Talk:Lavender oil
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Added properties from "Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary" (5th Edition) McGraw Hill 1987.
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[edit] Disputed Use on Sunburn
Oil of ANY kind should not be applied to sunburn. The oil acts as a barrier for sweat and can cause more pain than the original intention of lavendar oil to relieve pain. Water based ointments only. It would be preferred to use very strong black tea (black, no sugar) after it has cooled down to room temperature which then should be sponged onto the affected area. Do not rub. For best effect, have a fan blowly softly onto the wet tea to further drop the skin temperature. If blisters form after a few hours, seek medical assistance due to second degree burns. (uncopyrighted text - anon.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.236.188.225 (talk) 05:28, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merger
Oppose There are many other articles on essential oils, apart from the main plant articles. I see no reason to delete this one. Waitak 11:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Oppose There's enough information here to justify a separate article. Kyleberk 20:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lavender Oil and gynecomastia in boys
Science News July 1, 2006 Vol. 170 page 6 indicates that products containing lavender oil or tea tree oil can cause enlarged breast in young boys.
Some quotes:
"Lavender oil and tea tree oil contain compounds that act like female sex hormones and interfere with male hormones,"
"Bloch recommended that the boys stop using lavender-containing products. When they followed his advise, gynecomastia disappeared within a few months."
"These oils possess both estrogenic and anti-androgenic properties," Henley reported at the Endocrine Society meeting in Boston this week.
"Young boys should avoid the oils, Bloch advises. Many personal-care products contain them."
"-B. Harder"
Somitcw 02:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Full article is only available to subscribers: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060701/fob8.asp
Non-subscribers can get to the table of contents: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060701/toc.asp
Non-subscribers can also see the references and sources: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060701/fob8ref.asp
Somitcw 07:52, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
The main problem with this study is that it only involves 3 cases. This certainly does not mean it should be ignored but it certainly isn't significant enough to devote much space to either. After reading the actual study, all 3 cases involved products containing Lavender Oil and one case involved lavender oil AND tea tree oil. For this reason it's strange that someone devoted a lot of space to this issue on the tea tree oil page when tea tree oil was never isolated. So it's good that this issue is being discussed here at the appropriate page.Imaginenow (talk) 22:02, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Endrocrinology?
The article previously stated that Bloch was an "endrocrinologist." I changed this to "endocrinologist," but I'm not absolutely certain that endrocrinology isn't a medical term. IrisWings 23:00, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
