Aromatherapy - Key Benefits of Essential oils

The Power of Smell.

Few things can move us so deeply or have so profound an impact as specific smells and fragrances. Smell actually has more impact on the subconscious and emotions than the other senses, and there is little doubt that scent has important roles in human behavior. Our sense of smell is tied directly and intimately to the part of our brain most involved with the memory and emotion, called the limbic system. Our reactions to an odor largely depend on our experience with it, and what our brain remembers. Essential oils are powerful forces of nature. With their aromatic properties, these natural oils have a remarkable ability to lift our spirits. Often times they help to relax us, stimulate us and influence our overall mood.

Aromatherapists say that essential oils do more than just make you smell good. They lift your mood and affect virtually every system in your body -- circulation, hormone levels, heart rate, nervous system, digestion, elimination, and more. Some of these effects in aromatherapy -- including the ability to alter brain waves, kill germs, lower blood pressure, or reduce inflammation -- are due to the chemistry of the essential oils. Other aromatherapy effects are attributed to the emotional power associated with various essences that help balance body, mind, and spirit.

The use of essential oils for their relaxing or stimulating effect on the emotions, or for relieving symptoms of ailments such as coughs, colds, flu, catarrh, sinusitis etc. can be an extremely simple process and requires little if any training to achieve excellent results. The simple addition of a few drops of Lavender oil to a bath is aromatherapy in its broadest sense. Before experimenting with a new oil be sure to find out if there are any contraindications or warnings related to its use.

Aromatherapy using therapeutic essential oils is particularly effective for stress, anxiety, and psychosomatic induced problems, muscular and rheumatic pains, digestive disorders and women's problems, such as PMS, menopausal complaints and postnatal depression. We carry select essential oils, widely used with document therapeutic benefits. Here is our list with links to background information on each essential oil.

Essential oils for aromatherapy uses and pricing