Essential Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is fully organic.

Go to a doctor in the West for a bit of anxiety and they will prescribe anti depressants such as Zoloft. Chances are your doctor will have a prescription pad in his or her hand when they walk into the room. Zoloft is among the many different anti depressant medications that are relatively new on the market and lumped under SSRIs. The long term side effects of these drugs are not known, although they will most likely cause liver damage after long usage.

No doctor it the West will prescribe any alternative treatment, such as aromatherapy. Some might tell you to exercise and take vitamins to combat anxiety, but most won't even do that. The medical community dances on the strings held by the pharmaceutical companies and...

The name of the game in pharmaceuticals is to give people synthetic drugs that are addictive and costly so that they can make money

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One hundred years ago, heroin was used as a cough medicine for children. Cocaine was put into Coca Cola and arsenic was considered "good for the complexion." Perhaps, one hundred years from now, our descendants will be talking about how people were prescribed lethal substances to "cure" them from various ailments.

Aromatherapy is not a "new drug" just off the market. Aromatherapy is all natural. It consists of using essential oils in various ways to promote healing. Essential oils are derived from all natural products such as plants, trees, fruit, etc. There are over 100 essential oils commonly used today and they are used to treat a variety of different maladies, just as they have been for thousands of years.

Bunk? Most doctors will tell you that aromatherapy is a crock, even though the essential oils have been used for such a long time and have been imitated in synthetic products produced by laboratories. It is not in the best interest of the medical community for you to stay healthy. They want you to keep coming back to get those pills for minor ailments.

The pharmaceutical companies are very powerful in the west. They fear aromatherapy and will denounce it. They would rather have you buy their chemicals for $2 a pill than use something from nature that costs hardly anything at all.

But, when you look at aromatherapy with logic and understand how it works, it makes perfect sense. Everything we need to survive is found in nature. We have food, water, air - all from nature. Take a look at the way a trees and plants give off oxygen and grow with carbon dioxide. See how human beings do the opposite. Everything in nature is very well balanced.

In the West, we are of a mindset to turn away from nature, rather than embrace it. Things are different in the East. This is why the life span of those in Eastern countries is longer than those in the West, despite the fact that they do not visit the doctor as often as we do and many of them smoke. Rates of cancer in the West are much higher than in the East as well. Why?

The practice of aromatherapy involves embracing nature at its best. Using essential oils in your every day life, not only to heal, but to maintain good health in both body and spirit. Essential oils are pure and natural and most have a pleasant scent. When you incorporate aromatherapy into your daily life, you can change your life for the better

Following is a guide to the most common essential oils and their uses:

1. Angelica Root. This has a spicy and woodsy scent and is used as a base note in
   perfumery. It can be used as a base note in perfumery. It can be used to treat skin conditions, but should be avoided during pregnancy. It is
   also photo toxic.


2. Anise. This is a popular plant that tastes and smells like licorice. It is very sweet and is a top note in perfumery. It can be used for cold, aches and flatulence. It should not be used in women who have a history of breast, ovarian cancer or endometriosis.


3. Peru Balsam. A sweet scent and very woodsy. It is used as a base note in perfumes and can be used in aromatherapy for rashes, stress, chapped skin or the flu.


4. Basil. A sweet scent that has a reek of camphor and is a top note in perfume. A popular herb for cooking, basil essential oil can be used to treat colds, cough, flu, flatulence and even as an insect repellent. High doses of Basil, however, can be hazardous.


5. Bay. Bay has a spicy aroma and is a middle note when used in perfumes. I can be used for dandruff, oily skin and sprain. In the case of someone with kidney or liver problems, or who is taking anticoagulants, it should be avoided. Those who have a history of prostate cancer or alcoholism
   should also avoid using bay.


6. Bay Laurel. Bay Laurel has a fruity scent and is a top note in perfumes. It can be
   used to treat colds or flu and even tonsillitis. It should not be used in pregnancy.


7. Beeswax. Beeswax has a very sweet scent and is used as a basenote in perfumery. It has no therapeutic value but is valued for its pleasant scent in perfumery.


8. Benzoin. Benzoin has a woodsy aroma that is very rich and is used as a base note in perfumery. It can be used for arthritis, chapped skin and stress. It is relatively safe to use but persons who use it should check for skin allergies.


9. Bergamot. This has a very citrus like scent and is a top note perfumery. It is used to treat acne, cold sores, psoriasis, stress, and boils. It is phototoxic; so, if you use bergamot, avoid the sun for twelve hours after treatment.


