| Have you ever considered alternative medicine? Do | | | | 6. Home therapy |
| you know that aromatherapy is classed as an | | | | 7. Perfumes |
| alternative medicine? It is also known as one of CAM | | | | 8. Self treatments |
| products. (Complementary & Alternative | | | | Most of the products in these category undergo |
| Medicine). Why should you consider aromatherapy? Is | | | | steam distillation of plants materials, flowers, shrubs, |
| there any special reason why one have to? Can | | | | tree bark and so on. |
| aromatherapy really stand the test of time? | | | | There are absolute frangrances that aromatherapy |
| Personally, i believe in alternative medicine, therefore i | | | | produces, an example is Rose essential oils. This |
| believe in the efficacy of aromatherapy products. I | | | | product is used in ethanol. |
| will not answer the questions above, as you will be | | | | Phytoncides is an organic compound from the root of |
| finding answers yourself as you conclude this article. | | | | plants, a sulphuric component. It is an aromatherapy |
| Aromatherapy has always been here for a very long | | | | product. This product is used to fight microorganisms. |
| time. The only problem is that we discovered it later | | | | Hence it can be used to add flavour to food, |
| on. This discovery was through a French scientist | | | | perfumes etc. |
| who was injured by his chemicals while working in his | | | | There are other variants in aromatherapy line of |
| laboratory. He suffered intense burns from one of his | | | | products such as hydrosol, Carrier oil, Sweet Almond |
| chemical solutions, in a desperate bid to quench the | | | | Oils, and others. |
| pain, he dipped his hand into a lavendar oil, he found | | | | In spite of the popularity that aromatherapy has |
| out that the oil healed his hand without scarring his | | | | gained, you may want to ask this question: How can i |
| skin. He was amazed. That discovery led to the | | | | tell if aromatherapy will work for me? |
| discovery of aromatherapy as a healing agent and | | | | Well, an oil that work for someone in limited quantity |
| the claim that it can heal the body and mind. | | | | might not work for you. You may require more of it |
| Aromatherapy comprise of scented and essential oils | | | | or other categories of aromatherapy products to |
| extracted from living plants and its products. The | | | | cure you. However, it might interest you to know |
| branches of aromatherapy includes; | | | | that the best way you can benefit from |
| 1. Cosmetic usage | | | | aromatherapy is by using it as a massage therapy. |
| 2. Pharmacology | | | | The truth is presently some medical practitioners are |
| 3. Aromacology, | | | | recommending aromatherapy as the best form of |
| 4. Pharmacotherapy | | | | therapy to heal the body and mind naturally and |
| 5. Clinical therapy, | | | | without side effects. |