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Aromatherapy Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils combined with the soothing power of massage to promote natural healing and health. Aromatherapy is a truly holistic therapy that helps to relieve many stress-related conditions.
Essential oils are chosen which have an affinity with certain systems of the body helping to alleviate respiratory, digestive, circulatory or hormonal problems.
Essential oils also have subtle effects on the mind and emotions, helping to give feelings of relaxation, balance and harmony. Aromatherapy massage is designed to assist in lymphatic drainage, it increases the nourishment and oxygen to the tissues easing muscular aches and pains and helping with fatigue.
The Benefits of Aromatherapy
· Strengthen, support and boost the immune system.
· Stimulate blood and lymth circulation.
· Release tension from tight muscles.
· Aids natural quality sleep.
· Helps regenerate skin cells.
· Relives emotional strength and tension.
· Irritable bowl syndrome.
· Arthritis.
· Asthma.
· Eczema.
· Bronchitis.
· Sinusitis.
· Insomnia.
· Migraines and Headaches.
· Coughs and colds.
· Menstrual and Hormonal problems.
· ME
The History of Aromatherapy
Pure essential oils are believed to have specific healing and medicinal properties and natural healing powers. They are defined as the essence of a plant and are volatile in nature. Depending on the species of plant, essential oils are extracted from petals, leaves, roots, buds, wood bark, resin or fruit. There are several ways of obtaining the oil, the most common being "steam distillation".
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They work in two main ways, as an aroma through the respiratory system and by absorption through the skin. When massaged into the skin, the essential oils also permeate through the epidermis to the deeper layers of the skin, where they infuse into the capillaries, and are then carried around the body to organs, glands and tissues.
The use of scented herbs for their medicinal and spiritual properties has been recorded since ancient Egypt, where pharaohs were embalmed using herb oils to purify their bodies for the afterlife.
Hippocrates, who is also known as the father of modern medicine, believed the use of herbs was essential to health and many of his prescriptions included fragrant crushed herbs and essential oils.
The actual term "Aromatherapy" is attributed to a French chemist Rene-Maurice Gattefosse.
As he worked in his lab in early 1920 he severely burned himself. In order to cool the pain he plunged his arm into the nearest cold substance around, a vat of lavender essential oil. The burns healed rapidly, with little scarring and a new science was born. He dedicated the remainder of his life to the study of Aromatherapy.
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