What is Aromatherapy & What are Essential Oils?
Aromatherapy is the art & science of using pure essential oils to enhance the health, well being, & harmony of the body, mind & spirit. Essential oils are the complex, highly concentrated, volatile aromatic essences of plants. These oils are extracted from various botanical sources (flower, leaf, resin, bark, root, twig, seed, berry, rind & rhizome). They are made up of tiny molecules which are able to enter into the blood stream via when inhaled, by diffusion across the tiny air sacs of the lungs. Essential oils also have a major impact on the olfactory nerves which lead from the nose to the Limbic system, a part of the brain which stores responses to memory, mood, & emotions. They contain hundreds of organic constituents providing a variety of natural elements that work on many levels. Essential oils contain antiviral, antiseptic, antibiotic, sedating, analgesic & other therapeutic properties.
