Essential oil is a plant essences
which containing with its origin natural aroma and therapeutic properties. The
aromatic plant parts that are contained with essential oils such as flowers,
leaves, roots, resins, grasses, seeds, stem, citrus peels and woods. The
natural essences in the plants are grow through the process of photosynthesis
and absorbed good nutrients from the soil, water, sunlight and air (carbon
dioxida).
Some aromatic plant will attract the
beneficial inserts like bees and butterfly to collect the pollen, some plants
act to deter the harmful insert like mosquito, some aromatic plants were use as
herbs for cooking purposes to stimulate appetite and good for body health, and
some aromatic plants are used for body treatment purposes like skin diseases since
ancient time.
The discovery of extraction of
aromatic plant oils in early 1900s have benefited to human well-being
development as in the beauty industry and also use as an alternative to treat
some common sickness to reduce patients side effect. There are a few extraction
methods are applied to extract essential oils like steam distillation method,
expression method, and solvent extraction method are the most common. While, majority
of the essential oils are extracted by steam distillation method. Expression
method is only apply for the citruses fruit essential oil. The use of solvent
extraction method is apply for the plants that contained very little essences
like Jasmine flower and Rose Petal.
The power of the essential oil's
therapeutic properties has great benefit to human body health if use them
correctly with care and guided with safety dosage. However, the concentration
of essential oil can bring burning sensation to the skin if use undiluted.
Therefore, essential oils should be diluted before use in all aromatherapy
application on the skin unless for specific cases. With regards of the
inhalation treatment method, it does not necessary to dilute the essential oil
in any oil base but some tools may be required as an aid to diffuse the pure
essential oils like the vaporiser, diffuser, burner, aroma necklace and so
on.
Essential oil is also highly
volatile, especially when contact with air, sunlight and heat. So a good
packaging and low temperature storage is required to keep and store the
essential oil well in order to prolong its shelf-life and also to reduce the changes of
its chemical constituent that may affect the origin therapeutic properties.
What is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils for a specific treatment on human body. For example, the pleasant aroma of the essential oil apply with the method of inhalation as treatment for respiratory system, emotional and psychological problems. And dilute the essential oils into the vegetable oil for body treatment by applying massage method on the body skin will helps to regulate body systems such as to improve digestive problem, body fluid circulation, muscular stiffness, and other body problem and skin problems.
About our sharing
Aromatherapy is now become very popular and many people start to learn DIY in making their own aromatherapy products. For example like mosquito repellent products, antispetic products, muscle pain relief products, anti-water retention products, beauty products and many more.
I hope to share more with you the
recipes here in our blogger. So let's start the art of blending aromatherapy
products. Enjoy!!!
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