Aromatherapy in Everyday Life

What is Aromatherapy?

It is a holistic therapy that uses flowers essential oils extracted from natural plants to stimulate the body's potential for self-healing and comprehensively heal the health of the body and the harmony of the soul.

What is Essential Oil?

It is a plant essence extracted from roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, resin and other parts of a single higher plant in nature. Its concentration is about 70 times that of the original plant. The natural plant essential oil penetrates the skin and enters the bloodstream particularly well, and the power of penetration has a pivotal effect. The time required for absorption may be between 10 and 60 minutes, unlike traditional skin care products that must pass through the electronic chemical effects of electronic equipment to enter the deep skin.

The average person will think of "oil" whenever they see plant essential oils. In fact, plant essential oil is not "oil", it is the most important ingredient in aromatherapy. It is extracted from the flowers, leaves, fruits, roots or bark of various plants using some high-tech methods. It contains the motive force of plant life hormones, so popularly speaking, plant essential oils are plant hormones. There are many records in Chinese herbal medicine books. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" shows that the plants are very medicinal and can be used to make various medicines and treat various human problems, such as burns, scalds, fever, vomiting, heat stroke and other diseases. This is because plants and humans have a similar structure, and the comparison of plant essential oils with these herbs is that plant essential oils are 50 to 70 times more effective than these herbs. Therefore, understanding amethyst fragrance oil is equivalent to understanding the medicinal properties of various plants, and you can use plant essential oils to replace Chinese herbal medicines in daily life for prevention, health, and health care. And the production of essential oil is relatively simple, we can use various flowers and plants around us in daily life to make homemade diffuser oil.

Some ways to use aromatherapy in daily life

Inhalation

Add 6 drops of essential oil to the high-temperature hot water in a small basin, and then inhale the vaporized essential oil molecules with a towel over your face to achieve the therapeutic effect (also known as nasal smelling method). If you have a cold or a nose, you can add 1 drop of mint, 2 drops of Eucalyptus and 2 drops of orange blossom.

Bath Therapy (Hydrotherapy)

Use 6 to 10 drops of essential oils in the bath for bathing, or add flower scented clay made from essential oils of various flowers, which not only functions as a fragrant body, but also strengthens immunity, promotes circulation, regulates mood, and relaxes the effect of treatment. We often see the use of roses for bathing, which is also the principle.

Massage

It is the most commonly used method in aromatherapy. The main functions are to relax muscles, soothe the mind, accelerate blood circulation and lymphatic circulation, relieve pain, skin care and beauty, with excellent efficacy. You can add various essential oils to the skin care cream, such as adding roses to whiten and moisturize, adding tea tree to reduce inflammation and acne, adding anti-allergic citrus repair, adding frankincense to fight aging, adding lavender to control oil.

Fumigation

Drop the essential oil into the fumigation lamp, and then ignite it to purify the air, create peace and harmony, regulate mood, sterilize and reduce inflammation. We can also put essential oil in scented oil burner or air wick essential oil diffuser, the aroma of essential oil will slowly come out.

Foot bath

Infiltrate your feet in warm water mixed with essential oils and rinse them with cold water after 15 to 20 minutes to relieve fatigue and treat your feet. For example, 3 to 4 drops of ginger oil can promote blood circulation and relax the body. 2 drops of tea tree + 1 drop of lavender can cure beriberi and odor.

Direct wiping

According to different skin types and problems, different proportions of face and body are used to achieve the effect of treatment and nourishment. Such as making perfume: 15ml of distilled water + 3 drops of rose + 2 drops of thyme + 15ml of alcohol into a perfume, used for the whole body (pay attention to avoid around the corner of the eye). For example, when performing incense yoga, you can apply essential oils to your body to promote the effectiveness of yoga.

Addition

In addition to the use of essential oils for aromatherapy, we often see other uses of essential oils. For example, use essential oils to make strong scented candles. In cafes, tea houses and other leisure places, the interior will usually be filled with a light fragrance. Because in the room inside, you will order fragrant candles to decorate the space and refresh the air. Or use essential oil to make decoration scented clay and place it in a small container. It can be placed in the car to remove the smell of gasoline. It can also be given as a gift to others, and can also be placed in the room.