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Pure Essential Oils
History Of The Pure Essential Oils...
Thousands Of Years!
The life force of any plant is called the essential oil, or 'essence' of the plant. Our Essential Oils are highly concentrated substances extracted from various parts of aromatic plants and trees. These aromatic plants and oils have been used for thousands of years dating back to ancient civilizations that used them to heal, enhance, soothe and excite the body and spirit.
The Chinese have ancient herbal traditions that can be found recorded 2000 years before Christ. Hippocrates of Greece, known as the "father of medicine", prescribed perfume fumigation's and fomentation's. But perhaps the most famous and richest associations and information concerning the first aromatic associations, dates back in Egyptian papyrus manuscripts written 2800 years BC. The information encompasses 6000 years of aromatic history. These manuscripts speak of "fine oils and choice perfumes, and the incense of temples, whereby every God is gladdened."
Through the centuries, information on how essential oils are used has been handed down from generation to generation. However, when Alchemy gave way to more technical chemistry, so did the interest in the "whole oil". As scientists started stripping away various constituents of the oils and developing synthetic counterparts, the modern drug industry was born.
Herbal medicine and aromatic therapies lost their credibility as methods of treatment went out of the hands of individuals and became instead the "domain of the professionals". By the middle of the twentieth century, the role of essential oils had been reduced almost entirely to use in perfumes, cosmetics and foodstuffs.
Lavender Oil - Heals Severs Burns
In 1928 a French chemist named Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, a perfumier by trade, coined the phrase "aromatherapy" after he became fascinated with the healing properties of essential oils. His fascination was set into motion by an accident in his research lab when he found that lavender was able to heal a severe burn on his hand and help prevent scarring. Through further research, he had found that essential oils were most effective when the plant was used in its entirety, rather than stripped and components were synthesized.
Therapeutic Essential Oils
In 1964 another French doctor, Jean Valunet using essential oils, successfully treated specific medical and psychiatric patients. He published his work as Aromatherapie. His work was followed by more notables and has evolved into a body use we today call Aromatherapy.
Today we recognize that essential oils have three different and distinct modes of action with regard to how they interrelate with the human body:
Pharmacological - how the essential oils reacts with the enzymes and hormones as they enter the bloodstream
Psychological - the effect the oil has when it is inhaled and its odor is reacted to by the body
Physiological - how the oil effects the body system…as a stimulant or sedative
As as we enter the 21st Century and science has confirmed that essential oils – the aromatic essences of leaves, bark, roots and flowers – can enhance our moods, sharpen our minds and awaken our physical selves, we again see Aromatherapy as an important component of Herbal Medicine.
Science has discovered that our sense of smell plays a significant role in our overall health. An essential oil is inhaled and directed by the olfactory system to the limbic system of the brain. In turn, the brain responds to the particular scent affecting our emotions and chemical balance. Essential oils are also absorbed by the skin and carried throughout the body via the circulatory system to reach all internal organs.
We all remember forever the smell of a newborn who has been freshly washed and powered. We remember the lavender smell of the hanky our Grannies always wore in their pockets, or the delicious smell of our Grandfathers pipe. Smells tie us to our past, refresh, delight and heal us in the present and in the future will tie our children to us forever in complex visions that recall experiences that leap out at them from the undergrowth of their lives. As this field flourishes, more and more people discover the remarkable benefits of these essential oils.
Aromatherapy is today an established science. Our company believes that essential oils are natures life force, and as such are NATURES PHARMACY. Once you begin to use them and discover their soothing and healing powers, you too will be amazed and find yourself using them daily. The time will quickly come when you will not be able to imagine living without them.
We carry only the finest oils that can be obtained. Our ingredients come from exotic locations around the world. These oils contain no added chemicals or additives of any kind, including vegetables or "folded" oils. Our pure single-species essential oils have NOTHING added to them and contain only the oil released during the first distillation.
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