Common Aromatherapy Uses
By:
Fran Black
Aromatherapy as used today originated in Europe and has been
practiced there since the early 1900s. Practitioners of
aromatherapy believe that every oil has a vibration or note, which
can be used for different therapeutic applications.
Aromatherapy can be used to relax and soothe the mind and body, to
energize or even to arouse. Aromatherapy derived from the use of
essential oils to solicit specific emotions. Essential oils have
been used for thousands of years for their health supporting
properties. The powerful aromas of essential oils affect your moods
and feelings through your sense of smell.
By selecting a particular scent, you can encourage a state of
relaxation, romance, healing or comfort. Essential oils can be used
in Aromatherapy, to scent potpourri, lotions, cosmetics, perfumes,
food flavorings and medicinally.
Additionally oils can be used in creating sachets, potpourri,
reviving potpourri, and for light bulb scenting. Essential oils can
also be used via the bath, diffusion, massage, or compress. Each
individual person, fabric, or material may react differently to a
particular suggested use.
Essential oils can be mixed in a cream essential oil combinations
are applied directly to the skin for beauty care or treatment of
sores or irritations. By using different essential oils, you can
control the nature of those benefits.
A unique property of plants is that many contain natural fragrance
or perfume-like scents known as essential oils. Essential oils come
from plants while fragrance oils are artificially created and often
contain synthetic chemicals.
Essential oils are taken from a plant's flowers, leaves, stalks,
bark, rind, or roots. The yield of essential oil differs with
individual plant species-ranging in most cases from about 0.2 to
2.0%. That's why literally tons of plant material are required for
just a few hundred pounds of oil.
In some cases different organs of a single plant may contain
essential oils of different chemical composition. In the end, even
the smallest bottle of essential oil can create a lot of powerful
solution. It is important to note that the benefits of aromatherapy
do depend on the unique nature of each person's response to an
aromatic stimulus.
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Francesca Black works in marketing at
Organic Items www.organic-items.com and Aromatherapy Blends
www.aromatherapy-blends.net leading portals
for organic products and essential oils.
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