Aromatherapy and Essential Oils

Aromatherapy has been found to be preventive and effective in the chronic and acute phases of disease. It has also been found beneficial in a range of inpatient and outpatient settings, including preoperative symptoms, oncology, hospice, palliative care, and even managing end-of-life agitation.  

Essential oils used in aromatherapy have been shown to have several pharmacological properties, including antioxidant, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, immunomodulatory, and hormone-balancing properties. These may produce synergistic effects with certain mainstream treatments, especially those used to treat disorders associated with the central nervous system. This is the reason why aromatherapy is gaining increasing popularity in modern healthcare.  

 

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Ylang-ylang – Properties, Distillation, and History

Ylang-ylang oil has strong anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and antibacterial properties. These actions help alleviate fungal infections and symptoms of malaria. Ylang-ylang has long been used for a range of therapeutic purposes. Modern scientific research has also substantiated many traditional benefits.
Reasons to Switch to Natural Perfumes

9 Reasons to Switch to Natural Perfumes

Scents are directly linked to our emotions and wellnesses. They have been found to be closely associated with our history and cultures for thousands of years. With the growing consequences of the health hazards of synthetic ingredients globally,…
Olfactory Psychology

Olfactory Psychology

Olfactory psychology refers to the science that describes the effects of smells on the human psyche and nervous system, playing an important role in activating the endocrine system. It involves multiple psychological factors such as emotion, mood, memory, and behavior. Scents have been found closely intertwined with emotion and memory.
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Essential Oils for Headaches

Essential oils offer a more effective and safer way to get rid of headaches without using medicines that often come with many unpleasant side effects. The best part of essential oils is that they not only reduce the symptoms of headaches but also help to address the underlying root of the issues causing the headache.
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Vetiver Perfume: Properties, Distillation, and History

Vetiver oil acts as a natural antioxidant that may help reduce a wide range of inflammations. It also shows antiseptic actions that can help eliminate and inhibit the growth of invasive bacteria. The vetiver oil is also used in messages to improve circulation, metabolism, and digestion. It naturally alleviates muscular aches and soothes joint stiffness and pain.
Essential Oils for Infections

Essential Oils for Infections

Some essential oils have tremendous anti-microbial properties that can heal a large number of infective conditions including ear infections, sinus infections, bladder infections, skin infections, kidney infections, and urinary tract infections among others.
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Jasmine Perfume – Properties, Distillation, and History

Jasmine perfume oil has diverse uses and benefits, making it one of the most expensive natural oils in the world. About 1 million flowers are required to produce 1 kg of jasmine absolute. Jasmine, popularly known as "the Queen of the night", helps to maintain emotional balance by promoting euphoric and peaceful feelings. Jasmine helps to alleviate stress and anxiety without producing any sedative effects. Therefore, it’s also useful in reducing inflammatory conditions caused by emotional stress.
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Natural White Musk – Ambrette

 Aromatherapy uses: Essential oils derived from the ambrette seeds emanate a wonderful soft musky smell, making it very beneficial in aromatherapy. The white musk scent of ambrette essential oil has been widely used in aromatherapy for treating anxiety, nervousness, and depression among other emotional imbalances.
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Australian Sandalwood – Properties, Distillation, and History

The Australian Sandalwood is just a little bit wilder and stronger than the Mysore, which is a plus point because the Mysore qualities are fully there. The Australian Sandalwood reflects the smells of Australia's harsher and wilder land, while the Mysore exposes the softness of ancient Indian civilization. However, Australian Sandalwood is an extremely valid choice for the extinct Mysore Sandalwood, a real revivification of the unforgettable bewitching scents.    
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Best Essential Oils for Skin

Choosing the best essential oils for skin that can treat and prevent skin-related issues is the most critical part of caring for skin. Taking care of skin isn’t a one-time job, it’s a lifetime practice that you’ll have to bother throughout your life. As every skin type has different sets of issues, understanding what your skin requires is also an important factor to determine the best essential oils for skin.
Anti-Inflammatory Essential Oils

Anti-Inflammatory Essential Oils

Inflammatory conditions can be treated safely with aromatherapy using certain essential oils. They do not only suppress the symptoms but instead treat the root of the issues.
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Botanical Extracts in Natural Perfumery

In recent years, with the increasing scenario of health concerns using synthetic fragrances, there has been a shift towards natural perfumes as many people seek safe and natural ingredients in their favorite perfumes. Botanical extracts are natural, safe, and perfect for enhancing the quality of perfumery products. 
Natural Perfumes Benefits

Natural Perfumes Benefits

Wearing natural perfume is one of the most traditional luxuries which has been used since ancient ages. In the early days, perfumes were made truly based on natural ingredients, and physicians used natural fragrance oils to prepare diverse types of medicines. Aromatherapy benefits: Natural perfumes or essential oils have been used for therapeutic purposes for centuries. Most natural fragrance oils have significant healing properties that are effective in improving the body, mind, and soul.
What is Attar?

