21 Drops for 21 aches, pains, and aliments in the 21st Century.

By Laura Medina

21 Drops' founders, Cary Caster & Amy Rosenthal.

Cary Caster is a clinical aromatherapist and a medical massage therapist.

In the twenty years as an aroma and massage therapist, horticulturist, and entho-botanist, the creator, Cary Caster, researched and recorded her clients' health concerns and medical wants through surveys and questionnaires then compiled notes and recorded data into a more stragetic, medical 21 vials line targeting the most common health aliments using a more scientific methodology to aromatherapy.

After twelve years of scientific and hands-on practice and copious data, Caster, with Amy Rosenthal, developed 21 Drops for the 21st century's most common 21 aches and aliments.

They are here to demystify aromatherapy and taking out the pouf out of the New Age image.

As a clinical aromatherapist and medical massage therapist, Caster knows that just because something smells good, it never means it is good across the board. Aromatherapy is more than an olfactory decoration.

During her studies, Caster studied the molecular structure of essential oils and the homopathetic/holistic practices in various cultures-what others call traditional home remedies. Then, she continued to study the direct effect between pressure points in the limbic system in medical massage therapy.

She wondered if she combined entho-botany/horiculture and apply homopathetic remedies to the pressure points, will there be a more direct ease of aliments? Amy Rosenthal felt the direct correlation between 21 Drops' pressure point aromatherapy when she experienced a rare headache.

Caster brought up a tried and true essential oil combination of rosewood, peppermint, and lavender oils for headaches. Then, Rosenthal applied this to the pressure points for headaches at the temples, back of the neck, and the jaw line as Caster instructed. By doing so, the stressed out blood vessels relaxed, easing up for enough blood to flow freely, relieving the throbbing headache.

As a woman of traditional medicine, Rosenthal was in wonder. Mind you, she recommend using 21 Drops as a supplement to your existing medications, not as a substitute.

To make 21 essential formulas for 21 Drops available for people's most common 21 aches and aliments in this fast-paced 21st Century lifestyle, Rosenthal replaced the vanity table amber decanter for a pocket-sized rollerball pen, encased in a non-slip silicone rubber glove for an easy and quick grab and roll for running, walking, and driving.

Batch number card and a specific number for aliment with corresponding formula.

Each aliment and formula comes with its each own number, as in #5 for headaches.

To make it fun and lighthearted, Rosenthal embossed each box with unique prints and sayings inside the top lid, along the instructions for proper applications.

Emphasizing that their essential oils are theraputic grade, not food or cosmetic grade, and the integrity of the oils, each box comes with a batch number card.

Just in case a customer has problems with a certain vial, Caster can trace the origins of the oils to a certain batch using this card for quality control and for her records.

The entire 21 Drops Collection.

In celebration of Los Angeles' notorious 405 Freeway shut down and traffic jams, 21 Drops' Caster and Rosenthal specially created and released their only non-numbered essential oil formula for traffic jams-CARma Relief.

The spikenard and roman chamomile calms the nerves while the peppermint opens up the blood vessel. It is still in their signature nifty rollerball vial for easy stashing in the cup holder for easier rolling on the wrists, temples, and under the nose while stuck in traffic.

Fred Segal/Ron Robinson Apothia may have a special hold on this limited edition scent but you can go to www.21drops.com for the whole 21 Drops collection for the 21 aliments in your life.