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