Dr Bo Hendgen DO ND is the founder and CEO of Absolute Essential, a New Zealand-based company. Absolute Essential designs 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. If you’ve never heard of it before this type of healing looks at the science of therapeutic essential oils. Additionally, Dr Bo is a naturopathic doctor, a doctor of osteopathy and holds a PhD in paediatrics.  She says the first thing to remember when using therapeutic essential oils is they’re powerful. As such, these aromatics – ‘concentrated substances extracted from the flowers, stems, roots, bark, leaves or seeds of a plant’ – have been used for centuries. “When oils are extracted with care, their life force is maintained and can be recognised by human biology,” says Dr Bo. “Breathing in the scent of an essential oil takes it to the bloodstream via the lungs and the brain via the olfactory system. In addition, the skin (epidermis) can absorb these therapeutic oils, and they travel to your blood from there.” For this reason, essential oils should be treated as the potent forces of nature that they are. 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) The difference between essential oils and carrier oils (2:10) Beneficial essential oils for hormonal balance in women (3:06) HIghly recommended carrier oils (5:16) Key menopause signs and symptoms (8:45) 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) Tips for before you go to bed (19:33) The extraction process and its influence on essential oils (21:20) About the birth control pill and HRT (23:34) Finding your personalised journey to wellness (26:01) Any questions email here. :-) Shop Absolute Essential in New Zealand here: https://www.absoluteessential.com/ and Australia here: https://www.planethealth.com.au/colle... Follow Dr Bo and Absolute Essential here: Website: https://www.absoluteessential.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/absoluteessential Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/absolute_essential/ Would you rather see a smiling face?  Subscribe to our YouTube channel here  Women On Fire® is sponsored by MenoMe® Follow MenoMe® on Instagram here Follow MenoMe® on Facebook here Visit the website here Subscribe to the YouTube channel to watch the interviews here  We're honoured you've joined Women On Fire® and hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, we would be grateful if you would leave us a 5-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts or subscribe to our YouTube channel. That way, we can reach as many women as possible with Women On Fire®. Disclaimer: Women On Fire® is designed to share information. It's not intended to be used for diagnostic purposes and should not take the place of individual professional advice.. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.