
CHEMISTRY OF ESSENTIAL OILS – BLOOMINGTON, IL
No experience necessary! Upon completion of the CARE Chemistry class, you will gain a scientific understanding of how the compounds of essential oils reach the cellular levels and how they bring therapy to the various organs and tissues of the body.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
The CARE Chemistry lecture class is worth 6 credits for CARE and 6 CE Hours for NCBTMB.
Participants in a CARE Chemistry Class will be able to:
- Recognize and appreciate the intelligent design of the universe at a molecular level.
- Explain why the same essential oil evokes different responses from different people.
- Discuss how both chemistry and quantum physics are necessary to explain oil behavior.
- List four ways that essential oil molecules can enter our bodies.
- Describe the three basic schools of aromatherapy.
- Recognize the fallacies of the British school of aromatherapy.
- Articulate reasons why trace compounds are important to an oil’s therapeutic value.
- Explain how molecular weight relates to viscosity, volatility, and biological half-life.
- Answer why the Periodic Table is periodic.
- Discuss the structure of atoms and molecules as elements and compounds.
- Identify the five principal elements that comprise essential oils.
- Explain chiral molecules and give examples.
- Talk about the history of benzene, the benzene ring, and its existence as an energy form.
- Define what a chemotype is and why it exists.
- Explain what an isomer is and give examples.
- Draw a picture of an isoprene unit and discuss it as a building block of organic compounds.
- Illustrate how a PMS anointment with oils can sometimes result in instantaneous healing.
- Show how hydrocarbons, oxygenated hydrocarbons, and isomers are the building units of oils.
- Point out how essential oils are God’s love manifest in molecules.
Pat Iannone, FCCI, BCRS, LSH * Call/text: 309-306-2720 * Email: Patricia@GinkgoTreeHealing.com
LOCATION
418 N Main Street, Suite 2 in historic downtown Bloomington, Illinois
Nearest Airport: BMI Central Illinois Regional Airport
**Please see my Contact Me page for additional location information.
REGISTRATION
Sign up on my website, email me at Patricia@GinkgoTreeHealing.com, or text me at 309-306-2720. Registration and a deposit are required to secure your reservation.
Deposits and payments are non-refundable and transferable up to 1 year from the payment date. Clients and Students must give at least 48 hours’ notice of appointment cancellation and/or changes in desired service(s) to avoid a fee of up to 100% of the originally scheduled amount, at my discretion. Please read my Policies & Procedures for more information.
INCLUDED MATERIALS
Class notes and necessary oils are included in the course fee. Textbooks will be available for use during class. CARE will mail a certificate directly to you after class completion.
LIMITATIONS OF CLASS SIZE
The class size is limited to 6 students.
PREPARATION
While you are not required to purchase texts used during this class, it is helpful to have your own copy of The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple by David Stewart.
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