Aromatherapy is the practice of using essential oils extracted from flowers, bark, stems, leaves, roots or other parts of a plant to enhance psychological and physical well-being. There are a wide number of essential oils available, each with its own healing properties.
Here are five things you may not know about essential oils:
1. Neroli oil, or “orange blossom,” is one of the most expensive essential oils on the market. It takes 1,000 lbs. of orange blossoms to make one pound of Neroli oil. This semi-precious oil is used to ease anxiety, depression, insomnia, and given its wonderful aroma, it can be considered an aphrodisiac.
2. Captain James Cook first mentioned Tea Tree oil in 1772 during his voyage to Botany Bay, Australia. He and his crew made a tea from the leaves to prevent scurvy. Tea Tree’s healing properties are abundant. Not only is it a natural immune booster, but it also fights all three kinds of infection. It works to heal skin conditions, burns and cuts, and also works as an insecticide. In addition, it helps to soothe and treat cold sores, respiratory conditions, muscle aches, the flu, Athlete’s foot and dandruff. Its uses are vast and its healing power is quick.
3. In the 1920s, French chemist Rene Maurice Gattefosse coined the term “aromatherapy.” The story goes that during an experiment, Gattefosse burned his hand and had nothing nearby to soak it in except lavender. Apparently the lavender quickly healed the burn, spurring him to begin research on the science behind essential oils.
4. Our sense of smell is the only sense directly tied to the limbic area of the brain, which is considered the emotional control center. This means that when essential oils are inhaled, they go directly to the brain. Our other four senses — taste, sight, touch and hearing — are first routed through the thalamus before reaching designated areas of the brain.
5. Essential oils are beneficial healers because they transport oxygen to the cells, which trigger great healing effects. It is safe to say that all of them are anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-infectious, anti-tumoral, anti-parasitic, and antiseptic on some level.
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17 comments:
Wow, I did not know this, I will have to do a little more research when making my choices from now on.
Great article on essential oils. Didn't know those until I read your post. Thanks for sharing this!
woowww..yeahh,,you right i just know about essential oils...
its usefull for me..thanks..
Wow!!! "It takes 1,000 lbs. of orange blossoms to make one pound of Neroli oil" this is impressive.
I didn't know about the benefits of the oil, thanks for sharing and explaining the facts of the essentials of oil.
This was a first when i get to know about the essential oils as i have been looking for the information about it and i have bookmarked it and gonna try it out.
Thank you so much for sharing some interesting facts about the different types of oils. Keep it up.
Really surprising! I never knew any of these facts. But I do know how relaxing aromatherapy can be. I wonder how expensive Neroli Oil is. I want to try that one for myself and see what makes it really expensive.
heh... i didn't know it would take that 1,000 amount just to get 1 pound of neroli oil. And I often used Neroli oil for insomnia cure and anxiety were in I feel uneasy.
Wow. Nice facts on essential oil. I plan on getting my aromatherapy and buy a bottle of essential oil from the store to keep it handy when I'm home. Hmm. Nice to spend the weekend being soaked in it to relax.
This is very informative it has been long known that certain fragrances trigger the brain to certain reactions. Great article
Hi,
A very informative post! I especially liked it that not only did you list down essential oils and their healing attributes, you also included facts about our senses. It is truly interesting to know and learn about. I wonder, are there any essential oils that may in fact cause an allergic reaction to the skin? I hope you can answer this query. Thanks for sharing and Happy 2012! :)
Some great information here! Thanks for shring. My wife and I like experimenting with different blands of essential oils for aromatheapy and persoanl care products. It nice to have a little histroy on some of them.
Thanks!
Interesting information. I love aromatherapy and I think essential oil is a great therapy for our daily life, a gift from nature.
Cheers
Hi I just want to ask if this essential oils contains some human pheromones? Thanks!
Essential oils were mankind's first medicine. From Egyptian hieroglyphics and Chinese manuscripts, we know that priests and physicians have been using essential oils for thousands of years. In Egypt, essential oils were used in the embalming process and well preserved oils were found in alabaster jars in King Tut's tomb. Egyptian temples were dedicated to the production and blending of the oils and recipes were recorded on the walls in hieroglyphics. There is even a sacred room in the temple of Isis on the island of Philae where a ritual called "Cleansing the Flesh and Blood of Evil Deities" was practiced. This form of emotional clearing required three days of cleansing using particular essential oils and oil baths.
It's good to know how chemists do their thing on essential oils. It's hard to combine the right oil to get the right scent. So is carpet repair abilene is never the same with the others on how they perform their services.
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