What is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is the use of therapeutic oils extracted from natural plant matter in order to encourage good health, equilibrium, and wellbeing. The essential oils that are used in aromatherapy are truly holistic in that they can have a powerful and positive effect on mind, body, and spirit. To use the essential oils well it is necessary to take time to understand a little of the person you are choosing them for, whether you are using the oils for yourself or another.
Essential oils are extracted from trees, bushes, flowers, and shrubs from all over the world and each oil has its own unique chemical makeup. In the last 40 years research has brought together plants from all five continents into a form that is now both a science and an art. The origins of aromatherapy seem to go back as far as the origins of man, though the term of aromatherapy is itself fairly new.
These notes have been taken from the book: Aromatherapy - An Illustrated Guide - By: Clare Walters