| Aromatherapy actually means treatment by using | | | | To get the maximum benefit, they should be made |
| scents, and did you know that there are about 150 | | | | from all natural pure raw materials, synthetic ones do |
| essential oils. | | | | not work. Most aromatherapy oils have antiseptic |
| Essential oils are aromatic essences extracted from | | | | properties, of which some are antiviral, |
| plants, flowers, trees, fruits, bark, grasses and seeds, | | | | anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, antidepressant and |
| with distinctive therapeutic, psychological, and | | | | expectorant. |
| physiological properties, which can improve and | | | | Essential aromatherapy oils are added to the bath or |
| prevent illnesses. | | | | massaged into the skin, inhaled directly, or diffused to |
| The Egyptian Physician Imhotep recommended | | | | scent an entire room. When inhaled they work on the |
| fragrant oils for bathing, massage, and for embalming | | | | brain and nervous system, through stimulation of the |
| their dead well over 6000 years ago. | | | | olfactory nerves. Aromatherapy is used for the relief |
| Imhotep by the way is the Egyptian God of medicine | | | | of pain, care of the skin, alleviate tension and fatigue, |
| and healing. Hippocrates, the father of modern | | | | and invigorates the entire body; other properties of |
| medicine, used aromatherapy baths and scented | | | | essential oils which are taken advantage of in |
| massage, and used aromatic fumigations to clear | | | | aromatherapy, are for their stimulation, relaxation, |
| Athens of the plague. | | | | digestive, and diuretic properties. |
| Not many people know that! | | | | Aromatherapy is widely used in homes, clinics, and |
| The modern era of aromatherapy came about in | | | | hospitals, for a wide variety of applications, such as |
| 1930 when the French chemist Rene Maurice | | | | pain relief for women in labor, pain relief caused by |
| Gattefosse used the term aromatherapy for the | | | | the side effects of chemotherapy which has been |
| therapeutic use of essential oils.He was fascinated by | | | | undergone by cancer patients, plus helping the |
| the benefits of lavender oil in healing his burned hand | | | | rehabilitation of cardiac patients. |
| without leaving any scars, and started to investigate | | | | Aromatherapy is particularly useful in treating stress, |
| the effects that other essential oils had for healing, | | | | anxiety, psychosomatic induced problems, muscular |
| and for their psycho-therapeutic benefits. | | | | and rheumatic pains, and digestive disorders, women's |
| Aromatherapy works best when working on both | | | | problems such as PMT and menopausal complaints, |
| the mind and body simultaneously, and scientific | | | | plus postnatal depression, all with a significant success |
| studies have shown that essential oils contain | | | | rate. |
| chemical components that can exert specific effects | | | | There is a huge range of essential oils, and |
| on both the mind and body. | | | | aromatherapy products that you can benefit from. |