 “With the eyes, the human being perceives his path; with the nose he understands it” - St Hildegard of Bingen.
Aromatherapy is a form of complementary medicine. Aroma is a Greek word meaning ‘spice’, later broadly used to mean ‘fragrance’. ‘Therapy’ means curative treatment using essential oils. These essential oils are extracted from wild or cultivated plants.
Aromatherapy is a non intrusive therapy. It can also be used in conjunction with other therapies and it draws on the healing powers of the botanical works. Here instead of the plants used directly it uses the essential oils derived. It is one of the most potent types of medicines. Aromatherapy is also considered to be a holistic therapy wherein the approach of the practitioner is to treat the whole being rather than the symptom itself. The aroma of the natural essential oil stimulate the brain to trigger a reaction, but when inhaled into the lungs, the natural constituents (naturally occurring chemicals) supply therapeutic benefit.
Aromatherapy can be divided into two categories: |
