Aromatherapy Reviewed
Thursday, January 18th, 2007 by Tim Subscribe To Our Feed
For centuries, herbs have come to our rescue helping us cure serious illnesses and give us relief from pain and suffering. Aromatherapy is top on the list. Aromatherapy is a generic term that refers to any of the various traditions that make use of essential oils sometimes in combination with other alternative medical practices and spiritual beliefs.
Aromatherapy has been used for sharpening concentration, for its uplifting effect on depression, and to relieve headaches and migraines. You might burn a candle and/or add a few drops of herbal oil to your bath and soak for a while enjoying its aromatic benefits. The aromatic benefits of natural herbal oils are more significant than that of man made scents. Many people can distinguish between natural and synthetic scents, but it takes experience.
The term “aromatherapy” has been applied to such a wide range of products that almost anything which contains essential oils is likely to be called an “aromatherapy product”, rendering the term somewhat meaningless in that context. Undiluted essential oils suitable for aromatherapy are termed therapeutic grade, but in countries where the industry is not regulated, therapeutic grade is based on industry consensus and is not a regulatory category.
When aromatherapy is used for the treatment or prevention of disease, a precise knowledge of the bioactivity and synergy of the essential oils used, knowledge of the dosage and duration of application, as well as, naturally, a medical diagnosis, are required.
In many countries essential oils are included in the national pharmacopeia, but up to the present moment aromatherapy as science has never been recognized as a valid branch of medicine in the United States, Russia, Germany, or Japan.
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