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May help manage appetite, support healthy metabolism, settle the stomach and calm anxiety.

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Escape
Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi), Lemon (Citrus limonum), Peppermint (Mentha piperita), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Cinnamon Bark (Cinnamon zeylanicum)

Safety Information
Children: Cinnamon Bark is not suitable orally for children under 6 and has a low risk of mucus membrane irritation with inhalation. It is a strong skin irritant for all ages. Do not use on or near the face. Diffuse with care (about 2 drops) around 3-6- year-old children.

Pregnancy/Breastfeeding: Not suitable due to Cinnamon Bark

Medication/Health Condition:
Contraindicated All Routes: Cardiac fibrillation, G6PD deficiency
Contraindicated Orally: Cholestasis
Caution Orally: Diabetes and Anticoagulant medication (such as aspirin, heparin, warfarin), GERD, Hemophilia, Peptic Ulcer, Internal bleeding, and other Bleeding disorders, Major Surgery and Childbirth (up to one week before or after), Severe Hepatic (liver) or Renal (kidney) impairment, Hypertensive or Diabetic Retinopathy, Thrombocytopenia (decreased platelet count), Vasculitis

Phototoxic Risk: Avoid applying Escape to skin that will be exposed to direct sunlight or UV light unless appropriately diluted at no more than 4%.

Therapeutic Uses

Escape essential oil blend may support, aid, ease, soothe, reduce, calm, relax, promote and/or maintain healthy function of the following:
Anxiety
Appetite (manage)
Digestion
Lymph system
Metabolism

Sleep

Application Suggestions (See Essential Oil Usage for more information and a Dilution Chart.)
Topical: Dilute with a carrier oil, unscented lotion or unscented cream and apply on area of concern or as desired. Consider using a roll-on applicator for ease of application of prediluted oil. Due to the risk of skin irritation with Cinnamon Bark, according to Tisserand, the maximum dermal dilution is 0.5%.

Children: Cinnamon Bark is not suitable orally for children under 6 and has a low risk of mucus membrane irritation with inhalation. It is a strong skin irritant for all ages. Do not use on or near the face. Diffuse with care (about 2 drops) around 3-6- year-old children.

Phototoxic Risk: Avoid applying Escape to skin that will be exposed to direct sunlight or UV light unless appropriately diluted at no more than 4%.

Inhalation: Diffuse or use a personal Nasal Inhaler

Internal: Escape is suitable for internal use within safe parameters if such use is deemed appropriate. Due to the potential skin irritating properties in Escape, Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt suggests that the preferred mode of use be internal, ideally taken by capsule diluted with a suitable carrier oil. We feel that internal use is rarely *needed* and should only be used with respect for how concentrated the oils are. HEO does not advocate internal use of essential oils without appropriate knowledge and understanding of how to administer, for what purpose, how much, which essential oils, safety concerns and so on. In our experience, essential oils are generally more effective used topically with proper dilution or inhaled. Kurt Schnaubelt Ph.D. notes that "French aromatherapy literature contains many references to using oils orally." He goes on to note that "generally 1 drop is always enough when ingesting essential oils." A potential toxicity hazard could occur when untrained people use essential oils orally and ingest too much. Keep in mind that while medical doctors or health care practitioners may prescribe essential oils for internal use, they are trained and experienced in the safe application of essential oils. It is not a matter of using "French" or "British" methods, it's a matter of experience and appropriate application.

Some have reported that they have been able to manage their appetite by adding a drop of Escape to a tsp. coconut oil and adding to warm water to make a "tea" they drink between meals throughout the day. Many have been helped by drinking 1/2 their body weight in ounces of pure water daily. To each quart, some add a couple drops of a citrus oil/blend or a blend such as Escape. By drinking most of this between meals, it may be a metabolism boost and appetite manager, but, ingesting essential oils involves a risk that needs to be considered. Always use essential oils in glass, ceramic or stainless steel, never plastics. One drop in a teaspoon of honey is suitable.
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Testimonies
The following anecdotal testimonies have not been reviewed by the FDA.
The products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure disease.
Information shared on the HEO website is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice given by your trusted health care provider.
We believe that essential oils are provided by the Lord to support our health and well-being.
The Lord is our wisdom, protector and healer.
(Genesis 1:29-30, Ezekiel 47:12)

1. I use Escape every morning to give me that extra boost to start the day. I feel like it gives me more energy and lifts my spirits to combat depression. Also, I often wake up swollen with fluid retention. As soon as I put my Escape on (behind my ears), I have frequent urination that I can tell is flushing out my body and the swelling recedes. I also put 2-3 drops in my morning water. - Christy [HEO's comment: Ingesting Cinnamon Bark carries the risk of throat/stomach irritation.]

Safety
Children: Not for children orally six years old or under, and use with caution and in greater dilution for children older than six (Tisserand/Young p. 652-3).
"Do not expose children of five years or less to strong essential oil vapors" (page 651).

Topical Use: May be sensitizing due to aldehydes. Moderate risk (Tisserand/Young p. 249). High risk of skin sensitization and irritation.

Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Cinnamon Bark is contraindicated for pregnancy and breastfeeding because when it was fed to pregnant mice for two weeks it significantly reduced the number of nuclei and altered the distribution of embryos according to nucleus number (Tisserand/Young p. 249).

Oral Use Caution: Hemophilia or severe kidney or liver disease. Tisserand/Young (p. 248) wrote that the maximum adult daily oral dose should not exceed .22mL (about 6 drops).

Drug interaction: May inhibit blood clotting. Oral use cautions: diabetes medication, anticoagulant medication, major surgery, peptic ulcer, hemophilia and other bleeding disorders.

From Essential Oil Safety by Tisserand/Young, page 249:
"Cinnamon oil (type not known) caused poisoning after the ingestion of approximately 60mL by a 7-year-old boy who drank the oil when dared to by a friend. Symptoms included a burning sensation in the mouth, chest and stomach, dizziness, double vision and nausea. There was also vomiting and later collapse. The doctors involved considered that had vomiting not occurred the dose could have been fatal, but there were no serious consequences."

Avoid contact with the eyes and other sensitive areas. Essential oils are both lipophilic and hydrophobic. Lipophilic means they are attracted to fat— like the membranes of your eyes and skin. They are also hydrophobic, meaning they do not like water. Applying a carrier oil will create another fat for the essential oil to be attracted to other than the membranes of the eyes or skin. Tisserand suggests: "With essential oils, fatty oil has been suggested as an appropriate first aid treatment, though the advantage of saline [eyewash] is that the eyes can be continually flushed, and this is less easy with fatty oil.” We are not aware of a case where essential oil in the eyes caused permanent injury or long-term discomfort, but if you feel concerned, please call your health care provider.

References
Schnaubelt, Kurt, Medical Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils, North Atlantic Books, 2013.
Tisserand, Robert; Young, Rodney, Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals, Elsevier Health Sciences UK 2nd Edition 2014.

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