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The ancient Greek father of medicine, Hippocrates, said ‘the way to health is to have an aromatic bath and scented massage every day.’
And even when Hippocrates stood up and allied himself firmly with the health and well-being benefits of fragrances and essential oils, its place in the home and
the place of worship was already ancient! There is plenty of documented references to the practical uses of oils and fragrances going back way before the Greeks to ancient China and India.
The Babylonians put oil in the mortar of their temples to fragrance the hallowed halls, and leaping ahead over 2000 years to 1665, the quack-doctors of London wore gloves steeped in fragrant oils to ward off the vapours they believed caused the plague.
The earliest anecdotal ‘scientific’ evidence for the benefits of essential oils goes to the laboratory of the French Per fumier Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, who having burnt his arm on a flame in an unguarded moment, thrust his arm in to the nearest cool liquid he could find – a VAT of lavender oil. To his suprise the burn healed far faster than he could have expected with scarring levels almost invisible. In the 1920′s that launched him into a whole new area of medical and scientific research.
This research has continued through to the present day, and now its an acknowledged fact that the essential oil or oregano is 26 times more powerful as an antiseptic than phenol – the main active ingredient in our daily cleaning products!
In the individual pages for the oils we’ll be offering practical suggestions on how to use your oils – as well as repeating the recommendations of all the aromatherapist and holistic practitioners that use these oils on a daily basis in the treatment and healing of thousands of patients.
‘The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.’ (Ecclesiastuicus 38:4)
The Aromatherapy Store is a site dedicated to promoting the safe and confident use of the natural qualities of essential oils and related products for the professional and amateur aromatherapist alike!