Aromatherapy Essential Oils as a Health Enhancer

Aromatherapy essential oils are good for increasing sexual appetite. And aromatherapy essential oils are good as a cosmetic aid. It soothes the skin and heals the mind and tones up the body. In short aromatherapy attends to the needs of every part of the body and thereby takes care of the overall health of the individual. Aromatherapy boosts your health and helps you to maintain an invigorating schedule.

In aromatherapy, aromatherapy essential oils are used to solve a variety of problems. An ambience of fresh fragrance is something most conducive to health and this is managed by aromatherapy. The essential oils used in aromatherapy are the purest gifts of nature. These are plant extracts that are culled from the plants by pressing or steaming its leaves, buds, flowers, or barks as the case may be. Sometimes aromatherapy essential oils are yielded by the seeds, or in certain cases seed pods, or fruits. Some plants that yield aromatherapy essential oils are grasses.

Different aromatherapy essential oils have different properties and as such have varying therapeutic effects. Some of these ease problems like muscular pain, pain in joints etc. Those aromatherapy oils that are most effective in aches and pains are lavender, rosemary, wintergreen, and chamomile. They can be rubbed in with carrier oils, or can be added to warm bath water with Epsom salts, as is commonly done in the case of lavender. Aromatherapy essential oils can be used separately, or in varying combinations with each other, as guided by an aromatherapy practitioner.

Tea tree oil is one of the most potent of oils of aromatherapy. It is an all purpose aromatherapy oil. It is most ideal as a disinfectant. It is very effective for skin complaints as well. It heals all types of skin irritation resulting from sunburn, scratches, insect bites, or acne. Tea tree oil has to be diluted and rubbed on the affected area. Even the inflammation resulting from certain harsh insect bites will be healed by tea tree oil. Oils of aromatherapy are so useful that it is strongly recommended to have handy, an emergency first aid kit containing a few aromatherapy essential oils.

Though most people are aware of the powers of aromatherapy oils as an air purifier, as an aphrodisiac, and a pain balm, very few are aware of its potentials in aiding digestion. In fact there is more than one aromatherapy oil that aids digestion. Oils of ginger, black pepper, and basil, are effective in curing indigestion problems. All these three spices aid digestion and cure cold even when used in forms other than as aromatherapy oils. For example, crushed ginger, ground basil leaves, or black pepper powder can be boiled in water for a while and the tea or coffee made of this brew is effective in curing cold and indigestion.

Body is designed to heal in its own, and when you aid it in that healing process by aromatherapy essential oils, which are natural products completely free of chemicals, you are creating a setting that is most beneficial for the body to maintain and rejuvenate itself.