what is aromatherapy
Aromatherapy consists of a therapy that involves the use of concentrated essential oils. These oils can be massaged into the skin, inhaled or put into a bath. It remains unknown exactly how essential oils work although there is evidence to suggest that it does. It is now considered as an alternative medicine or as a complement to conventional medicine.
Aromatherapists use concentrated essential oils that are extracted from plants to treat conditions that are aromatic and volatile. Unlike herbal medicines, the oils are not concentrated from whole plants but extracted. The oils are extracted from leaves, roots, flowers, resin, bark, grasses and peel.
People have been using aromatherapy for thousands of years dating back as early as ancient Egypt, China and India. Aromatherapy today is used as a treatment for a wide range of conditions and is said to relive physical and psychological illnesses. The theory suggests that when a person smells an essential oil, the limbic system, (which is the part of the brain that stores and retrieves learnt memories and controls emotions and relaxes you) is triggered. Other theories suggests that the essential oils are through the skin and their medicinal properties act on the problem.
Aromatherapists use concentrated essential oils that are extracted from plants to treat conditions that are aromatic and volatile. Unlike herbal medicines, the oils are not concentrated from whole plants but extracted. The oils are extracted from leaves, roots, flowers, resin, bark, grasses and peel.
People have been using aromatherapy for thousands of years dating back as early as ancient Egypt, China and India. Aromatherapy today is used as a treatment for a wide range of conditions and is said to relive physical and psychological illnesses. The theory suggests that when a person smells an essential oil, the limbic system, (which is the part of the brain that stores and retrieves learnt memories and controls emotions and relaxes you) is triggered. Other theories suggests that the essential oils are through the skin and their medicinal properties act on the problem.
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