The FDA Has Warned Essential Oil Companies

近日，美国食品和药物管理局严重警告精油公司对精油的进行虚假宣传和传销手段。

Essential oils havebeen aroundfor more than 5,000 years. But according to experts and government health agencies, they may now be riding a wave of popularity based on false promises.

精油追溯历史可以追至5000年前，而现在转接和政府的健康管理部门表示，现在市场热卖的精油大部分建立在虚假宣传和承诺上。

Over the last 10 years, these aromatic, plant-based extracts have taken off, as multi-level marketing companies have begun to promote them as natural remedies to the general public. The problem is that theres limited clinical research on the therapeutic value of essential oils — and experts are cautioning consumers about the potential dangers associated with overuse, which could lead to toxicity.

近10年来，这种植物香精提取物作为产品服务已经向市场推广，但是对于他的药用价值和和使用方式，专家已经开始质疑和警告，过度使用或错误使用精油很可能导致中毒。

"Consumers should be mindful of health fraud scams which are products that claim to prevent, treat, or cure diseases or other health conditions, but are not proven safe and effective for those uses," Food and Drug Administration (FDA) spokesperson Lindsay Meyer told ATTN:. "Health fraud scams waste money and can lead to delays in getting proper diagnosis and treatment. They can also cause serious or even fatal injuries."

FDA发言人Lindsay Meyer表示，客户需要注意，那些精油产品销售声称可以预防、治疗、甚至至于疾病或者其他健康问题的，实际上却没有任何质量和效果保证的产品。这不仅仅是浪费钱的问题，甚至会导致延误治疗，或者精油中毒。

收到严重警告的多特瑞精油产品

In 2014, the FDA issued warnings to three companies, including Utah-based doTERRA - about the medical claims distributors had made about their products.In its warning letterto doTERRA, the FDA stated that at least 15 of its essential oil compounds were being "promoted for conditions that cause them to be [classified as] drugs" by certain distributors. Those conditions included Ebola, cancer, brain injury, autism, Alzheimers Disease, tumor reduction, and ADHD.

早在2014年美国药监局就对三家公司做出了警告，其中包括DoTERRA"多特瑞"精油公司,其信中指出多特瑞精油种所含的至少15种精油成分，被监测归类为药物。其称可用于埃博拉，癌症、脑损伤、自闭症、艾滋海默、关节炎、肿瘤多动症等。

The FDA hasnt approved any essential oil products as drugs because they havent met the agencys standard for safety or effectiveness — so any time a seller makes a claim about their potential therapeutic use, theyre required to include the following FDA disclosure: "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease."

网络上对多特瑞精油的一些虚假宣传和客户的评价

This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent disease."

而实际上，这个产品是完全不能够诊断、治疗、治愈或者预防疾病的。

For some aromatherapy professionals who have studied essential oils and integrated them in their practice, the recent popularization of these products by certain companies has come as an unwelcome development.

"I think my main concern right now is that a lot of the companies are encouraging people to use tons of essential oils all the time — and I dont think thats a good practice," Dr. Linda Halcon, an associate professor emerita at the University of Minnesotas School of Nursing who has practiced aromatherapy for 18 years, told ATTN:. Certain essential oil distributors have marketed their products to children, infants, and pregnant women, Halcon said, and thats cause for concern because "essential oils do cross the placenta" and "theres very little research on those populations."

目前关于精油的研究非常少，我最担心的就是现在公司为了鼓励消费，让大家频繁使用精油。明尼苏达大学博士linda Halcon ，是在芬香类上拥有18年的研究实践经验。

Halcon emphasized the potency of these "chemical substances" and warned that overuse of essential oils could lead to toxicity. She applauded the FDA for encouraging companies that sell essential oils to avoid making claims about the medical potential of these substances in the interest of increasing sales, saying "I prefer they be seen in a holistic way as one of the therapies that can be used."

Halcon 强调了精油药用价值的潜在危险性可能导致中毒，并且非常支持支持FDA对他们宣传上提到医疗功能发出严重警告。

"The manner in which essential oils are used and advertised in America is regulated by the FDA," McGilvray said. "I recommend that you peruse the FDA web site, and search for essential oils. There you will see, among over 2,000 entries, that official warning letters have been issued to certain companies and, as yet, the warnings remain to be acted upon, as far as we know."

He added that raising attention to "the current regulatory situation" would encourage "the proper authorities to act on these matters that are already on their agenda."

目前为止登陆FDA网站搜索精油，可以看到超过2000家精油收到了警告，就目前而言，警告还没有采取行动。McGilvary表示，但政府部门已经在申请授权对这些公司采取实际行动。

At the end，we recommand 5 essential oil brand which is up to standard.

最后我们推荐5种通过认证的精油品牌，是药三分毒，请大家合理使用。

1. Shirley Price

2. Florial

3. Oshadhi

4. Jurlique

5. Tisserand