Essential Oils are used in Aromatherapy in simple ways. Baths, Massage, Inhalation and vaporizations are some of ways that the fragrance of essential oils are used to soothe and heal body mind and spirit. Essential oils are highly concentrated and are not for oral use. Before applying to the skin, essential oils need to be diluted in some way. Pregnant women, babies and children, and elderly skin should only use weak solutions of essential oils.

Baths with essential oils are a wonderful way to relieve stress and tension. It is recommended that you run a bath of water that is a comfortable temperature to use. Sprinkle 4 drops of one essential oil into the water. If you are combining oils, use only 3 drops of each essential oil. Move your hand through the water to disperse the essential oils throughout the water. One combination of oils for relaxation is to use three drops each of lavender and sandalwood essential oils. Soak for 20 minutes.

Inhalation of essential oils helps relieve colds, sinuses and influenza. Steam from nearly boiling water rising from a bowl can be caught by a towel to help ease colds. Fill a bowl halfway and carefully with boiling water. Two drops of eucalyptus essential oils and 2 drops of tea tree essential oils can be sprinkled onto the surface of the water. Cover your head with a towel and let your body relax into the aromatic steam for approximately 15 – 20 minutes. Take off glasses or contacts so your eyes are not irritates before inhalation.

Vaporizers are used to take essential oils and diffuse them into the air of a room. Tea Tree essential oil and lemon essential oils help remove odors that are unpleasant. Other essential oils can be used to create a serene relaxing mood.

Massage is yet another method that aromatherapy uses essential oils. Carrier oils are used to first dilute the oil. Grapeseed oil, sweet almond oil, or jojoba oils are good vegetable oils that can be used. 10 drops of essential oils in four teaspoons of carrier oil is a nice mixture to create massage oil. Store the mixture in a clean glass bottle. Your blend will last about four weeks. Do not use this massage oil on the face. Use only 5 drops of essential oils to four teaspoons of carrier oil for sensitive or very young or elderly skin.

Hot and Cold Compresses are another way of using essential oils. For muscle pains, headaches, or bruises, soak a cloth in a solution of water and essential oils. Apply the compress to the sore area. The solution is made of approximately four ounces of water and 5 – 10 drops of essential oils.

There are a few other ways to use essential oils. Placing a couple of drops of lavender oil on a pillow to enhance sleeping, or on a shoe rack to cleanse the air is another way. Some people place a drop or so of essential oils on a light bulb which is dispersed by the heat.

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Aromatherapy, a medical treatment using “smell therapy” of essential oils, with or without the combination of topical essential oil massage and /or ingestion of the same or different essential oils. The inhalation of essential oils has a profound effect on the brain’s hypothalamus and limbic system. Combining aromatherapy with essential oils massage benefits the mind and the body.

Recently Judy Griffin. Ph.D, aroma therapist, herbalist, lecturer and author was invited to Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor Sammons Cancer Center at Dallas to participate in pain management for the critically afflicted patients. Dr. Griffin’s introduction of flower aromatherapy was an overwhelming success, eliminating some patient’s pain, stress, nausea, anxiety, vomiting, and medication or drastically reducing the medication needed for pain. This treatment is now accepted and acknowledged as a natural effective pain treatment by the physicians at Baylor.

Until recently, most of aromatherapy professionals operated in Europe. Aromatherapy was introduced by René M. Gattefossé PhD, a French chemist, in 1928. During World War II, Dr. Gattefossé shared his studies with Dr. Jean Vanet, a Parisian physician, that was working in China. Dr. Valnet began to use essential oils when his supply of antibiotics ran out. Since that time a multitude of French doctors have clinically validated the antiviral, antifungal, antiseptic and antibacterial powers of essential oils. The government of France recognizes aromatherapy and aroma therapist as sound medical practice and practitioners that is taught in their universities.

Four decades later, medical and scientific research of essential oils extracted from plants, flowers, seeds, stems and leaves has proven that aromas from the essential oils derived from this plant material can alleviate pain, relieve fatigue, vomiting, anxiety, stress, nausea, minimize medication and tension, and induce healing in the mind and body.

Aromatherapy should never be confused with products such as aerosol sprays, candles and laundry soap that claim “therapeutic” properties just because they have the scents of a plant that smell good! Aromatherapy only works with pure, plant distilled plant material that is not mixed with any man made chemical that mimics the constituent properties in the true essential oils. Cold atomized airborne essential oils particles are the absolute best! Essential oils from a candle can actually produce carcinogens. It is imperative that you use essential oils that are not blended, synthetically made or have a fragrance that has been “added”. Aromatherapy users recognize a foreign standard for acceptable essential oils, known as, AFNOR and ISO, (Association French Normalization Organization and International Standards Organization). If the essential oils that you use do not have a certification from one of these organizations (the only standards setting organizations in the world), there is a good chance that your essential oil is synthetic, adulterated perfume oil unfit for healing… Rigid testing identifies the chemistry of true essential oils that can be beneficial in your aromatherapy.

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