The definition of aromatherapy is “treatment using scents”. Aromatherapy is a holistic treatment using beautiful, fresh smelling botanical oils. These oils are massaged into the skin, and can also be inhaled directly or diffused for the aroma to fill entire room. Aromatherapy can be used for all of the following:
- Pain relief
- Skin care
- To alleviate tension and fatigue
- To invigorate the entire body.
When inhaled the essential oils work on the brain and nervous system through stimulation of the olfactory nerves and can affect the mood, alleviate fatigue, reduce anxiety and promote relaxation
With distinctive therapeutic, psychological, and physiological properties, which improve and prevent illness? There are well over a hundred essential oils and all of these have a positive, healing effect on the body. Other properties that are seen in aromatherapy are their stimulation, relaxation, digestion improvement, and diuretic properties.
