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#121 Navigating Menopause With Therapeutic Essential Oils

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Show Notes

Dr Bo Hendgen DO ND, is the founder and CEO of Absolute Essential, a New Zealand-based company who design 100% organic, premium quality essential plant oil products of the highest therapeutic value.

Born in Germany, Dr Bo grew up in France and studied aromatic medicine there, which looks at the science of therapeutic essential oils. She is also a naturopathic doctor, a doctor of osteopathy and holds a PhD in paediatrics.

Listen as Dr Bo explains the best essential oils to use during every stage of menopause.

In this episode, we talk about:

Recommended oils for perimenopause and post-menopause (1:33)

What can you do about itchy lady parts + recipe (10:46)

Creating essential oil (and people) blends effectively (14:18)

The correct application of essential oils (16:44)

Bath wisdom, including recommended times and temperature (18:43)

The extraction process and its influence on essential oils (21:20)

About the birth control pill and HRT (23:34)

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