thanks southern belle. i have been blessed with being raised on natural/naturopathic remedies and do not practice western medicine at all so im aware...but oils i don't usually ingest since they are highly concetrated. some oils have very different properties then the dried/tresh herb that it's extracted from. like peppermint for instance. therefore i am really curious of the dose in this treatment - especially with raising the doses in the first few days and weather it has the same medicinal properties? if no one knows i guess i will experiment and proceed with caution...and post my results when im done :-)