Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy is the controlled use of essential oils to help
to bring balance to the human mind, body and spirit. The word 'aroma' means
a fragrance or a sweet smell and 'therapy' means treatment designed to cure.
Because we cannot claim that aromatherapy can cure it is helpful to understand
that the word cure comes from the Latin curare, which simply means 'to care
for'. This implies that we can use volatile essential oils from aromatic plants
in an informed and controlled manner to care for our well-being. Essential
oils are natural, volatile essences that have been steam distilled or expressed
from aromatic plants. The many different oil-bearing plants are harvested
from all over the world and research from experts shows the field of activity
of various oils is quite wide, ranging from documented therapeutic actions
to the extreme subtlety of spiritual and emotional effects. Each essential
oil has its own unique fragrance that can affect emotional and physical response
through the olfactory system. Aromatherapy has a well-documented history of
growth, development and efficacy and is still used today as an aid to relaxation,
usually during a full body massage.
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Penny Price Aromatherapy, The Stables, 41 Leicester Road, Hinckley LE10 1LW England. Registered Office: 10 Station Road, Earl Shilton LE9 7GA Registered in England 04772603
