| There are surely many ways to maintain your health. | | | | essential oils for health and wellness, or what some |
| There are the usual Western ways: pharmaceuticals | | | | may call aromatherapy, is growing in acceptance |
| and surgery. They both certainly have their place. | | | | throughout the western world. |
| However, if you want to take a more natural path | | | | The earliest known documentation of essential oils is |
| towards health and wellness, you may want to | | | | from 4500 B.C., and throughout history, their use and |
| consider the use of therapeutic essential oils. | | | | effectiveness has been documented again and again |
| What you might think of as the natural approach to | | | | by physicians, scientists and spiritual leaders. More |
| health may just be what you're used to, or all you | | | | recently during the twentieth century, they have |
| know. Your parents or teachers may have taught | | | | been extensively studied in France and in the United |
| you that if you want to avoid diseases you should | | | | States and are scientifically proven effective for |
| have a vaccine shot. You may have been convinced | | | | many uses in the healthcare field. |
| that pharmaceutical chemicals are the only solution | | | | In the beginning of the time of man, there were no |
| for your ills. But, if you grew up in China, the area of | | | | drug stores or surgical suites. Ancient peoples used |
| what's known as Eastern medicine, the usual | | | | the Earth's botanical bounty for its health benefits. |
| measures we practice in the United States might | | | | While there may be a need for some aspects of the |
| seem unusual or harsh. | | | | more "modern" medical practices, there are surely |
| The area of natural medicine, or what may be | | | | those whose chosen path may be on the more |
| termed alternative or complimentary here in the | | | | natural side of health. If you are that person, you |
| United States, can include such modalities as | | | | may want to research therapeutic essential oils for |
| chiropractic, herbology, nutrition, massage and | | | | your own use. I thought it was worth a bit of |
| meditation. The use of therapeutic essential oils can | | | | consideration for myself. Perhaps you feel likewise. |
| certainly be included in this group. The use of | | | | |