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Aromatherapy, commonly associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), is the use of volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants to affect someone's mood or health. The word was coined in the 1920s by French chemist René Maurice Gattefossé, who devoted his life to researching the healing properties of essential oils after a lucky accident in his perfume laboratory. (In the accident, he lit his arm on fire and thrust it into the nearest cold liquid, which happened to be a vat of lavender oil. Much to his amazement, the burn quickly healed without a scar.)
The main branches of aromatherapy include:
- Home aromatherapy (self treatment, perfume & cosmetic use)
- Clinical aromatherapy (as part of pharmacology and pharmacotherapy)
- Aromachology (the psychology of odors and their effects on the mind)
Materials
Some of the materials employed include:
- Essential oils: Fragrant oils extracted from plants chiefly through distillation (e.g. eucalyptus oil) or expression (grapefruit oil). However, the term is also occasionally used to describe fragrant oils extracted from plant material by any solvent extraction.
- Absolutes: Fragrant oils extracted primarily from flowers or delicate plant tissues through solvent or supercritical fluid extraction(e.g. rose absolute). The term is also used to describe oils extracted from fragrant butters, concretes, and enfleurage pommades using ethanol.
- Phytoncides: Various volatile organic compounds from plants that kill microbes. Many terpene based fragrant oils and sulfuric compounds from plants in genus "Allium" are Phytoncides, though the latter are likely less commonly used in aromatherapy due to their disagreeable smells.
- Hydrosols: The aqueous by-products of the distillation process (e.g. rosewater). Hydrosol used are limited to plants such as rose and camomile since most hydrosols have unpleasant smells.
- Infusions: Aqueous extracts of various plant material (e.g. infusion of chamomile)
- Carrier oils: Typically oily plant base triacylglycerides that are used to dilute essential oils for use on the skin (e.g. sweet almond oil)
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Discover the benefits of aromatherapy. HARNN has aromatic oils and diffusers, candles, bath & massage oils, ingots - all great gift ideas!
harnnusa (Harnn USA) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:27:31 -0000
Discover the benefits of aromatherapy. HARNN has aromatic oils and diffusers, candles, bath & massage oils, ingots - all great gift ideas!
RT @Dropwise: Please use aromatherapy carefully if you have cats. For more on this, read my blog post at http://ping.fm/MAIB8
thenovastudio (Lori Nova) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:08:04 -0000
RT @Dropwise: Please use aromatherapy carefully if you have cats. For more on this, read my blog post at http://ping.fm/MAIB8
Please use aromatherapy carefully if you have cats. For more on this, read my blog post at http://ping.fm/MAIB8
Dropwise (Donya Fahmy) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:05:09 -0000
Please use aromatherapy carefully if you have cats. For more on this, read my blog post at http://ping.fm/MAIB8
Today at http://EssentialOilDatabase.com we look at the 7 Major Scent types in aromatherapy.
LisaBargerNews (Lisa Barger) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:01:30 -0000
Today at http://EssentialOilDatabase.com we look at the 7 Major Scent types in aromatherapy.
Today at http://EssentialOilDatabase.com we look at the 7 Major Scent types in aromatherapy.
eodatabase (EO Database) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:01:29 -0000
Today at http://EssentialOilDatabase.com we look at the 7 Major Scent types in aromatherapy.
Watching the Israeli girl sell aromatherapy bean bags at the mall is like watching softcore porn. Dis-gus-ting.
kaialeathers (Kaia Leathers) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:57:16 -0000
Watching the Israeli girl sell aromatherapy bean bags at the mall is like watching softcore porn. Dis-gus-ting.
Animoils - Qualified Essential Oil Therapist for animals who supplies custom and ready made essential oil products and offers consultations.
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AromaLeigh - Information on canine and feline aromatherapy.
Aromatherapy - A Pomeranian breeder describes her use of aromatherapy with her dogs. Suggested blends and combinations are given.
Aromatherapy and Pets - How essential oils work, and how you can use them for your pet.
Aromatherapy and Your Cat - Discusses why cats cannot tolerate aromatherapy in the form of essential oils, and suggests safe use of aromatherapy hydrosols when doing aromatherapy around felines.
Aromatherapy for Pets - How to use essential oils safely on or near your pets, including an article on toxicity to birds, cats and ferrets.
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Aromatherapy for Your Pooch - Article on how to use Aromatherapy on your dog.
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Essential Animals - Site devoted to educating animal owners in the use of aromatherapy for their pets' well-being.
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Good News for Pets - Aromatherapy for pets and their people by Steve Dale, including lavendar, geranium and peppermint.
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The Guild of Essential Oil Therapists for Animals - UK guild offers training and research into the safe use of Essential Oil Therapy for animals.
The Lavender Cat - Information about using essential oils with cats, including safety education, veterinary charts, webguests and veterinary toxicology.
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Using Aromatherapy to Calm Your Frazzled Fido - Article on using essential oils to help dogs who are nervous and have anxiety related behavior problems.
Veterinary Aromatherapy by Nelly Grosjean - Book review by AromaWeb of preceding title. The book contains information on qualities of essential oil, super-action and other ptoperties of essential oils, ailments in animals and their treatment, aromatic veterinary medicines, key aromatic blends and practical advice.
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