Aromatherapy

Verbena Essential Oil

The Aromatherapy Store is a great lover of Lemon Verbena – with its distinctive stimulating aroma. The oil is derived by steam distillation from the flowering stalks of the plant and therefore the yield of each plant is low – hence the high price. Aromatherapy Uses for Verbena Essential Oil Verbena is famed for its [...]

Essential Oils For Alleviating Arthritis Discomfort

The Aromatherapy Store stocks plenty of essential oils which are particularly favoured for its anti-inflammatory benefits. That is a specific area that Aromatherapy and Essential oils can really contribute significantly towards the recipients well-being of those experiencing arthritis: 1) Providing the benefits of massaging in oils with anti-inflammatory qualities into the affected areas 2) Consolidating [...]

What’s The Scientific Evidence for Aromatherapy’s Claims?

Essential Oils can be expensive. We all have our favourite oil and aroma – and we all like to indulge ourselves from time to time. Sometimes just the walking into a shop and selecting a small expensive bottle from the shelves, beautifully packaged, and offering the promise of warm fragrant evenings to come can be [...]

Aromatherapy and Psychoneuroimmunology – The Mind Aiding Well Being.

Aromatherapy and Essential Oils can legitimately claim their place amongst alternative and credible therapies on a number of levels – and one of those levels is the benefits they bring to an holistic approach to good health and well-being. Setting aside for the moment the scientifically measurable benefits of essential oils – ie tea-tree oil [...]

Aromatherapy and the Difference Between Men and Women

The Aromatherapy Store has noticed with interest that the main part of Aromatherapy practitioners seem to be women. Just a quick glance through any listings of local Aromatherapists can confirm this point. Generally it tends to be more women that buy the essential oils too, judging by our sales enquiries – although the percentages aren’t [...]

Pine Essential Oil

Pine Essential Oil is one of the most identifiable oils in the range – with its distinctive scent so redolent of fresh bathrooms, car air fresheners and the like! The oil is derived from the needles and fresh small twigs – and reputedly. We derive our pine oil from pinus sylvestris Pine is a perennially popular [...]

Marjoram Essential Oil – Organic and Non-Organic

A mainstay of the herb garden, Marjoram is also a very valuable addition to the essential oil repertoire, providing an oil which has a number of therapeutic effects as well as being an oil to keep handy in the kitchen. Traditional Aromatherapy Uses For Marjoram Essential Oil Marjoram is most widely used for its soporiphic [...]

Basil Essential Oil

Introduction Basil takes its name from the Greek word for a king – ‘basileum’ and it really merits this term given the great ways in which is can be used – with the aromatherapy catalogue, for the massage therapist as well as in the kitchen! Traditionally its been grown in the Mediterranean regions , and [...]

Peppermint Essential Oil

Peppermint Oil is so broadly used in our daily lives that there is a tendency to overlook it on the part of many Aromatherapists. As a plant is likes a moist environment and that’s one of the reasons it has always done well in Northern European countries. Traditional Aromatharapy Uses for Peppermint Oil Peppermint oil [...]

Rosemary Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil is one of the stalwarts amongst the oils – providing a wide range of uses as well as documented physical benefits to the user. Originating in the Southern Mediterranean regions its intensity is increased by high sun levels , but grows well in Northern Europe too and is a reliable and attractive [...]