A form of alternative medicine that uses volatile liquid plant materials, such as essential oils and other scented compounds from plants for the purpose of affecting a person’s mood or health.
A practice that uses a plant’s aromatic (volatile) chemicals that are present in essential oils, for improving mental well-being. Since most of the active ingredients of essential oil are small, oily, and volatile, the best methods of allowing them to reach the brain are by massage, inhalation, dermal patches, sprays, and room diffusers.
The medicinal use of aroma substances by inhalation, bath, massage, etc.
The use of aromatic essential oils, which are extracted from plants, to treat many common health problems and illnesses. Used in massage, diffusers and inhalation.
The use of naturally extracted pure essential oils from plants to balance, harmonize, and promote the health of body, mind, and spirit.
Treatment to relieve tension and promote wellbeing in which fragrant oils and creams containing plant extracts are massaged into the skin.
The use of fragrant plant oils for psychological and physical well-being. The plant oils are inhaled, rubbed onto the skin, or swallowed. Aromatherapy is said to help relieve stress, enhance the immune system, and unlock buried emotions.
The use of fragrant oils in baths, as inhalants, or during massage to treat skin conditions, anxiety and stress, headaches, and depression, among other diseases and conditions.
Involves the use of essential oils (extracts or essences) from flowers, herbs, and trees to promote health and well-being.
The use of aromatic substances made from plant parts to calm or stimulate the nerves and to heal, aromatherapy has been practiced in one form or another since ancient times. Aromas, like all smells, are an effect of a chemical reaction between particles of vapor and a liquid on the olfactory organs in the nasal cavity. The particles dissolve, and the resulting chemical solution stimulates the organs, which lead to the olfactory nerves on the bulblike ends of the brain’s olfactory lobes. Aromatherapy holds that what smells good to one must be good for one that aromatic and therefore beneficial molecules entering the body via the lungs are taken into the bloodstream and distributed throughout the system to do their healing work.
The substances used in aromatherapy are generally essential oils (also called volatile oils) derived from flowers, fruits, herbs, spices, resins, and wood. Health-food stores and “metaphysical shops” stock oils to suit every taste and budget. The oils are used in scented candles, potpourris, hydrosols, diffusers, bath and massage oils, cosmetics, and perfumes. They are diluted in almond, canola, or other carrier oils for direct application to the skin. As many as 300 different oils are used by professional aromatherapists. Clove, geranium, peppermint, rosemary, and thyme are used as stimulants, chamomile and lavender as relaxants, eucalyptus and lemon as antiseptics. Combinations of oils are suggested for treating a variety of ailments.
Involves the use of highly concentrated, nonoily, and volatile essential oils to induce such reactions as relaxation and invigoration, or to simply create a pleasant fragrance during a service.
The topical administration of fragrant essences extracted from vegetation as a means of alleviating anxiety, trivial illnesses, and immune dysfunctions.
The medicinal application of botanical-extracted, fragrant essential oils with the intention of fostering both physical and psychological wellness.
Aromatherapy is a form of complementary medicine that employs aromatic oils derived from plants to address a broad spectrum of disorders. Proponents of aromatherapy assert its efficacy, especially in managing stress-related and psychosomatic conditions.
Aromatherapy involves the application of small quantities of aromatic oils through massage, inhalation, incorporation into creams or lotions, or rarely, internal consumption. It is important to note that there is currently no definitive scientific evidence confirming the benefits of aromatherapy.