 Smell of different substances and herbs excite wide range of feelings. Scents are able to arouse peaceful state of mind or cheerfulness, anger or kindness, hunger or satiety.
Aromatherapy is a way of treatment different diseases and mental disorders with the help of essential oils from herbs, fruits, trees and other plants. Essential oils contain a lot of useful ingredients and is widely used in the medicine, cosmetic and food industry. A lot of modern medication has ingredients from essential oils in its structure. They are also used in the production of food products and beverages since a lot of essential oil have preservative properties.
Extracts of officinal plants served as medication for thousands of years. Different natural oils, pitches and seasons were widely used in curing process, as cosmetic means, as preservatives and as rites attributes. Essential oils from some herbs have been known for as long as 6 000 years.
Essential oils were important part of embalming rite in ancient Egypt. Egyptians also used incenses in the medicine and cosmetic products.
The first scientist who entered the term “aromatherapy” was Rene Maurice Gattefosse. He worked as a chemist in France. In 1920 he had burnt himself while having experimental research and quickly put his hands in the container with concentrated lavender essential oil. The essential oil had great positive effect on his hands: the pang was calmed down and the burnts were healed fast without any scars. The scientist made great contribution to the development of aromatherapy.
The composition of plant infusion is able to permeate to the deep layers of skin and influence on it. Essential oils promote lymph run and blood circulation in the body. Also they help to remove toxins from cells.
Essential oils are widely used in aromatherapy massage. A lot of modern clinics and spa-salons provide this type of massage. There are carrier essential oils, which are used as the base for the massage composite. These oils are combined with wide variety of light essential oils. Warm massage blend is rubbed into skin.
Aromatherapy becomes more and more popular these days thanks to its effectiveness and all-natural components. There are a lot of information about aromatherapy techniques in the mass-media and Internet. A lot of stores has large amount of essential oils. But before buying it make sure that you buy pure extracts without synthetic additives.
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