The term aromatherapy was coined by French chemist Rene Gattefosse in 1928. Gattefosse had an accident in his laboratory and used the natural oil of lavender to ease the pain and heal the burnt. This fact took him to study the therapeutic properties of essential oils with clinic aims. However, the use of essential oils to treat diseases is as old as humankind.
The term aromatherapy if formed of “aroma” that means fragrance, and therapy that denotes healing. The word then means, the use of aromas with therapeutic aims.
Pure aromatherapy makes use of non-adulterated essential oils and oils that have been analyzed and certificated in their chemical composition; so their content is what is expected of the specified botanical material to get therapeutic effects in a clinic frame.
Pure aromatherapy not only means receiving a soothing and relaxing massage with essential oils, an environment burner, or an aromatic bath with salts.
Pure aromatherapy makes use of non-adulterated essential oils and oils that have been analyzed and certificated in their chemical composition; so their content is what is expected of the specified botanical material to get therapeutic effects in a clinic frame.
Pure aromatherapy not only means receiving a soothing and relaxing massage with essential oils, an environment burner, or an aromatic bath with salts.
Pure aromatherapy is a system that helps the body to balance and heal itself, using chemical properties of semi aqueous volatile aromatic substances, extracted from specific botanic materials, and the influence that the aroma has in persons.
Aromatherapy pure works with “pure” essential oils, absolute oils extracted by solvents, C02 oils extracted by carbonic dioxide, oily infusions, vegetal oils and hydrolytes, administered through massages, inhalations, skin external use, baths or showers, compresses and diffusers.
Essential oils are not oils, but semi aqueous volatile substances, mostly, colorless. Because of being semi aqueous substances, they are quickly absorbed by the skin, especially in hydrotherapy.
In most cases, the therapeutic actions of essential oils are multiple and complex. For instance, the essential oils of Blue Chamomille and Tea Tree are used for dermatologic infections, to eliminate invasive organisms and stimulate the necessary cellular proliferation to heal the affected part. However, the aroma also influences the emotional centers of the brain, activating immune-stimulating activity, which reinforces the recovery of the person.
It is very old and known about the reactions that smell produces at physical level and the effect of aromas in the physiological processes of human beings.
The responses of pleasing and disgusting aromas are very powerful and have effects of considerable in persons at physical and emotional level. For instance, a suggestive smell of food affects the gastrointestinal zone and gets us ready to taste it. On the same way, a disgusting smell disables us from taking food and even affects our stomach.
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