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What is Aromatherapy?
September 29, 2004 -- 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. For more information on
Aromatherapy log on to the Universal Psychic Guild. www.PsychicGuild.com
This article courtesy of http://www.aromatherapy-guide.net.
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