Aromatherapy Essential Oils Guide for Healthy Living

Aromatherapy essential oils and healthy living are a great combination!

Aromatherapy has a wide range of uses and benefits, from skin care to supporting your health to just smelling good. With some knowledge and care, using essential oils is generally safe, and homemade aromatherapy products can sometimes replace commercial products that contain toxic ingredients.

What are Essential Oils?

Essential oils (sometimes called aromatherapy oils) are concentrated liquid extracts made from plants. The word "essential" comes from "essence," as in the essence of the plant. For the plants, the components of these oils provide natural defenses against disease and pests.

Human use of plant oils goes back to the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and other ancient cultures, but the term "aromatherapy" was created in 1928 by René-Maurice Gattefossé, a French cosmetic chemist.

When Gattefossé badly burned his arm in his lab, he placed the arm into a nearby tub of cold lavender oil. The pain of the burn decreased dramatically, and the arm developed no redness, inflammation, and blisters. The burn healed quickly, with no scarring. Gattefossé then spent his life researching the healing properties of essential oils.

Although aromatherapy implies that an essential oil works through the sense of smell (which it does), the oils also work in other ways (as demonstrated by the effects of lavender on Gattefossé's burn).

Aromatherapy Information

The purpose of this site is to provide lots of aromatherapy essential oils and related healthy living information, including aromatherapy recipes you can make at home. As in most fields, conflicting information and differences of opinion exist among "experts." Your responsibility in using aromatherapy and essential oils is to learn as much as you can, make informed choices based on your individual circumstances, be willing to experiment, and consult a professional as appropriate.*

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*Information on this site is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult a professional healthcare practitioner as appropriate.

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Using essential oils for aromatherapy bath recipes can provide both relaxing and healing benefits. This page has a variety of essential oil bath recipes.

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The best essential oils for hair care depend on your type of hair and its condition. Good hair essential oil choices include carrot seed, lavender, Roman chamomile, and rosemary.

Aromatherapy Skin Care for Healthy and Beautiful Skin

By making your own aromatherapy skin care products using essential oils and other natural ingredients, you can avoid the possibly toxic ingredients in many commercial skin care products.

Choosing an Aromatherapy Diffuser | Types of Essential Oil Diffusers

An aromatherapy diffuser is any device that disperses essential oils into the air. The type of essential oil diffuser you choose will depend on how you plan to use it.

How Does Aromatherapy Work?

How does aromatherapy work? Essential oils enter the body either by absorption or inhalation. The chemical components of essential oils affect the body.

Using Aromatherapy Treatment

Using aromatherapy treatment is an option for a number of conditions. Get some suggested way to use aromatherapy in healing.

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