Amazing facts about essential oils and aromatheraphy.

When I first came across the word, 'Aromatherapy', I thought it is a misnomer because I was under assumption that therapy is something to with physical touch by human hands.

My myth was busted when I first undertook a eucalyptus vapor treatment. It is a fine example of aromatherapy.

Fragrance emanating from plant oils are used for cosmetics purposes as well as physical and mental health.

The word aroma implies the process of inhaling the scents from these oils into your lungs for therapeutic benefit.

A few amazing and less known facts of aromatherapy:

*  When the bubonic plague hit in the 14th century, thousands of people perished. later, aromas were used to ward off the deadly disease.

* Remember the popular nursery rhyme, “Ring Around the Roses”? It actually  refers to aromatherapy. The lines, “a pocket full of posies” allegedly refers to keeping the flower in ones pocket in an attempt to keep the illness away.

* Lavender essential oil is the most used plant oil for both cosmetic and physical healing. It heals wounds of burn healed rapidly and also leaves no scope for scar!

* Aroma oils should be always kept in dark glass bottles.

* All aroma oils are not actually oils. Yes, another misnomer!

* Diabetics should not use angelica, a native herb of Lapland.

Very interesting-eh?

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Useful knowledge of natural aromatic oils.

Wonderful facts of Aromatherapy

A scientist (he claimed he is) wore an absolute of look of scorn when I told him to try out inhaling a certain scent to relieve him from his bronchitis. Here was a man who was simply biased, rather unreasonably opinionated without bothering to check the veracity of the information.

Aromatherapy is scientifically proven alternate healing technique that was passed onto us from our peers. Aromatherapy in its pure form is applied in almost off the houses in India, Australia and Sri Lanka.

Even this scientists must have used Vicks or any such vapor rubs to a get a temporary relief from cold or headache. Only, he conveniently did not term it as an aromatherapy.

If you are an open minded person and would not mind gaining useful knowledge of some of the natural plant oils whose aroma can cure various ailments, please read further:
* Tea tree oil cures several bacterial infections. This is also is said to cure Bronchitis.
* Lavender oil's perfume is said to create a calming effect and thus ideal for patients suffering from depression.
* Chamomile is used to cure headache.
* Eucalyptus-we all know why it is used and have been depending on it for long.
*Rosemary is another good plant oil whose scent can give you relief from stress and headache.

I have once used an aromatic natural oil to treat tick bites!

Well, there are more, much more aromatic natural oils that can be used to treat myriad maladies.