subject: How To Make Use Of Natural Essential Oils [print this page] Aromatherapy is a beautiful and simple way to make yourself feel better. It can refresh your mood, and it also fixes some serious ailments. It has surprising power to relieve a range of debilitating conditions. For centuries civilizations have harnessed the power of the plants and flowers around them for all kinds of reasons, from health to spirituality. So first, here is a word on what the essential oil actually is, and how to use the most popular essential oils.
The means of distilling the essential oil depends on the plant or flower which is used. Steam is commonly used, but theres another means called enfleurage which is used especially for delicate flowers. Its an ancient way of doing it. The petals are soaked in fat because its known that fats can dissolve the oils, and thereby absorb their aromas. Once the fat absorbs the aroma, and after new and fresh flowers are added, its dissolved with alcohol. The alcohol separates the aroma from the fat, and finally the alcohol is dissolved, leaving behind whats known as an absolute. The only changes made are the kinds of fat used, as it used to be pork lard and beef fat, but now organic palm oil and organic sugar cane can be substituted to make the process a little cleaner. Its quite a laborious process, so not many people do it.
So thats how you get the oil, but how do you make it work? It can be as simple as dropping a few drops onto a cotton ball placed on a dish near you. You can use a few drops to be used in a hand or foot massage. Also, you can place a few drops into a fan diffuser, so the smell of it circulates throughout the room. All these apply with single drops or blends, combining a few essential oils together.
There are certain things you need to know before you use essential oils. You are not to take the oils internally. Do not apply them to your eyes or mucous membranes, and do not apply to undiluted skin. Also, pregnant women are to consult their doctor before using aromatherapy. But so long as you use the natural essential oils properly, you should experience a relaxing and rejuvenating improvement in health!
Using the oils will become a common place thing, part of the routine. Its amazing how an ancient habit has become modern, and its terrific that its taken up the same way as hundreds of years ago. It still works as ever, though we are so inundated by technology its nice to see the lengths people go to procure the pure essential oils of plants and flowers. Its a testament to their healing properties, and their powers of making people generally feel relaxed and at ease. Even if theyre not simple to get from the source, theyre simple to use! Try it today and see for yourself.
