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 A friend of mine is interested in aromatherapy, is this the correct news group to consult, if not could someone point us in the right direction. thanks

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asked: > A friend of mine is interested in aromatherapy, is this the correct news >group to consult, if not could someone point us in the right direction.

        I’ve included some information from the alt.backrubs FAQL below.  If anyone has suggestions for changes I’d be happy to receive them via e-mail.  Please note that you should ask for confirmation if you send mail to the Aromatherapy request address.  Either my mail never reaches it or :( it’s being ignored. In [alt.backrubs,alt.answers,news.answers] article <Followup-To: alt.backrubs < <Archive-name: backrubs/faq <Last-modified: 9 October 1994 [...] <Q5.2.1) Newsgroups, mailing lists and gateways <    a) The misc.health.alternative newsgroup sometimes carries <discussions of the same or similar topics to those discussed in <alt.backrubs.  Its charter includes discussions of Aromatherapy for <example.  The charter can be found in the `control.messages’ file in the <archive (see question 5.1.2).  Sunsite (see question 5.2.3) has collections <of many postings to the newsgroup. [...]

<>There is an electronic mailing list for discussion of aromatherapy. To <>join the mailing list or to request more information about the mailing <That article is in the archive’s `oil.scents’ file. < <    e) You might be able to have specific questions about herbs (for <use with oils), Aromatherapy, etc. answered in the alt.folklore.herbs <newsgroup.  It would be nice if summaries of information thus obtained were <posted to alt.backrubs. < <    f) The alt.aromatherapy newsgroup doesn’t exist in many parts of <the Usenet because of the way it was made.  My site didn’t even receive the <message that the group had been created!  (See the `control.messages’ file <in the archive.)  Discussions of Aromatherapy also occur in the mailing <list and in other newsgroups listed above.  A collection of postings to the <newsgroup is available from Sunsite (see question 5.2.3). <Q5.2.3) Other archives and collections [...] <a) Sunsite Alternative Healthcare Collection <    Lots of information about network resources for `alternative <   healthcare’ as well as about Sun microsystems computing products, <   sustainable agriculture and `alternative energy’.  Sunsite maintains <   archives for many mailing lists and newsgroups.  There is far too much <   at Sunsite to list here.   <            help file (about 500 lines long). <      Telnet: sunsite.unc.edu <           Connect with telnet to use: a WWW browser, WAIS, or a gopher <           client <      FTP: sunSITE.unc.edu <           directory pub/academic/medicine/alternative-healthcare <      WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu/ <           gopher://sunsite.unc.edu <      Gopher Bookmark: <           Type=1+ <           Name=Worlds of SunSITE — by Subject <           Path=1/sunsite.d <           Host=calypso-2.oit.unc.edu <           Port=70 N.B.: Sunsite mirrors the alt.backrubs archive. — Jamie Blustein                                         `Did you say "knives"?’

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