Aromatherapy Product History
The History of the use of Essential oils.
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Aromatherapy oils were known & used 2000 years before Christ, by the Egyptians and Chinese.
Aromatic plants and essential oils have been used for thousands of years as perfumes and cosmetics. the use spread to the Greeks and Romans; essential oils were used in many temples & monasteries.
By the Thirteenth century perfumers were using essential oils regularly. People wore perfumed gloves to disguise unpleasant body smells. It was interesting & useful to note that perfumers did not become ill with the plague. This was thought to be due to the anti-bacterial & anti-viral effects of essential oils. We now know that many aromatherapy oils do indeed have these properties.
For instance the MRSA bug has been successfully researched in a clinical situation to see the benefits of using oils against MRSA in an NHS hospital.
In 1652 Nicholas Culpepper wrote the first book on herbs. Herbs & essential oils were used until the Nineteenth century then chemical copies of essential oils became cheaper to make. They were good as perfumes but had no medicinal value.
The first modern book on Aromatherapy was written by Gattefosse in the Twentieth century. He discovered the wonderful healing properties of Lavender Oil on burns after he seriously burnt his hand in a laboratory.
His hand healed in a very short time. He used the healing power of aromatherapy oils during the first world war and discovered essential oils that greatly accelerated the healing process. Gattefosse also discovered that essential oils penetrate into the blood stream and can reach blood, lymph & then the organs half an hour to twelve hours later & that skin penetration takes just a few minutes.
Dr Jean Valnet a French physician also experimented with aromatherapy oils and treated many people with this method and he wrote a well known book. His favourite method was to use essential oils in compresses; this is highly effective due to the highly penetrative nature of the oils.
Madam Maury came from France and she developed massage techniques using aromatherapy oils. She came to London and set up an Aromatherapy clinic
where she taught Beauty Therapists. Eventually this training in the use of essential oils also spread to many Acupuncturists, Nurses ,Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Reflexologists, Medical Herbalists and Orthodox Doctors.
Essential oils vary in cost because there are different qualities of essential oils. This is not so strictly true now as essential oil wholesalers look for better deals & keeping the quality.
The more essential oil produced from a plant also the lower the cost. For example:
100 kilos of Eucalyptus leaves yields 4 litres of essential oil.
100 kilos of some Lavender flowers yields 1.5 litres of oil.
100 kilos of some Rose Petals yields 20 millilitres of essential oil.
The quality and yield of aromatherapy oil is also dependant on the place grown. The time of day, the season and the climate also affect the quality & yield of an essential oil.
All right reserved c.2013 Mrs J .Baron
Aromatic plants and essential oils have been used for thousands of years as perfumes and cosmetics. the use spread to the Greeks and Romans; essential oils were used in many temples & monasteries.
By the Thirteenth century perfumers were using essential oils regularly. People wore perfumed gloves to disguise unpleasant body smells. It was interesting & useful to note that perfumers did not become ill with the plague. This was thought to be due to the anti-bacterial & anti-viral effects of essential oils. We now know that many aromatherapy oils do indeed have these properties.
For instance the MRSA bug has been successfully researched in a clinical situation to see the benefits of using oils against MRSA in an NHS hospital.
In 1652 Nicholas Culpepper wrote the first book on herbs. Herbs & essential oils were used until the Nineteenth century then chemical copies of essential oils became cheaper to make. They were good as perfumes but had no medicinal value.
The first modern book on Aromatherapy was written by Gattefosse in the Twentieth century. He discovered the wonderful healing properties of Lavender Oil on burns after he seriously burnt his hand in a laboratory.
His hand healed in a very short time. He used the healing power of aromatherapy oils during the first world war and discovered essential oils that greatly accelerated the healing process. Gattefosse also discovered that essential oils penetrate into the blood stream and can reach blood, lymph & then the organs half an hour to twelve hours later & that skin penetration takes just a few minutes.
Dr Jean Valnet a French physician also experimented with aromatherapy oils and treated many people with this method and he wrote a well known book. His favourite method was to use essential oils in compresses; this is highly effective due to the highly penetrative nature of the oils.
Madam Maury came from France and she developed massage techniques using aromatherapy oils. She came to London and set up an Aromatherapy clinic
where she taught Beauty Therapists. Eventually this training in the use of essential oils also spread to many Acupuncturists, Nurses ,Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Reflexologists, Medical Herbalists and Orthodox Doctors.
Essential oils vary in cost because there are different qualities of essential oils. This is not so strictly true now as essential oil wholesalers look for better deals & keeping the quality.
The more essential oil produced from a plant also the lower the cost. For example:
100 kilos of Eucalyptus leaves yields 4 litres of essential oil.
100 kilos of some Lavender flowers yields 1.5 litres of oil.
100 kilos of some Rose Petals yields 20 millilitres of essential oil.
The quality and yield of aromatherapy oil is also dependant on the place grown. The time of day, the season and the climate also affect the quality & yield of an essential oil.
All right reserved c.2013 Mrs J .Baron
