Aro­mather­apy is an al­ter­na­tive method of treat­ment that bal­ances the body and boosts its nat­ural de­fence, thus pro­mot­ing eu­pho­ria and men­tal clar­ity.

The “tools” used in aro­mather­apy are called es­sen­tial oils. They are nat­ural, com­plex com­pounds with great vigour found in a plan­tʼs roots, stems, leaves, flow­ers, or fruits. An es­sen­tial oil  is "es­sen­tial" in the sense that it con­tains the "essence of" the plan­tʼs fra­grance - the char­ac­ter­is­tic fra­grance of the plant from which it is de­rived. Some of the most well-known es­sen­tial oils are: laven­der, sage, chamomile, gera­nium, rose, tea tree e.t.c

His­tory

Aro­mather­apy goes back in his­tory, when aro­matic herbs and their ex­tracts were used to make cos­met­ics, drugs and in­censes. They were largely used by the Egyp­tians, the an­cients Greeks and the Ro­mans. They were also men­tioned in the Bible.

Uses of es­sen­tial oils

They can be used in many cases such as:

• For res­pi­ra­tory prob­lems (asthma, cough, cold, bron­chi­tis, flu).
• For skin prob­lems (acne, al­ler­gies, skin re­ju­ve­na­tion, age­ing, der­mati­tis, itch­ing, eczema, sen­si­tive skin, sun burns, oily skin, bruises, dry skin, in­sect bites,            in­flam­ma­tions, pso­ri­a­sis).
• Against nose­bleed, mi­graine, bad breath, colds, hair loss, headaches,                  se­b­or­rhoea.
• For cir­cu­la­tory prob­lems (bad lym­phatic cir­cu­la­tion con­nected to the               ap­pear­ance of cel­lulite and obe­sity, high blood presure, low blood pres­sure,        vari­cose veins).
• For mus­cu­lar prob­lems (strains, mus­cle aches, mus­cle weak­ness, rheuma­tism, cramps, stiff­ness).
• Against prob­lems re­lated to the ner­vous sys­tem (anx­i­ety, panic, in­som­nia,      ner­vous de­cline, ner­vous ex­haus­tion, ner­vous strain, shock, stress, ir­ri­ta­tion).
• For di­ges­tive prob­lems (lack of ap­petite, di­ar­rhoea, con­sti­pa­tion, heart­burn, nau­sea).
• Against fun­gus, per­spi­ra­tion, arthri­tis, ver­tigo.

Again, a cer­ti­fied aro­mather­a­pist can in­form you in which other cases es­sen­tial oils can be used.

The best re­sults in aro­mather­apy can be achieved by us­ing pure and high qual­ity        es­sen­tial oils that pro­fes­sional aro­mather­a­pists use and not the syn­thetic ones that are usu­ally sold.

Vis­it­ing your lo­cal aro­mather­a­pist and en­joy­ing an aro­mather­apy treat­ment, you help your body and mind to re­lax, to re­ju­ve­nate and be pre­pared to face lifeʼs chal­lenges more ef­fec­tively!

Dis­claimer:

Al­though aro­mather­apy can help enor­mously in all the above is­sues, it does not
sub­sti­tute or re­place your usual and rec­om­mended treat­ment given by your
physi­cian, your psy­chi­a­trist or your chemist. It can, how­ever, com­ple­ment all of the above or an­other al­ter­na­tive en­ergy heal­ing modal­ity in a gen­tle, yet ef­fec­tive way.