| What are those little blue or brown bottles on the | | | | and |
| shelves in the health food stores? | | | | Lemon. For anxiety he used, Bergamotte, Neroli, |
| They are called "essential oils", but what is it, | | | | Cypress, Petit Grain, Lime, Rose, Violet leaves |
| really. Let's take a closer | | | | and Majoran.Aromatherapy is not the end of all |
| look at what AROMATHERAPY really is.The use | | | | diseases but it can certainly be a great |
| of aromatic plant material is quite ancient, about | | | | complimentary therapy. |
| 5000 years old and was lost, but | | | | Aromatherapy works well with most other |
| resurfaced in the last few decades, specially in | | | | therapies and particularily well in combination with |
| France, Italy and England. The father of | | | | Bach Flowers, but doesn't work at all with |
| modern aromatherapy is the french chemist | | | | Homeopathy. When essential oils are used in |
| Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, who came up with the | | | | combination |
| term | | | | with homeopathic remedies, the remedies will not |
| aromatherapy and used it as the title for his | | | | work. While under homeopathic treatment |
| book, which was published in 1937. | | | | essential |
| He was extremely interested in how the | | | | oils should not be used at all.Aromatherapy might |
| essential oils worked on the skin cosmetically and | | | | not cure terminal illness but it is a great way to |
| medically. A french doctor, Jean Valnet, was | | | | bring a natural scent into |
| very impressed with his book and in world warII | | | | your home. To give you a few examples, citrus |
| he used essential oils to heal and disinfect | | | | oils, like Lemon, Orange or Mandarin give a room |
| wounds. In 1967 he published his book, | | | | a |
| "Aromatherapie, Traitement des maladies par les | | | | happy and alive feel, Sandelwood or Patchouli can |
| essences des plantes". Valnet is teaching, | | | | give a moody, mysterious feeling.And as an |
| in particular medical doctors, how to use essential | | | | inhalation for the common cold and cough it can |
| oils. From France it came to Enland, | | | | bring great relief.Melanie Haney-Ellis resides in |
| Marguerite Maury and Micheline Arcier, students | | | | Nelson, New Zealand. |
| of Valnet, introduced it there. Nowadays aroma- | | | | Her passions are nutrition, natural health and |
| therapy is very popular in the UK, even the royal | | | | spirituality. |
| family is very open towards | | | | Check out her website for a must read free |
| aromatherapy.Between 1920 and 1930 scientists | | | | ebook on Longevity! |
| in Italy were doing research regarding the effects | | | | Click Here Now ==> Ezine editors / Site |
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| oils on the psyche. In 1922 Dr. Renato Cayola | | | | Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety |
| and Dr. Giovanni Gatti published an article on the | | | | in your ezine or on your site so long as you |
| effects of the essential oils on the system. | | | | leave |
| Professor Paolo Rovesti from the university | | | | all links in place, do not modify the content and |
| of Milan did research into the psychological | | | | include our resource box as listed above.If you |
| effects of the essences. He used essential oils to | | | | need additional articles, check out the articles |
| treat patients with depression and hysteria. He | | | | page for fresh, new content you can use on |
| recommended mixtures of the essential oils. | | | | your website |
| To treat depression for instance he used a | | | | or in your ezine. |
| mixture of Yasmin, Sandelwood, Orange, Verena | | | | |