Getting started with Aromatherapy.
July 2, 2008
Dr. Kirti Tekwani
Aromatherapy as described in wikipedia is an unscientific form of alternative medicine that uses volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants for the purpose of affecting a person’s mood or health. This article will discuss some of the basic concepts of aromatherapy and will act as a stepping stone for our upcoming articles.
Aromatherapy essential oils refer to oils that are extracted from plant sources and these oils must contain potent, aromatic compounds. Such oil is usually extracted from the plant source through the process of distillation, expression or solvent extraction. There has been enough archeological evidence to suggest that such oils have been used for their aroma-therapeutic value since ancient times by various cultures of the world.
