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Sep16
The “opioid crisis” is NOT about prescriptions. It’s about illicit street drugs.
Sep16
Aromatic therapies for pain
TRPV1 receptors colocalize with CB1 and CB2 receptors, which are part of the endocannabinoid system (18), and there is overlap in ligand binding of TRPV1 and CB2 (19). The endocannabinoid system is involved in responses to hormones and neurotransmitters and is essential in formation and maintenance of interneuronal communication (20). Endogenous cannabinoids, such as anandamide (also found in chocolate) and many phytocannabinoids, bind CB1 and CB2 receptors variably. Cannabidiol (CBD), a phytocannabinoid, does not bind to the CB1 receptor but does bind to CB2. CBD as well has varied medical applications, including pain relief and mood regulation.
Beta-caryophyllene (BCP) is a sesquiterpene found in many essential oils, including black pepper, balsam copaiba, cannabis (sativa) and sweet basil, and also binds the CB2 receptor (17, 19). BCP relieves both acute and chronic pain in vivo (19). CB2 ligands (including beta-caryophyllene) can stimulate release of beta-endorphins that bind opioid receptors and also inhibit inflammatory factors (19). As such, CB2 ligands interact with the opioid and inflammatory system in addition to the endocannabinoid system (19).
17. Tisserand, R., Young, R. and Williamson, E. (2014). Essential oil safety. 2nd ed. Edinburgh [etc.]: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.
18. Morales, P., Hurst, D. and Reggio, P. (2017). Molecular Targets of the Phytocannabinoids: A Complex Picture. Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, pp.103-131.
19. Fidyt, K., Fiedorowicz, A., Strządała, L. and Szumny, A. (2016). β-caryophyllene and β-caryophyllene oxide-Natural Compounds of Anticancer and Analgesic Properties. Cancer Medicine, 5(10), pp.3007-3017.
20. Howlett, A. and Shim, J. (2013). Cannabinoid Receptors and Signal Transduction. [online] Madame Curie Bioscience Database. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK6154/ [Accessed 11 Apr. 2018].
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Sep16
Ehlers-Danlos, again
Connective tissue is important, and defective tissue causes global disorder.
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a group of related connective tissue disorders. Some subtypes have identified genetic causes, while the hypermobility subtype is still undefined genetically. However, it behaves as an autosomal dominant linked trait in families. Meaning, it’s not sex linked, and you don’t need 2 affected parents to have it.
More about hEDS and other EDS subtypes:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxu13MGa0LSOYmtkQ1ZTLUxGRUk/view?usp=drivesdk
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Sep16
Why I’m angry, and how the medical system fails people like me
Wrist brace day 6Wrist brace day 6Wrist brace day 6
I found this partial post in my drafts, and wanted to publish it, even though it’s incomplete.
I’m in a really bad mood. Health issues, and stories about opioids being the devil, or that subluxing joints don’t exist are making me more agitated.
I’m a scientist. I have a genetically-caused disease that results in constant subluxations and dislocations of major and minor joints. I have pain all day, every day. I can’t trust my body to function ever. I will have a great week, where the pain is only at a level where I have to medicate once a day, and the next will be multiple days of medicating 3x a day, and my needing to immobilize. I’ve had a brace on my wrist for 4 days BTW.
One of the only treatment options available to me in NC is narcotic pain medications, prescribed through a pain clinic. Medical marijuana is illegal in NC.
Seeing articles written by fellow scientists that subluxations are invented by quacks (her criticism of chiropractors), or others saying that pain medications are getting doled out Willy nilly is infuriating.
If you ask my parents how many times they took me to the doctor or the ER because I was in extreme pain, I don’t think they could tell you. I remember one such visit, when I was 7, and I was writhing in pain. I struggle to even
[I must have needed to pause]
I’ll tell you what it’s like to get my pain meds, that only partially help.
[I never returned]
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Jun26
Ehlers Danlos – Negligent Doctor Wall of Shame
Ehlers Danlos – Negligent Doctor Wall of Shame.
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Apr21
Providing Help for Children with Special Needs?
Earlier this year, the Autism Awareness site posted a social meme regarding the use of essential oils in the treatment of Autism put together by an independent 
distributor of one of the larger multi-level essential oil companies. As a Registered Clinical Aromatherapist and the mother of a son with Autism, I was very put off by the recommendations being shared virally as any essential oil regimen for Autism should be a properly educated one. I did share my concerns with the website, but received no reply.
While I am happy that the use of essential oils is becoming more commonplace, like others I have concerns about the advice being shared virally. I am profoundly disheartened by the apathy exhibited by many qualified practitioners who have become jaded by all the social debate over protocols shared by independent distributors online. We can’t give up! More and more I am being introduced…
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Jan31
essential oil safety FAQ
I attended Aromahead Institute for my aromatherapy training and received my certification August 14, 2014. It’s a great feeling to have this certification complete!
http://www.aromahead.com/graduates/shannon.becker
I wanted to share several of my posts here, to help educate others. Enjoy!
Additional essential oil safety information
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Jan31
Marketing lies and how to judge EOs
I attended Aromahead Institute for my aromatherapy training and received my certification August 14, 2014. It’s a great feeling to have this certification complete!
http://www.aromahead.com/graduates/shannon.becker
I wanted to share several of my posts here, to help educate others. Enjoy!
Marketing lies and how to judge EOs.
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Jan31
I'm a crunchy scientist mommy 