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Essential oils.

34 weeks pregnant. Thoughts on the following oils
- wintergreen
- camphor
- Peppermint
-  Blue Tansy
- Blue chamomile
- Helichrysm
- Osmanthus
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Ah ok. Those are the ingredients in a natural muscle rub I was going to buy.  
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Peppermint is fine. I rub it on my head for headaches. Wintergreen is a natural blood thinner so stay away from it. I have no knowledge of the others.
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11356079 tn?1421357818
You might end up having to ask your OB or do online research on these botanicals and their uses and effects during pregnancy... I work in botany but I haven't dealt with the botanicals that you listed, sorry.
I use peppermint as an insect spray in my home...
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