Thursday, July 2, 2009

Aromatherapy - Using Essential Oils For Good Health

By Jasmine Best

Essential oils or aromatherapy oils have been around for thousands of years based on accounts that place the first uses of aromatherapy in 3,000 BC by the Egyptian people. The primary uses of aromatherapy oils and essential oils then was for embalming, cosmetics and medicinal purposes.

From the Egyptians the aromatherapy knowledge was then passed to the Greeks who took it to the next level with several discoveries regarding the physical effects of fragrances, herbs and flowers.

This knowledge was passed on to the Greeks and served as the basis for more discoveries, including the relaxing and stimulating effects of the fragrance of some flowers. Going back further, ancient man's dependence on the environment for all his basic needs and survival led him to discover natural ways of food preservation and the treatment of various conditions using herbs and aromatics.

These days aromatherapy is almost synonymous with the alternative medicines definition of good health. Party because of the increase in costs of conventional medicine such as surgery and medicare and partly due to a better understanding of how aromatherapy works, these processes have been gaining a significant amount of attention and popularity.

The primary benefits of aromatherapy have to do with providing the basis for physical, mental and spiritual well being. All this achieved through entirely natural means. The primary components of aromatherapy are oils, aromatherapy oils or most commonly referred to as essential oils.

The oils are made from different plants and herbs, fruit, flowers bark and other types of organic materials. According to experts it is not easy to get the essential oils from the plants. It is a tough and time consuming process that requires expertise and patience. It is also expensive. For instance, to make a single 10ml of oil requires the processing of 220 pounds of rose pedals. - 14130

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