Six thousand years ago, just as man had started to learn how to farm lands, the importance of oils had already been known to the Egyptians. A papyrus dating back to 1555 BC had been found to contain recipes that could be use for remedy of certain ailments. When the tomb of Tutankhamen was opened [...]
Essential oils are natural plant products, long-recognized for their medicinal properties. Although essential oils should never to be used in place of medical treatment, this article outlines a number of simple remedies, based on essential oils, for a few commonplace, minor ailments. All these remedies are based on the advice given by qualified aromatherapists, and [...]
If you were limited to the choice of only ONE essential oil, what would it be? The answer, hands-down from my readers, is lavender. But why is lavender the number one pick? What is its special claim to fame? It is with good reason that lavender essential oil is one of the favorites found in [...]
Organic almond oil is one of the most versatile and beneficial elements available. Of the 2 types of the almond plant – sweet or bitter – almond oil is culled from the nuts of the sweet almond plant. The sweet almond’s kernels actually hold the oil and emulsion. As recently as the 20th century, almond [...]
The Lavender essential oil is one of the most popular and most healing essential oils on the market. In this article, we’ll give a brief overview of the history of the Lavender essential oil, go over the wide range of ailments this essential oil can cure, then finally practically ways you can use the lavender [...]
Aromatherapy is the practice of using volatile plant oils, including essential oils, for psychological and physical well-being. Aromatherapy has been around longer than most people would expect. The word was first coined by a French chemist named René- Maurice Gattefossé in 1928 when he discovered the soothing effects of putting his burning arm in some [...]
The therapeutic benefits of essential oils become obvious when it comes to relaxing and soothing away the cares of the world. The eucalyptus oil body products are close to the top of these products mainly due to the other health benefits they offer the user – and they’re growing rapidly in popularity. Eucalyptus essential oil [...]
Walking along the street one day in Old Town San Diego we smelled some thing familiar. Cough drops. Huh? Eucalyptus. We discovered a leaf along with a seed pod then glanced around at the rows of Eucalyptus trees all around the park. Wow. It’s just as if I’d walked right into an eucalyptus essential oil [...]
Aromatherapy Oils – Frankincense Essential Oils Frankincense is derived from sap the Boswellia sacra tree of the Burseraceae family. The Boswellia is a Small to Medium sized tree reaching a height of around 7 to 8 metres. Frankincense is an extremely popular oil used by Aromatherapists around the world. This was prized oil as far [...]
Frankincense Essential Oils Proves to Be Anti-Cancerous Frankincense (Boswellia carteri) trees were considered extremely valuable during ancient times and their location was often a matter of state secret. Egyptians used the incense to fumigate their homes, for ritual incense and the oil for cosmetics. It was used as a holy anointing oil and as a [...]
Lavender Essential Oils to the Rescue Whenever I travel I always take an "emergency kit" of essential oils with me. One of the Lavender Essential Oils I find most useful to have on hand is lavender. Thinking back to the times away from home when I've had to use it, many incidents come to mind. [...]
Lavender Essential Oils: The Top Ten List of Healing Uses I've waited long enough! If David Letterman isn't going to do a Top Ten List of healing uses for lavender essential oil, then I suppose it's up to me. But first, a few quick things to know before use. The genus Lavandula comes from the [...]
