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Aromatherapy is the practice of using plant oils, including essential oils,
for psychological and physical well-being.
Essential oils which are the
pure "essence" of a plant, have been found to provide both psychological and
physical benefits when used correctly and safely. There are many essential
oils. The Essential Oil Profiles area details over 90 essential oils.
Absolutes, CO2s and hydrosols are also commonly utilized in aromatherapy.
Click on the links to learn more about them. The term "essential oil" is often
used as a blanket term to also include CO2s and absolutes.
Before progressing into
Aromatherapy blends and practical usage of essential oils it is important to
understand the basics of Aromatherapy. Aromatherapy by definition “is the
practice of using plant oils, including essential oils, for psychological and
physical well-being.” Aromatherapy involves the use of essential oils
distilled from the leaves, fruit, roots of plants, as well as bark from trees,
moss and even, in some cases, animals, in order to create a therapeutic or
emotional sense of well being.
Aromatherapy has wide ranging
benefits, from its use in complimentary medicine to the ability to deliver
psychological benefits such as relaxation, sensuality, the relief of nervous
tension and stress relief to name a few.
Aromatherapy touches all our
lives no matter where we live or what we do. A few examples of the effects of
Aroma upon our daily lives can be seen in just a few examples:
A quiet walk down a path on a
cool summers night, you pass a jasmine in full bloom, its scent fills the air
and your mind.
On a shopping trip to the local
mall you pass by a bakery selling hot cinnamon buns still hot from the oven,
this drives your senses into overload! It is lunchtime in the office and your
workmate comes back with lunch; a burger and fries. Well you know how you
would feel!
Whenever the aroma brings upon a
feeling that’s Aromatherapy at work. The art of aromatherapy is to harness the
power of plant fragrance, by way of one of the over 400 essential oils
available, in order to achieve and emotional or therapeutic benefit.
The good news is that with the
right essential oils, anyone can use basic aromatherapy methods without
intensive training. It is vital that the highest quality essential oils are
used.
The best news is that The
Aromatherapy and Essential Oil Centre carries one of the largest selection of
essential oils and aromatherapy products available from a single site.
One of the most common ways to
use you essential oils is by inhalation, which offers both an emotional and
physical benefit. The aroma of the essential oil both stimulates the brain to
trigger an emotional reaction, as well as supply a physical benefit derived
from the particular ingredients that make up the essential oil. It is
important to use your oils safely and correctly as the incorrect use of
essential oils can also have severe consequences.
The Benefit of Physical Application
The tiny molecular make up of essential oils allow them to be absorbed into your bloodstream by physical application. The make up of the many essential oils can address a variety of health, beauty and hygiene conditions. The one thing to remember is that due to the potency of essential oils, you should generally never directly apply them onto your skin. The proper application should be done by adding a few drops of pure essential oil to a carrier oil, thus diluting the oil to a safe concentration. The Aromatherapy and Essential Oil Centre carries a total range of carrier oils, which include sweet almond oil, apricot kernel oil and grape seed oil, macadamia oil and many others.
Besides diluting the essential oil, the carrier oil adds its own properties such as skin softening and additional vitamins that make up the carrier oil. The carrier oil is often as important as the essential oil it carries.
Other Benefits
Besides the emotional and physical advantages gained by Essential Oils many oils add other benefits as well. For example, Citronella Oil acts as a natural insect repellent and bug spray. Many companies use Citronella Oil as a natural mosquito repellent. The Aromatherapy and Essential Oil Centre supplies information on the variety of ways that you can use essential oils.
Essential Oil Blends
Essential oils may be blended together to provide an especially pleasing aroma. Oils can be blended together to also provide a specific therapeutic action. A synergistic essential oil blend of the correct oils in proper proportions is considered to be greater in total benefit than each oil working independently. AromaWeb's Recipes area offers a variety of recipes and synergies.
Essential Oil Blends About Aromatherapy Products
Not all ready-made aromatherapy products labeled with the word "aromatherapy" are pure and natural. Many of these products contain artificial ingredients and do not provide true aromatherapy benefits. In fact many provide no benefit whatsoever. Buyers seeking true aromatherapy products should look at the ingredients within a product to ensure that the product does not contain fragrance oils or unpure (chemical) components.
A general rule-of-thumb is to be wary of products that do not list their ingredients and those that do not boast of having pure essential oils (look for products that contain pure essential oils on their ingredient list and avoid those that have words like fragrance).
The Aromatherapy and Essential Oil Centre sell only products containing pure essential oils and all natural ingredients and list, where possible,all ingredients. If we don't list the ingredients on ourwebsite we will be happy to provide an ingredient sheet upon request.