Aromatherapy
Essential oils should always be packaged in coloured glass, since this filers out the sun's untral-violet light.
The colour of the glass bottles must be dark either brown, blue, violet or green. They all offer some protection to your essential oils.
No matter the colour of your bottles, you should keep them in a place where sun will not reach them. Do NOT keep them in a window or in the bathroom. Over time this will dramatically speed up the process of ozidization due to them continually heating up and cooling down.
Keep them i a box or a small wall cupboard.
Choose a cool, dark place to keep them safely away from heat and children.
Citrus essential oils are most prone to oxidisation, so to avoid the damage caused by temperature variations, you could store them in your refrigerator. The best temperture is between 41-50 F or 5-10 C.
Monday, August 21, 2006
How does Aromatheraphy Work?
Aromatherapy
from Wikipedia
Theory
When aromatherapy is used for the treatment or prevention of disease, a precise knowledge of the bioactivity and synergy of the essential oils used, knowledge of the dosage and duration of application, as well as, naturally, a medical diagnosis, are required. In the Anglo-Saxon world, even among "natural" practitioners like herbalists or naturopaths, aromatherapy is regarded more as an art form than a valid healing science.
At best, it is viewed as a complementary and seldom the only treatment prescribed. On the continent, especially in France, where it originated, aromatherapy is incorporated into mainstream medicine. There, the use of the anti-septic properties of oils in the control of infections is emphasized over the more "touchy feely" approaches familiar to English speakers.
In France some essential oils are regulated as prescription drugs, and thus administered by a physician. In many countries they are included in the national pharmacopeia, but up to the present moment aromatherapy as science has never been recognized as a valid branch of medicine in the United States, Russia, Germany, or Japan.
Aromatherapy, phytoncides and other natural VOCs work in different ways. At the scent level they activate the limbic system and emotional centers of the brain. When applied to the skin (commonly in form of "massage oils" i.e. 1-10% solutions of EO in carrier oil) they activate thermal receptors, and kill microbes and fungi.
Internal application of essential oil preparations (mainly in pharmacological drugs; generally not recommended for home use apart from dilution - 1-5% in fats or mineral oils, or hydrosoles) may stimulate the immune system.
from Wikipedia
Theory
When aromatherapy is used for the treatment or prevention of disease, a precise knowledge of the bioactivity and synergy of the essential oils used, knowledge of the dosage and duration of application, as well as, naturally, a medical diagnosis, are required. In the Anglo-Saxon world, even among "natural" practitioners like herbalists or naturopaths, aromatherapy is regarded more as an art form than a valid healing science.
At best, it is viewed as a complementary and seldom the only treatment prescribed. On the continent, especially in France, where it originated, aromatherapy is incorporated into mainstream medicine. There, the use of the anti-septic properties of oils in the control of infections is emphasized over the more "touchy feely" approaches familiar to English speakers.
In France some essential oils are regulated as prescription drugs, and thus administered by a physician. In many countries they are included in the national pharmacopeia, but up to the present moment aromatherapy as science has never been recognized as a valid branch of medicine in the United States, Russia, Germany, or Japan.
Aromatherapy, phytoncides and other natural VOCs work in different ways. At the scent level they activate the limbic system and emotional centers of the brain. When applied to the skin (commonly in form of "massage oils" i.e. 1-10% solutions of EO in carrier oil) they activate thermal receptors, and kill microbes and fungi.
Internal application of essential oil preparations (mainly in pharmacological drugs; generally not recommended for home use apart from dilution - 1-5% in fats or mineral oils, or hydrosoles) may stimulate the immune system.
Aromatherapy Step by Step - The Basics!
Aromatherapy Step-by-Step
Essential oils have been around for millenia. Used by several different cultures in as many different ways.
As medicines, in ritual worships, as cosmetics and perfumes.
These are complex substances; each oil is made up of many components which combine to provide its unique physiological and psychological characteristic profile.
My next posts will be about the properties of essential oils, the methods by which they are extracted, stored and applied, and finishes with information on their safest and most effective uses.
Feel free to post any question you may have regarding aromatherapy.
Essential oils have been around for millenia. Used by several different cultures in as many different ways.
As medicines, in ritual worships, as cosmetics and perfumes.
These are complex substances; each oil is made up of many components which combine to provide its unique physiological and psychological characteristic profile.
My next posts will be about the properties of essential oils, the methods by which they are extracted, stored and applied, and finishes with information on their safest and most effective uses.
Feel free to post any question you may have regarding aromatherapy.
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