10. Bergamot Mint. Like bergamot, it has a citrus like scent and is minty. It is also a top note in perfumery and is used to treat cramps and upset stomach.

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Aromatherapy Can Change Your Life

When you have learned enough about this miraculous healing remedy of Aromatherapy and what it can do, you can choose to incorporate it into your daily life. Aromatherapy is addictive. Once you start making massage salts and bath oils, you will want to make more and more things.

The list what you can do when it comes to Aromatherapy is long. I addition to the normal applications, you can make soaps, shampoos, moisturizers, lotions and potpourri. The possibilities are endless. You may decide to start making "healing baskets" for friends and relatives. You can purchase some pretty bottles and containers and decorate them with ribbons. The choices are endless. Once you have really mastered the art of making aromatherapy products at home, you may want to begin to sell your products. Before you do this, you should be aware of one caveat:

We live in a very litigious society. Be careful whenever you sell any sort of healing product to people because they are likely to sue if something goes wrong. In order to continue your business without worrying about getting sued by some money hungry lawyer, you should do the following before you sell a thing that has to do with aromatherapy:

Add a disclaimer to the product stating that it is not for medical use

Incorporate your business disclaimer that will let people know that you are not making any sort of medical claims about the product.

You have to be very careful about selling healing products on the market today because people will be very quick to file a lawsuit if it doesn't work. You can not go about saying that you can cure someone with terminal cancer with lavender. It is not only wrong, but you are giving the family false hope.

That being said, there are cases where people who were written of as hopeless by doctors have bounced back using aromatherapy or other alternative therapies. We have to get out of the mindset that doctors are not God. They have a lot of the answers, but not all and every once in a while, something happens. Where there is life, there is hope.

You should be cautioned, however, about preying on people who are seriously ill and promising them cures. This is not only inaccurate and unproven, but it is bad karma. Don't do it. Promote your product in a way to treat minor ailments. After all, if pharmaceutical companies can sell cold medicine over the counter, you can also sell aromatherapy products. The only difference is that your stuff will actually work and won't have any side effects.

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Incense has been used for thousand of years, mostly in religious ceremonies. Ancient Egyptians used incense to heal as did ancient Chinese. Today incense is a vital part of certain religious ceremonies, particularly in the catholic and orthodox religion.

People also use incense for a variety of different purposes, in most cases, to mask certain odors. Incense can also be incorporated into your aromatherapy lifestyle if you use essential oil powders to make your own incense.

Today's incense are usually cones or sticks and are made, like everything else with synthetics. Sure, they have a pleasant fragrance, but you are not getting the same benefits as you can get with incense made from pure and natural products.

If you decide to make your own incense, realize that it takes a bit of time to get it right. The incense cones that you create will be hand crafted as will be the sticks. They may not look as uniform as those you buy in store, but they will have more healing powers than anything made with synthetics.

To make incense at home you will need powders as well as essential oils. The essential oils should be the same as the powder so that it compliments the product, You also need to purchase Makko powder which can be purchased at the same places where you buy the essential oils and powders.

Sandalwood is one of the oldest and most pleasant aromas. To make sandalwood incense at home, use about half sandalwood powder to half Makko powder. Put both in a bowl and add about four drops of sandalwood essential oil. You then need to mix it together to make a dough.

Once you have the thoroughly blended, you can roll it into long sticks.This is probably the easiest way to make the incense. There are actually spaghetti makers that you can use to perform this process that will make the sticks come out more even; however, you should not use the same machine to make spaghetti. If you have an old spaghetti maker you might want to give it a try.

Just like spaghetti, you will want to make sure the sticks dry out on waxed paper before they are ready to use. It takes a couple of days for them to dry completely. You want to make sure to cut them so that they are compatible with your incense burner. Incense burners that burn sticks are usually long wooden instruments or boxes.

If you really want to get creative, you can also make cones out of dough. The cones will probably not look like those in the store, but they will be just as effective when lit. You do need to make sure that any home made incense is completely dried out before using.

Sandalwood is a woodsy fragrance that is very rich. It has been used in the past to treat everything from stress to bronchitis. Because of the pleasant fragrance, we also illustrated how sandalwood oils can be use to scent your hair simply by sprinkling a few drops on your brush and brushing your hair as usual.

Although aromatherapy incense may not look as good as the incense you purchase in the store, it can be a lot of fun to make and is really very simple. Once you have made an enjoyed your own incense made out of all natural essential oils, you will not want to go back to using store bought oils again. Make sure that you have a proper incense burner to light the incense and never leave it burning unattended.