Is it Science

 Essential Oils Stops Cancer
  
   The article on this topic should have been supported by very many sources so that it would have appeared convincing to readers. Moreover, because not many persons know about the use of essential oils for therapeutic purposes, therefore, more sources of information would have convinced readers  about the benefits of essential oils for human body.

     The main claims by the article are about the  use of  most popular essential oils in current use, such as mint, ginger, lemon, grapefruit, jasmine, lavender, chamomile, thyme, rose, and cinnamon in combatting cancer of various parts of  the body. The article is based on results published by  a few journals, claims of a few individuals, and opinion of  authors of certain books.

 The claims appear to be valid in view of the fact that  a lot of information about essential oils  for therapeutic use is available in books and Internet.

In Article 1, they also talk about some stories of people who have been benefited from these oils but it seems like they didn't give a strong support or evidence to the readers. Therefore, the article wasn't much convincing. 

The article, however, raises questions (a) as to why the medical use of essential oils was not known before – is it because of  limited use  of oils or the oils have to be used under  certain conditions to make them effective, and (b) whether the essential oils would work on persons of all age groups, with various eating habits and across all regions of the world.

The vast amount of information available on the Internet does point out to the importance of essential oils for medicinal purposes.  It seems that the use of essential oils for treatment of ailments including cancer is gaining momentum because of  the limited use/ill-effects of other sources of  medical treatment including the much sought after Allopathic medicines which are mainly used in western countries.

      After having read the article, I am convinced that it is very   much science which needs to be explored more, especially we should take clue from the Eastern countries where this system for treatment of chronic ailments like cancer has been practiced since many decades. But essential oils alone would not work. This has to be used in conjunction with regulated diet, living style and positive thinking.

Part II- 

      Whereas in part II, the source of the article is based on work of  many persons, many of would have based their work on  studies and experiments. Moreover, as the article is based on works of  many persons/journals, therefore, the validity of claims made in the article could always be cross-checked with the references made.

       The main claim in the article is about  anti-bacterial and anti-cancer properties  of  essential oils of certain herbs and spices used by us  in every day life viz.  mint, ginger, lemon,  grapefruit, lavender,  thyme, and cinnamon.

      As already explained in Part-I, this article is definitely science, though it is a different matter that the benefits of essential oils is being studied  now  and therefore, needs to be researched more to determine  extent of  its applicability.

            The civilizations of many countries, especially which have  been known to exist since thousands of years, such as in the countries of Indian sub-continent, Middle East and China have a known history of  using  many herbs, plants and their fruits/seeds in their regular diet with a view to ward off  ailments. However, in view of the fact that  medicinal use of such herbs and plants were either not documented properly or the documented material has been destroyed with the passage of time, not much is known from ancient documented material. This has given rise to the suspicion whether the use of  certain herbs and plants and their essential oils are indeed capable of curing various ailments, and more importantly diseases like cancer. While a lot of studies are being undertaken in this regard, there are many persons who consider the study on this topic as a pseudoscience. Whereas this appears to be not the case in view of  proven record of certain essential oils such as mint, ginger, lemon,  grapefruit, jasmine, lavender, chamomile, thyme, rose, and cinnamon. Just because the present day generation does not know much about the scientific benefits of such herbs and plants  it does not mean we label it as pseudoscience. A pseudoscience is indeed dangerous because it has no universal applicability. Whereas the use of certain herbs and plants in various civilizations and their gradual acceptance world over now proves that the article is a scientific method of curing ailments, including chronic ones which needs to be studied more.