The Healing Pool - Aromatherapy

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AROMATHERAPY

What is aromatherapy? Aromatherapy is a widely practised complementary therapy, using essential oils from aromatic plants, flowers, leaves, seeds, bark and fruit to aid healing and/or relaxation. The oils can be used holistically (usually with massage) to treat emotional and physical complaints, or aesthetically in burners, diffusers, and candles. Essential oils can also be blended with base creams and lotions to produce a wide range of beauty and health products as can be seen in the Likisma range of Aromatherapy Products.

How does it work? Aromatherapy works on our sense of smell and by absorption into the bloodstream. About 15 per cent of the air we breathe in goes to the roof of the nose, where olfactory receptors transport odours straight to a part of the brain called the limbic system. This area is connected with instinct, mood and emotion, and it is thought that aromatherapy may stimulate the release of chemicals which in turn play a part in unlocking emotions.

What is the history of aromatherapy? It is thought that ancient civilisations used 'aromatherapy' in many ways and for many reasons such as massage, bathing, medicinally, even for embalming bodies. The concept was probably originally used at around the same time in China, Egypt, the Middle East and by Native Americans, then brought to Europe by the Romans.

How do I know which oil to use? There is a full list of essential oils listed by their therapeutic characteristics here

For further details on Aromatherapy treatments available through The Healing Pool
in Dorset click here