Aromatherapy is based on a holistic approach to healing. Very often, when you are ill or have a disease, it is not just your physical health that is suffering, your mental and spiritual state may also be in disarray. Aromatherapy treatment can be used to affect mood changes and aid in quicker recovery and healing. What is great about an aromatherapy treatment is that it is totally natural and non-invasive.
Aromatherapy treatment involves the use of naturally extracted aromatic plant extracts. Through the use of essential oils and essences, it seeks to stimulate and enhance the healing process of your body. In fact, natural health experts believe that your body is capable of regulating, maintaining and healing itself. Aromatherapy treatment works on many different levels, including emotional and physical levels, to bring relief.
Aromatherapy treatment is useful in the healing of many diseases and conditions. They include:
- calming the mind for insomnia and moodiness;
- treating skin disorders such as dermatitis, acne, eczema, psoriasis;
- promoting emotional healing such as for depression, hysteria, lack of concentration and panic attacks;
- treating burns, bruises, asthma, bronchitis, flu, muscular aches and pains;
- improving digestion such as in the case of constipation.
An essential oil is one which is made by distilling it with either water or steam or by processing it mechanically (especially in the case of citrus rinds) or by dry distillation of natural materials. After the distillation process, the essential oil becomes physically separated from the water phase.
Essential oils are not greasy and many of them do not leave oily marks behind. These oils are very easily penetrated through the skin and quickly absorbed.
If used incorrectly, they can do more harm than good as essential oils tend to be highly concentrated extracts which are obtained by distilling a variety of plant materials such as flowers, leaves, fruit peel, wood, grasses etc.
Hence, if you wish to heal for a specific condition, do seek the advice of a qualified aromatherapy practitioner. The use of essential oils is a precise and learned science. It is important that you ensure you use the highest quality oils and in the right combination best for healing of your disease.
Here is an excellent way to start on an aromatherapy treatment. If you are feeling somewhat depressed, you can burn some aromatherapy candles with a scent known to be calming and soothing for nerves. As soon as you feel more relaxed, you will begin to feel the uplift in your mood.
-By: Evelyn Lim
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