Aromatherapy

Practical Applications

Essential oils are diverse and concentrated; they provide a natural, practical method to help prevent illness and alleviate common symptoms. An essential oil on its own can provide...

Methods of Extraction

The term ‘essential oil’ is rather loosely applied to all aromatic products or extracts derived from natural sources, including resinoids, concretes and absolutes which contain a mixture of...

About Hydrosols and Flower Waters

A hydrosol is the condensate water that is left over after the process of extracting an essential oil by water or steam distillation. This aromatic water contains the...

Aromatherapy and Herbalism

The practice of aromatherapy could be seen as an integral part of the larger field of herbal medicine, since the essential oil is only one of many ways...

Olfactory Dysfunction

Our sense of smell is an integral and important part of our experience. But what happens when it doesn’t work? Anosmia is the inability to smell. When we...

Odor and Olfaction

The smell of bread baking in the oven … the scent of a summer barbeque … the smell of freshly cut grass … catching the waft of a...

Aromatherapy – An Ancient Art

The value of natural plant oils has been recognized for more than 6,000 years, for their healing, cleansing, preservative and mood-enhancing properties, as well as for the sheer...

Treat the Whole Person

Aromatherapy is a holistic treatment that takes the physical, emotional and mental needs of an individual into consideration by using essential oils, which are natural, aromatic plant extracts....

Essential Oil Properties

An essential oil is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. Essential oils are also known as volatile, ethereal oils or aetherolea, or simply as...