The magic of nature has given us an endless source of life, and it is also a gift from nature to human beings, so that we can always enjoy all kinds of treasures it has given us, and plant essential oil is one of them. The history of human use of essential oils is as long as the history of human civilization, and the real origin has been difficult to verify. According to historical records, an Arab doctor extracted flower essence by distillation and made it into essential oil. Until the heyday of ancient Greece, we can see that medical books at that time recorded many practical uses of essential oils. Even in ancient Egypt before 5000 BC, there was a high priest who poured a resin perfume into the body and made it into a mummy. You can imagine the preciousness of essential oil at that time.
In ancient times, many religions or nations, no matter what kind of ceremony or celebration, always used various spices extracted from plants to add a sacred atmosphere to the ceremony, which we can find from many fairy tales or biblical stories.
The role of aromatherapy: anti-infection, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, promoting cell metabolism and regeneration. Make life better.
Aromatic essential oils are extracted from flowers, fruits, leaves, trunks, resins and roots because they are effective and charming.
Types of essential oils:
Unilateral essential oil: it is a botanical or plant essential oil extracted from a certain part of a plant. It is a unilateral essential oil, usually named after the name of the plant or the name of the plant. It has a strong woody plant smell, lasting effect and charming fragrance.
Compound essential oil: refers to the same reverse matching formula essential oil, which can be used immediately and conveniently.
Base oil: a medium oil used to dilute pure plant essential oil, which can be directly used on the skin. Only when base oil is used with essential oil can the miraculous effect of essential oil be exerted.
Note: Unilateral essence cannot be directly used on our skin, except lavender and tea tree essential oil.
Classification of unilateral essential oil:
Citrus: bergamot, grapefruit, lemon, lime and orange.
Flowers: rose, lavender, geranium, chamomile, ylang ylang, orange blossom, jasmine, etc.
Camphor: Li Yuru, Melaleuca, rosemary, mint and tea tree.
Spices: coriander, black pepper, ginger, cardamom and cinnamon.
Resin: frankincense, myrrh.
Wood: cedar, sandalwood, juniper and cypress.
Soil type: Pogostemon cablin and Vetiveria zizanioides.
The best producing area of essential oil:
Ross-Bulgaria. Rosemary-France and the Mediterranean. ? Sandalwood-India. ? Mint-America?
Jasmine-France, Egypt. ? Germany, Rome. ? Bergamot-Italy. Geranium-Algeria.
Aromatherapy shows the following points:
1, high permeability: when the essential oil enters, it can penetrate the epidermis in about 3 minutes, the emulsion penetrates into the dermis in 5 minutes, and it reaches the subcutaneous tissue in 10 minutes. 10- 12 minutes later, it can enter the blood and lymphatic circulation system. European biologists have found that the absorption capacity of aromatherapy essential oil is more than 70 times that of general health care products.
2. Safety: The essential oil used in aromatherapy is nontoxic and harmless. The dosage is very small, and it will not stay in the human body for about 4- 12 hours. Plants unrelated to the human body will excrete any gambling residual toxicity in vitro, which is safe to use.
3. Extensiveness: In aromatherapy, one kind of essential oil can be used alone, or two or more kinds of essential oils can be used according to personal preferences and therapeutic purposes, so as to improve the curative effect and have more extensive uses.
4, play: Aromatherapy essential oils are highly volatile, so we should pay attention to the preservation of essential oils.
5. Reproducibility:
6, detoxification: through breathing, sweating, urine and other excretion routes to leave the human body.