What Is Ethereal Oil?
Ethereal oil is also known as essential oil or volatile oil, is basically a strong, hydrophobic liquid. This liquid contains volatile aromatic compounds, which generally comes from plants. It is formed with the help of distillation. Some of the other processes involved are expression, or solvent extraction. This oil is generally used for perfumery, aromatherapy, cosmetics, incense, for flavouring food and drink, and to a less important degree, in medication and household cleaning products. They are also considered to be the most important supplies to industries such as fragrance and flavouring. Countless widespread essential oils have therapeutic properties that have been functional in folk medicine since prehistoric era and are still far and wide used in the present day.
