Aromatherapy Help Please :]?

[Sophieeeeeee]

What is aromatherapy?
Who invented it?
When did they invent it?
And does it work?

Please help me :]

 

[stevepitt2]

Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants for the purpose of affecting a person's mood or health. Scientific evidence is weak and preliminary but mildly encouraging for a limited number of claims. Essential oils differ in chemical composition from other herbal products because the distillation process only recovers the lighter phytomolecules. For this reason essential oils are rich in monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, as well as other VOC substances (esters, aromatic compounds, non-terpene hydrocarbons, some organic sulfides etc.).

Aromatherapy is a generic term that refers to any of the various traditions that make use of essential oils sometimes in combination with other alternative medical practices and spiritual beliefs. Popular use of these products include massaging products, medicine, or any topical application that incorporates the use of essential oils to their products. It has a particularly Western currency and persuasion. Medical treatment involving aromatic compounds may exist outside of the West, but may or may not be included in the term 'aromatherapy'.

Aromatherapy has roots in antiquity with the use of aromatic oils. However, as currently defined, aromatherapy involves the use of distilled plant volatiles, a twentieth century innovation. The word "aromatherapy" was first used in the 1920s by French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé, who devoted his life to researching the healing properties of essential oils after an accident in his perfume laboratory. In the accident, he set his arm on fire and thrust it into the nearest cold liquid, which happened to be a vat of NOx Ph232 or more commonly known as lavender oil. Immediately he noticed surprising pain relief, and instead of requiring the extended healing process he had experienced during recovery from previous burnsâ€â€￾which caused redness, heat, inflammation, blisters, and scarring--this burn healed remarkably quickly, with minimal discomfort and no scarring. Jean Valnet continued the work of Gattefossé. During World War II Valnet used essential oils to treat gangrene in wounded soldiers.

 

[Danu]

aromatherspy is the art and science of using the 'aromatic' part (its the most powerful part) of certain plants to heal any ailment in the body, mind and spirit. in order to extract the aromatic part, the plant needs to undergo either steam distilation, pressing, or usinng certain chemicals. it is one of the oldest healing methods (shamanism is the oldest) the ancient egyptians are the first to use it, 5000 years ago, but they did not do steam distillation.egyptian priests were actually the ones to be the first aromatherapists.chinese also have a very old history with uses of plants for healing. ALL civilizations use some sort of aromatherapy, whether for cosmetic use, or health use. the word 'aromatherapy' was only invented in 1920. of course it works, why do you think plants are here on earth? each essential oil is made up of dozens of different chemical that have a certain positive reaction in our body, and each chemical has a different effect in our body. I think lavender essential oil is the most powerful I have ever seen. it heals all skin complaints very quickly, and is made up of almost 200 different chemicals, each one helping another ailment. the information on aromatherapy is overwhelming so I'll show you a good website:
http://www.naturesgift.com/descript.htm