L'aromatherapy
is the treatment of illness through the use of
the essential oils extratted from aromatic plants;
and it is one of the tecnique of natural, alternative,holistic
medicine.
Till the dawning
of human historyà, Nature è has always
been a remedy for man, and in particular
the plant, mother of almost magic substances
for a culinary, medical and even religious
use, still goes on to charm. Human passion for herbs
dates back straight away to the Paleolith.
The utilisation of the aromatherapy was already known
and appreciated 5.000 years ago in China,
Tibet, India and Egypt.
The oils were used not only for their therapeutical
property, but they also had a significant task both
in the holy and profane domain. They also were utilised
by Priests to heal ill people and to worship gods during
religious cerimonies. In Egypt, in Heliopolis, a mix
of 16 herbs, including incense, myrrh, mint and cumin,
gives rise to the famed Kiphi, a compound which was
burnt at sunset in honour of Ra, the god of Sun, to
prey him to let the sun rise the following day. Later,
essential oils were also employed in cosmetics and medicine(in
particular to heal wounds) even by Greeks
and Romans. Oils also played an important
role from the Middle Age to the XIX century to prevent
epydemics. In 1928 Gattefosse' coins
the word aromatherapy, which takes a more prevailing
role thanks toJean Valnet's studies.
In the Sixties, the work of this doctor promoted the
reborn of the scientific interest in pharmacological
powers of aromatherapy, which is taught in some French
universtiyties today.
The aromatherapy
is both preventive and curative; and it , e heals, that
is, it re-balance the alteration conditions. The essential
oil is obtained by the steam distillation of an aromatic
plant; this process also gives origin to another product:
the floreal water. The essential oil which pour out
from the alembic is a natural oil. In aromatherapy we
always refer to essential oils which are totally natural
and pure, and not synthetic or blended. These oils come
from selvatic plants or from biological farming, but
it is also possible to use the active principles of
various plants (=phyitotherapy).
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Thanks to the relaxing
and antispasmodic powers, essential oils gain
a predominant part in healing many psychosomatic
and psychological diseases. The aromatherapy is
a medical treatment with flavors, volatile principles
drawn out from medicinal plants. Among our five
senses, olfaction is the most deeply linked to
emotions and memory, as the extrordinary evocative
power of smells can show. |
When the brain is stimulated
by a flavor, nerve endings in the nose send a message
to the system which regulates memory and emotions,
and then to the hypothalamus, which rules the hormonal
system. Some essences produces a considerable effect
on the emotional and psychic balance, able to soothe
anxiety, sadness and stress.
12 essential oils, guaranteed pure and wholesome,
have been chosen to warrant the effect of the four
expected programs, as well as a further issued flavor,
in order to offer to our customers specific flavors
which can therefore be created following their demands!
Lately, the new concept
of "Aromacology" is spreading, next to the classic
definition of "Aromatherapy". The aromacology
(flavor added to physio-psychology) studies
the ability of scent to improve both physical
and mental wellness.
This science studies flavor effercts on our
feelings and our psyche , besides seeking flavors
and the best combinations to increase our feeling
of wellbeing through smell.
It is therefore an evolution which involves disciplines
linked to olfaction (for example the forming of receptors
and their specificness, it has been shown thanks to
the authoritative studies of Richard Axel and Linda
Buck, Nobel winners in 2004), to neuronal connections
from and to the hypothalamus, till the olfactory evocation
on automative ways in memory and unconscious. For
this reason, many fields of science are involved (medicine,
neurology, psychology, physiology, biochemistry, endocrinology,
naturopathy) and in this way different disciplines
develop intredisciplinary connections, organizing
themselves as a "research system" to cross new frontiers
of science...

FLAVOR ESSENCE FOR
RELAX
Relaxing and antidepressant
essences are rosewood, ylang ylang, rose.
In the living room, the essences which bring relax
and comfort are spicies and woods. People who look
for serenity and calmness should
prefer lavender and sandal. You can
use antiviral and immuno-stimulating essences ( juniper,
thymus) for preventing infective diseases.
FLAVOR ESSENCE FOR
SLEEP
Sedative essences which
aid the sleep of nervous children and of under-stress
grown-ups areorange flours; ylang ylang ecc...). For
a good sleep, you could use the lavender
essential oil
The essential oils which compose this scent are used
in aromatherapy to re-balance the stress syptoms such
as insomnia, anxiety and hyper-sensitiveness.
For example the vetyver is called
"the oil of quiet" and the neroli is used for babies
and children who have difficulties to sleep. Its celestial
and light scent reminds us the blue sky.
The lavander is a good solution for people who suffer
hymsonia, headache and vertigos.
In this perfume, the dominant essence is mandarin,
with its typically fruited flavor. It has a relaxing
effect, giving optimism and energy to people who can
be afraid and sad, while it soothes the bad temper
of severe and irritable people. Mandarin is also loved
by children. That is because it is perfectly connected
to childhood feelings. In fact, if a human family
was compared to the citrus family, dad would be a
grapefruit, with its bitter and strong taste; mum
would be a sweet and reassuring orange; the teenager
would be a lemon, extreme and revolutionary; while
the child would certainly be a mandarin, with its
sweet and soft taste.As a matter of fact, in aromatherapy
mandarin is often used alone to heal nervous disease
during the childhood.
FLAVOR ESSENCE
FOR MEDITATION AND VIGOUR
Essences chosen
for meditation have been purposely studied
to help reflection. Therefore these flavors touched
man at the deepest level, bringing peace and joy to
his soul. In the ayurvedic philosophy, meditation
is one of the three components for a wholesome life,
togehter with a balanced diet and yoga exercises.
If you are not very expert, you can make the therapy
more effective by learning the basis techniques of
Kriya Yoga science to focus your mind and reach higher
degrees of consciousness. Instead if you already practice
meditation, you quickly understand the benefits of
our aromatic series (which are also linked to other
therapies).
Meditation made according to our psychophysic needs
can therefore be a valid support to overcome everydays’
problems.
Nevertheless, you can obtain rapid and effective benefits
without your commitment: you must fit a new concept
of life.
This holistic therapy is particularly suitable for
an application during the sunset, even if it can be
made everytime you need.
Energyzing essences mostly have a
floreal and/or citrus origin. This kind of essences
do not act as medicines, whose molecolar structures
are united to particular receptors of body cells;
on the contrary these oils influence the fine energetic
structures which give vital energy to mind and body.
In fact floreal and citrus oils modify the energy
stream through meridians, chakras and thin bodies,
acting on energetic structures which, in their turns,
operate on conscience.
This holistic therapy is particularly
adviced for the awekening, but it can be applied
everytime you need an energetic impulse (for
example, before a physical or a intellective
work).
The wellness Diffuser
can be therefore considered as an innovative
flavors Diffuser, one of the most effective
machineries, equipments or devices for aromatherapy,
in order to aid specific programs for in aromatherapy
to stimulate meditation, relax, sleep and psycho-physical
energy.
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