| Aromatherapy is not recognized as a | | | | damaged area and making it worse. |
| legitimate form of treatment in most | | | | |
| countries. It is largely frowned upon by | | | | Aromatherapy As An Expectorant |
| medical communities because there is no | | | | |
| formalization of the principles of | | | | A well known treatment for breathing |
| Aromatherapy. Anyone can create their own | | | | difficulties, coughs and chest congestion are |
| essential oils or blends different oils. They | | | | to use an expectorant. This form of treatment |
| can experiment with the effects of the oils | | | | was used by people long before the term |
| and it is mainly a practical form of | | | | aromatherapy was created but the principle is |
| treatment. It is also quite commercialized to | | | | the same as aromatherapy. Essential oils like |
| the extent that everyone has some kind of | | | | camphor, eucalyptus or menthol are rubbed on |
| scent that they can diffuse throughout the | | | | the chest or added to steaming water and |
| house or a massage oil that they can use on | | | | breathed in. This clears the breathing and |
| themselves or friends. Most high street | | | | helps bring relief from coughs and colds. |
| chemists or pharmacies sell aromatherapy | | | | Vicks vaporub is a common product that many |
| products like candles or scented oils off the | | | | households have that uses the principles of |
| shelf. This has diluted the potency of | | | | aromatherapy to treat ailments in this |
| aromatherapy to some extent. However despite | | | | manner. |
| the term aromatherapy being relatively new, | | | | |
| the ideas of using aromas to treat ailments | | | | Aromatherapy for Relaxation |
| or change a person's spirit is not a new | | | | |
| discovery. It has existed and been used by | | | | Most people are familiar with burning scents |
| mankind for hundreds if not thousands of | | | | to change their mood or state of mind. |
| years. This article will discuss three | | | | Meditation is often accompanied by scented |
| benefits of aromatherapy | | | | candles or incense sticks to help relax the |
| | | | mind and prepare it for a deeper meditation. |
| Antiseptic Properties of Aromatherapy | | | | Nowadays scent diffusers are popular for |
| | | | creating a scent. A diffuser can be a device |
| Aromatherapy uses essential oils to treat | | | | that burns essential oils or it could even be |
| cuts and bruises. The term aromatherapy was | | | | a product that plugs into the wall using |
| first coined in France in the 1920's by the | | | | electricity to heat the essential oils. |
| French chemist Rene Gattefosse. He was burned | | | | Different scents create different responses |
| in an experiment and found that lavender oil | | | | but most people are looking for something |
| eased the pain. This prompted him to study | | | | that helps to calm or relax them. |
| more oils, the affects they had on the body | | | | |
| and develop techniques to extract the | | | | Aromatherapy can also be applied to bath |
| essential oils out of flowers and plants. | | | | oils. Again, it works on the same principle, |
| Through his studies and those of others it | | | | except that the hot water heats up the |
| was found that many essential oils have | | | | essential oils and this creates a scent that |
| antiseptic and antiviral properties and can | | | | relaxes the mind and can have benefits to the |
| be used to treat burns, cuts and scratches. | | | | body as it is in contact with the body. |
| They prevent or kill germs from infecting the | | | | |