The Benefits of Aromatherapy
What is Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy is a form of holistic healing treatment, that uses natural plant extracts that heal your body physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Aromatherapy uses essential oils as a therapeutic natural medicine to promote improve the health and well-being of your mind, body, and soul. Essential oils are plant extracts, that are made by streaming or pressing various parts of plant such as flowers, barks, leaves, or fruit. This process captures the compounds that generates the fragrance. Aromatherapy works through your sense of smell, when the essential oils are inhaled the scent molecules travel from the olfactory nerves directly to your brain, and impacts your amygdala which is the emotional center of your brain. Aromatherapy also works by the essential oils being absorbed through your skin cells. Each essential oil has its own unique healing properties, uses, and benefits. Here at Heavenly’s Holistic’s we combine essential oils to create a synergistic blend which creates even more benefits. We hold ourselves to the highest standards, therefore, we use only pure and organic essential oils, that are made with synthetic properties to ensue or products are of the highest quality.
The History of Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy has been used for thousands of years, dating back to ancient cultures in Egypt, India, and China. These ancient cultures incorporated aromatic plant extracts in oils, balms, and resins for medicinal and religious purposes.
Benefits of Aromatherapy
There are many benefits to using aromatherapy. Aromatherapy is often used to:
- Boost immunity
- Treat headaches and migraines
- Relief from stress, anxiety, depression, and agitation
- Boost your mood
- Improve sleep quality
- Manage pain
- Soothe sore joints
- Alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy
- Improve hospice and palliative care
- Fight bacteria, viruses, and fungus
- Improve digestion
- Ease the discomforts of labor
- Soothe sore throats, and other respiratory issues.
- Low appetite
- Dry mouth
- Improved quality of life for people with chronic health conditions
Aromatherapy May Also Treat
Aromatherapy may also treat conditions such as:
- Depression
- Cancer
- Insomnia
- Fatigue
- Asthma
- Menstrual issues
- Arthritis
- Inflammation
- Menopause
- Erectile dysfunction
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Alopecia
Side Effects
Although most essentialoils are safe it is advised that you do a patch test on your skin for 24 hours. This product is for topical use only.
Essential oils are generally safe for topical use, however, you should avoid contact with your eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas of your body. Consult a physician if you have or may have any of the following health conditions cancer, heart-related ailments, skin disorders, are pregnant or nursing, have a bleeding disorder, hormone related ailments, or epilepsy. Also seek medical advice if you are taking prescription drugs, undergoing surgery, or at great risk of experiencing strokes, heart attacks, or atherosclerosis.