- Different Essential Oils that are Available
Essential oils are the volatile liquids that are distilled from plants (including their respective parts such as seeds, barks, leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruit, etc.). They are natural and aromatic compounds found in these parts of plants. Essential oils can lift the mood, calm the senses, and elicit powerful emotional responses. Egyptian hieroglyphics and Chinese manuscripts prove that priests and physicians have been using essential oils for thousands of years. In Egypt, the oils were used in the embalming process, and well preserved oils were found in alabaster jars in King Tut’s tomb. Recipes for the production and blending of the oils were recorded on the walls of Egyptian temples in hieroglyphs. Aditionally, there are 188 references to essential oils (frankincense, myrrh, rosemary, etc.) in the Bible.
Aromatherapy
Just one small part of the importance of essential oils: Aromatherapy is the practice of using the natural oils extracted from plants to enhance psychological and physical well-being. Aromatherapy helps the emotional, physical, and spiritual areas of our being. They help to soothe, stimulate, focus concentration, and can help relieve pain. When inhaled, essential oils go to the brain. The sense of smell is the only one of the five senses directly linked to the limbic lobe of the brain. The limbic is the emotional control center. All other senses are routed through the thalamus and then to other parts of the brain. The inhalation of the essential oil stimulates brain function; think about jasmine or roses vs. a dirty toilet, or a sewage treatment plant. Emotions and memories are evoked first - then thoughts follow.
Why are Essential Oils so Important?
Essential oils of every species are able to pass through the blood-brain barrier (interstitial tissues of the brain that serve as a barrier to protect neurons and cerebrospinal fluid from many damaging substances) easily because they are both small (less than 500 atomic mass units, or AMU) and lipid soluble. The aromatic qualities of essential oils account for the small size of the AMU. A drop of essential oil can be detected across the room almost immediately upon opening a bottle. It is this size that allows the essence of the essential oil to cross the blood-brain barrier and enable the properties to address the fundamental root of illness- a person’s attitudes, belief structures, and emotions.
Essential oils can be absorbed through the skin, where they travel through the bloodstream and can promote whole-body healing. They are used for a variety of applications, including pain relief, mood enhancement and increased cognitive function. In 1989, it was discovered that the amygdala plays a major role in the storing and releasing of emotional trauma. The only way to stimulate this gland is with fragrance, or the sense of smell. Therefore, essential oils can be a powerful key to help unlock and release emotional trauma.
There are many different healing properties within Essential Oils, each oil has one or more of these properties, and this is the reason I suggested using essential oils as part of, or in place of items in your medicine cabinet.
- Extraction of Essential Oils
- Antibacterial
- Anticatarrhal
- Antidepressant
- Antifungal
- Anti-infectious
- Anti-inflammitory
- Antimicrobal
- Antiparasitic
- Antirheumatic
- Antiseptic
- Antispasmodic
- Antiviral
- Analgesic
- Immune-stimulant
Ways to use Essential Oils
- Aromatically- Nose and olfactory system.
- Topically- Rubbed onto the skin, massage or foot zone, blended with lotion, or carrier oil.
- Internally- Ingested, with water, or other liquids, on the tongue, or in a capsule.
- Modern Essentials: A Contemporary Guide to the Therapeutic Use of Essential Oils,Third Edition; 2011; Abundant Health, LLC©, pp. 6-7, 236-237 (some re-wording at Admin’s discretion)
- http://www.examiner.com/article/summer-health-aromatherapy-essential-oils-5-proven-benefits
- Foot Zone Therapy: Advanced Training- The Nervous and Structural Systems; 2009; K. Duvall and C. Christensen, p. 40 Academy of Foot Zone Therapy© (some re-wording at Admin’s discretion)
- http://www.aromatherapy.com/
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