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