Category: Aromatherapie

Usually, when we thing of herbs, we think of gourmet cooks adding mysterious ingredients to other wise plain ingredients and serving fantastic exotic dishes due to the minute pinches of herbs.  Aromatherapy herbs though are useful for other purposes than cooking.
For instance, sweet basil is often used in stews or soups that are peculiarly Italian.  […]

An aromatherapy diffuser is a device which is intended to spread out the molecules of the essentials oils through the air of the room or space in which it is place.  An aromatherapy diffuser works through gentle heating or exciting of the molecules so they are released and spread.
Many diffusers use an electric current to […]

Aromatherapy candles have long been a popular way to dispense the fragrant benefits of essential oils into the room. The gentle heat provided by the candle wick warms and releases the volatile compound molecules that interact with our scent receptors.  This causes the brain to initiate soothing blood chemistry changes which we perceive as relaxation, […]

The history of aromatherapy or the use of volatile plant oils for improving physical and mental well-being extends back for thousands of years.  The ancient Chinese burned incense including essential oils for balance and harmony in their lives.  The Egyptians invented a crude distillation machine which used a straight rather than a coiled cooling pipe.  […]

More scientific studies are being done all the time to answer the question “How does aromatherapy work?”  Current thinking theorizes that every essential oil contains varying amounts of certain chemical compounds which can be broken down into categories.  Each of the compounds reacts on the limbic portion of the brain (the one which controls emotions) […]