Don’t blame you at all for being concerned. We keep seeing ads on tv for some prescription drugs and all their uses. Then a few years later see as from lawyers telling us about claims we can make against the company for problems the wonder drug caused.
Seems that a lot of companies are more interested in$$$ than in actually helping people

Good to hear that I am not the only one. There are very few peer reviewed studies of any consequence on humans. The studies the Spark Naturals cites as “proof” are on rodents, in vitro (Petrie dishes) or small groups of 12. Nowhere, except deep in the academic environment are indications that CBD oil raises ocular pressure not lower it like THC. This posers a risk to people such as myself that have glaucoma.

I also read a piece last week about a blogger who has consumed CBD edibles on a daily basis for a number of years and has had serious brain anomolies and issues develop. This scares the crap out of me.

The Bayer company originally touted Heroin as a non-addictive cure-all. We all know how that turned out.

Since the first of the year, I have been reading everything I can on patent medicines and how they evolved, many to the detriment of human health. I am not saying CBD oil falls into that category but as of this moment, I just don’t see the research. Too many non-medical professionals are pitching it online. Yes there is money to be made via affiliate commissions but as far as I am concerned, I will leave that to someone else.

Can you tell this is a subject I am passionate about??

I am concerned about the CBD oil as well. It seems to be touted as a “cure all” for nearly anything just like some of the prescription drugs advertised on tv.
Just seems too good to be true

Because the droppers are glass, they are much easier to clean. I set aside all of my dirty items (droppers, jars, bottles) and every month or so soak them in a bowl of soapy water. If any residue remains, I clean them out with a Qtip and soak them again.

But, just being honest here, with a lot of the droppers, I place them in a jar and a couple of weeks later use them again. I don’t know for sure but it appears that any remaining residue evaporates. Surely the tiny remaining amount will do no harm, right? Or maybe I am just lazy.

For my favorite blends, I prepare large bottles of the oils pre-blended in advance. This is where the calibrations come in handy. So, for example, for the Miracle Salve Blend I use 1 or 2 mls of each oil (rosemary, peppermint, and lavender) and store it pre-mixed. I do this with all of my diffuser blends, the cold and flu bomb, my blood pressure formula, and the aforementioned miracle salve blend. Slowly but surely I am calculating the quantities in ml for each. This is so much easier than counting drops.

You probably read that I am expanding beyond Spark Naturals. These days they seem to be expanding more into CBD oil and kid-focused items rather than some more advanced formulations for adults. The CBD oil bothers me a lot since it is not well studied. It scares me on many fronts. But I suppose that is a story for another day.

Got to this article through the pain and arthritis salve article. I am definitely going to make up some of that! It seems I get more aches and pains more easily since retiring.

In the section of this article about some of the “tools”, I have a question. My wife makes melt an pour soaps and uses disposable droppers, both for colors and EOs. The glass droppers you mention seem a potential resource for her. My questions though is, how do you clean them? Or do you have droppers dedicated to each oil? I’ve tried soaking the ones we got at Walmart in an old jelly jar filled with dish soap, but the effectiveness is less than satisfactory.

Thanks again for your continued standard of excellence!