Modern Aromatherapy

In the modern world of medicine, we used synthetic drugs or drugs from the poison of snake to heal our illness. Most of the drugs can be misused and sabotage our health instead of healing it, heroin was used to eased pain, however when misused it will damage our health both physically and mentally.

In the ancient world, our ancestor used natural herbs of mother nature to heal illness. Most of the herbs were used to relax our body, put us unwind and let our body heal itself, they also strengthen our inner organs to allow them to function properly. For instance gingko opens the blood vessel to the brain so more blood can flow in to the brain thus make us memorize better.

Aromatherapy will be the used of distilled essences of plants which prompts the well being and health individuals mind, our emotions, and the body. The most common ideas about using Aromatherapy is diffusing scents into the air. Once we inhale the scents, our body will react according to the scent used. The easiest use of aromatherapy is to relive stress. Scientists have been researching the use of aromatherapy in stress management and came down to the conclusion that Aromatherapy does relive stress.

The current Aromatherapy usage started by a French chemist named Rene-Maurice Gattefosse. He would be a scientist who was interested in healing the body using all natural essential oils. The best famous story was that he purposely burned his hand after which took lavender oil and rubbed it on his hand. Just in minutes, the burning sensation vanished. Soon enough the burn disappeared. In his researched he found that these natural essential oils not just heal wounds however they can heal the entire mind, he realized that these essential oils could change human’s emotion and set them to extreme relaxation in minutes. He named these technique AROMATHERAPY.

These days, we are able to choose how we want to used aromatherapy for our benefit, we can use aromatherapy diffuser, aromatherapy candle, essential oil burning, aromatherapy air freshener to release the scents into the air so that we can inhale it while we were doing our household chores, reading books, watching television even sleeping. We are able to also use aromatherapy bath to unwind in our bathtub after a long day of work to relieve our stress. Another common way is to used aromatherapy oil massage to relieve muscle tension hence relieved our stress.

A word of warning – learned about Aromatherapy, its essential oils, their usage, ingredients, implication and last but not least know your allergies prior to using aromatherapy for your benefit. In doubt, consult a certified aromatherapist or consult your doctor. Please, do not take your allergies lightly, I have witness two friends died in a matter of hours from drugs allergies, so again, know your allergies before using aromatherapy.