Basic Aromatherapy Information

Aromatherapy is a wonderful healing art.  If you want to know more about aromatherapy and aren't familiar with it, you'll need to do some extensive research to keep yourself safe. Aromatherapy information can be found in books, on the internet or at a health store. 

Aromatherapy is very popular for health, beauty and a feeling of well-being.  You can find it in several different products that are out on the market.  Some of the products you may see aromatherapy oils are in shampoos and conditioners, lotion, candles, and it is even available in baby products such as baby wipes, lotions, soaps, diaper rash cream, and oils.

Aromatherapy information dates back to the prehistoric times when natural healing was all that was available at the time.  Doctors would work hard to figure out which oil or herb was best for different conditions.  People began to rely on this type of natural healing. 

Some believe that there is a plant for everything that hurts us.  Some people have even used aromatherapy to help with side effects, pain and aches associated with cancer or another terminal illness. 

The ancient Egyptians used plant oils for such things as cosmetics, relaxation and embalming.  It has also been found that the ancient Egyptians would place a slow melting cone of fragrance on their heads.  We're guessing that they wore this cone for their health, the pleasant fragrance, and maybe even spiritual reasons.

In ancient Greece they used herbs and aromatherapy oils for healing and also for cosmetics.  The first known doctor of Greece named Asclepius experimented with herbs and plants.  He believed that relaxation techniques with aromatherapy such as aromatic baths and oil messages could reduce the chance of someone needing surgery.  Although he was faced with skepticism he still practiced what he believed.  

The Romans believed in aromatherapy when they started the same distillation and extraction as the Egyptians and the Greeks.  The Romans had a physician named Claudius Galen who used plant extractions as remedies to heal the injuries of the gladiators.  

A Persian physician named Ibn Sina created a pipe that would steam the plants helping to bring the essential oils to surface.  This became the beginning of the essential oils we prepare today, compared to the aromatic waters that were used before.   

A doctor of the French Army, Jean Valnet, used essential oils to treat soldier’s wounds in World War II. Marguerite Maury, an Austrian Biochemist, used essential oils for healing massage and cosmetics.

As you see throughout the ages, as the world has changed, one thing has stayed the same. Aromatherapy has been around and will always be around as long as there are plants. Aromatherapy information has been passed down from each generation.  

It’s so useful and has been tested in so many ways that you can’t help but believe in its effect.  There are several factors to take into consideration when you consider using aromatherapy and it may not be right for everyone.  You won’t know until you try.

The magnificent doctors of their time did research to obtain their aromatherapy information.  With improved ways of obtaining essential oils it still does the same thing it did several thousands of years ago.  

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