What is an Attar?

Attars are basically highly concentrated perfumes, free from alcohol and synthetic chemicals. Attars are respected as an identity of majesty, honor, and glory. Attars have an extremely long shelf-life and don’t need any preservatives.
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Oud Perfumes

Oud is derived from the wood of agar tree (Aquilaria malaccensis) that typically grows in Southeast Asian countries. When a specific mold infection occurs in the wood, the plant excretes a resinous substance that is dark and highly scented. This resin is often called "black gold" or "liquid gold". The term "Oud" refers to both the resinous dark wood and the liquid oil distilled from it.
ESSENTIAL OILS FOR DEPRESSION

Essential Oils against Depression

Essential oils have changed the way of improving mental health conditions including depression and stress. In the age of epidemic proportions of side effects of synthetic drugs, many people tend to search for natural ways to get rid of depression. Essential oils have gained enormous popularity over recent years for their natural and harmless benefits.
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Ginger Essential Oil Benefits

Benefits of ginger oil in medicines Ginger oil’s digestive and detoxifying actions enhance the digestion process and help to eliminate toxins from the body. Besides, it alleviates discomforts associated with the bowel and stomach, including dyspepsia, diarrhea, stomach ache, flatulence, spasms, and colics.
Non-Toxic Perfumes

Non-Toxic Perfumes

A non-toxic perfume is simply a perfume that is free from any toxic ingredients such as synthetic alcohol, aroma chemicals that may harm you. Non-toxic perfumes are typically made from natural ingredients using only aromatic materials that are directly extracted from natural flora and fauna.
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Lavender essential oil benefits

Lavender has a long history of being used medicinally. Hildegard von Bingen, a German saint and herbalist who lived from 1098-1179, wrote down that she used a mix of alcohol and lavender in order to treat migraines. In the 1600s, the Shakers…
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Pyramids, lies and mythos of Modern Perfumery

From my house in Lefke. If you believe that olfactory pyramids published by the industry are meant to give you information about the ingredients or about the smell of a perfume, you are really naive. Pyramids are but a marketing tool used…
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Philosophy of perfume (part three): Healing molecules

Healing molecules At the origins, the use of perfumes was associated to spirituality and healing. This is so true that the knowledge of their preparation was reserved to priests and healers, and in many cultures these two figures and…
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Perfumery and aromatherapy

Honoring the guest is much more than a part of the tradition of Islam, it is part of its fundamentals. During my years of traveling in the Muslim world, I have been a guest all the time. This is how I have learned the art of receiving guests. When…
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21. Aromaterapy in Timbuktu: ringworms and other

Ringworm is a disease that affects children. It makes them suffer a lot, the itching is so strong that they scratch their heads until they bleed, the sores spread and the pain prevents them from sleeping at night. Ringworm makes children's…
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22. Aromaterapy in Timbuktu: the earache

Earache is so widespread in Timbuktu that I had it after a month. It must be the desert wind that carries the poisoned dust from the roads into people's ears. Fortunately, I had already gained experience treating the population before this happened…
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23. Aromaterapy in Timbuktu: the toothache

Five months of antibiotic treatments When he came to see me, Ibrahim had been like this for five months. One of the most frequent problems for which the people of Timbuktu came to me for treatment is toothache. It seems like a minor…
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Mechanism of olfactory memory

Psycho-Aromatherapy chart of Robert Tisserand A perfumer has people smell his perfumes. He never has to ask if they likes them: It is enough for him to observe and read the faces. Facial expressions are infinite and they speak like words: liking,…
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Mystic of Perfume Making

There are different ways to initiate the composing of a new fragrance, but the spirit of it should always be one; "Kodo" the Zen of perfume. In the Hebrew mystic, it is taught that all senses give pleasure to the body while the sense of smell…