oils in conjunction with their conventional treatments, usually without the knowledge or consent of their providers. Most providers have little training in safely, effectively prescribing essential oils, particularly in the oncology setting. Essential oils have a role in treating side effects of conventional cancer treatments including nausea and vomiting, oral mucositis, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Essential oils are extremely concentrated (one drop is roughly equivalent to 30 cups of tea) and misuse, particularly ingestion, of essential oils can elevate liver enzymes and bilirubin levels. These potent botanical medicines require special knowledge on the health care provider’s part to ensure the patient’s health and safety.
Learning Objectives
Identify the safest, most effective methods of dosing essential oils
Recognize how essential oils influence liver detoxification pathways
Differentiate classes of essential oils (commercial, medicinal, “therapeutic,” brokered, authentic)
Explore essential oils that can reduce nausea and vomiting
Learn how essential oils can address oral mucositis and oral ulcers
Discern which essential oils do or do not modulate estrogen levels to address genitourinary syndrome of menopause
Worth 1 CE (of which .25 are pharm)
In the past two decades, essential oils have received tremendous attention from both the general population and medical researchers. Widespread misinformation about essential oils has prompted many cancer patients to use essential oils in conjunction with their conventional treatments, usually without the knowledge or consent of their providers. Most providers have little training in safely, effectively prescribing essential oils, particularly in the oncology setting. Essential oils have a role in treating side effects of conventional cancer treatments including nausea and vomiting, oral mucositis, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Essential oils are extremely concentrated (one drop is roughly equivalent to 30 cups of tea) and misuse, particularly ingestion, of essential oils can elevate liver enzymes and bilirubin levels. These potent botanical medicines require special knowledge on the health care provider’s part to ensure the patient’s health and safety.
Learning Objectives
Identify the safest, most effective methods of dosing essential oils
Recognize how essential oils influence liver detoxification pathways
Differentiate classes of essential oils (commercial, medicinal, “therapeutic,” brokered, authentic)
Explore essential oils that can reduce nausea and vomiting
Learn how essential oils can address oral mucositis and oral ulcers
Discern which essential oils do or do not modulate estrogen levels to address genitourinary syndrome of menopause