Aromatherapy

What is Aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy has been practiced by the ancients for thousands of years. All remedies for chronic ailments, pain and disease were derived from plants and herbs and used for cures and therapeutic purposes.

Throughout history the art of natural healing was a serious science and practiced by priests, doctors and medicine men from China to America.

The Egyptian’s used aromatic oils for both medicinal and religious purposes. When embalming mummies the linens were soaked in frankincense and myrrh oils, and burning incense and oils were often used in their temples and tombs.

Aromatherapy is the use of pure oils extracted from plants, trees, barks, and other natural materials that are considered therapeutic or medicinal.

The most common method of extracting these powerful and potent oils are through a distilling process and by boiling or steaming them , this process helps preserve their fragrance and healing properties. These essential oils are then used during massage, added to inhalants, steam vaporisation, whilst bathing and infusions.

Pure oils are found to absorb quickly through the skin layers and into the lymphatic and blood system. When applied directly to the skin or taken orally they can positively affect metabolism and the nervous system as well as other organs of the body.

The oils have been used to help restore harmony between body and mind and beneficially affect the way we think, look, and feel. In modern times, aromatherapy is used to promote health, balance and wellbeing, it is also used to enhance one’s state of mind and sensuality .

It is found that different combinations of essential oils are beneficial for various ailments, these then are used according to the treatments required .

Because the oils are very potent and powerful, only small amounts are required for any treatments, these oils attack bacteria better than any other known natural substance without affecting healthy tissue.

In general Aromatherapy is a therapeutic and medicinal therapy that incorporates the use of oils to promote and maintain health and vitality with the added pleasure of divine smells that accentuate the senses.

Many of these pure oils can be used in beauty therapies that will help maintain a youthful and vibrant complexion, as well a creating balance mentally and physically.

We recommend that essential oils are purchased from a reputable retail store to ensure quality products, as artificial fragrant oils do not create the result that pure oils do.