WHAT IS AROMATHERAPY ?

Aromatherapy , aroma derived from the Latin "aroma (aroma) and the Greek" therapia "(cure) is different from the phyto-therapy, Aromatherapy is the use of aromatic plant essences and essential oils that are extracting by distillation, while phyto-therapy is the use of the entire plant.

so you can find the term phyto-therapy often used by specialists.

Aromatherapy has actually been used since the 19th century although the first traces of distillation and extraction date back several thousand in China or India.

THE BENEFITS OF AROMATHERAPY:

* The Aromatherapy by essential oils can:

* Disinfection and wound healing.

* Relaxation, a sense of well being and calm.

* Aromatherapy is also used in some cases to allow sleep.

* Aromatherapy can treat rheumatism.


Aromatherapy has a tonic action as a function of the essential oils used.

Here are the main virtues of essential oils used in aromatherapy:

* Anti-infectious bacterial (caused by carvacrol, thymol, to eugenol, the cinnamic aldehyde, the terpene, etc.).

* Antimycotics (due to alcohols and sesquiterpene lactones)

* Antiviral (due to monoterpenols, monoterpénals, etc.).

* Pest Control (due to phenols, ascaridole, etc.).

* Insect repellents and insecticides (Ceylon citronella, camphor camphor from Japan, etc..)

* Anti-inflammatory drugs (due to aldehydes, the chamazulene, etc.).

* Anticatarrhales: expectorant (due to 1,8-cineole)

* Mucolytics (due to molecules ketone and lactone)

* Anti-histamines

* Antispasmodics (due to the ethers and esters)

* Analgesics, anesthetics and analgesics

* Sedatives, hypnotics and anxiolytics

* Endocrinorégulatrices properties: such as estrogen, such as cortisone, etc..

* Properties and vasculotropic hemotropic: hyperémiantes, phlebotonic, lymphotoniques, anticoagulant (due to coumarins) and fibrinolytic, anti-hematoma (HE Helichrysum Italian), hemostatic, hypotensive.

* Digestive properties: eupeptic, carminative, choleretic bile and (due to menthone, carvone and verbenone)

* Antitoxic

* Antivenom

* Antirheumatic

* Stimulating or soothing

* Aphrodisiacs

* Etc..

USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS IN AROMATHERAPY MAY HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES ?

Essential oils are active molecules used to manufacture some drugs, such as the treatment of breast cancer, it is necessary to respect the prescribed dosages and consult a doctor if you are not sure of the capacity of essential oils that you can use and buy.

Examples of essential oils toxic in some cases:

The following essential oils can be toxic depending on their capacity.

* The essential oil of bitter almond (Prunus amygdalus)

* The essential oil of anise (Pimpinella anisum)

* The essential oil of Arnica (Arnica montana)

* Essential oil of yellow birch (Betula lenta)

* Essential oil of camphor (Cinnamomum camphora)

* The essential oil of tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus)

* Essential oil of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

* The essential oil of pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)

* The essential oil of mustard (Brassica nigra)

* The essential oil of oregano (Origanum vulgare)

* Essential oil of sage (Salvia officinalis)

* Essential oil of cedar (Thuja occidentalis)