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Best oils and how to use them

Best oils and how to use them

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  • Aromatherapy for children: What’s safe and what’s not. (2022).
    https://www.chop.edu/news/health-tip/aromatherapy-children-whats-safe-and-whats-not
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  • Park N, et al. (2022). Protective effects of inhalation of essential oils from Mentha piperita leaf on tight junctions and inflammation in allergic rhinitis.
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