Essential Oils Enhance Wellness

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Essential Oil Enjoy Aromatic Scents

Essential oils is a highly volatile substance isolated by a physical process from an odoriferous plant of a single botanical species.  Historically essential oils have been used around the world for thousands of years for various purposes.  The earliest records of the use of essential oils is from India, Persia and Egypt and some believe they have been used in prehistoric times to paint cave walls.  An essential oil is the essence of the plant of which they were extracted from like cloves or lemon scents. Essential oils are used as a form of alternative medicine as aromatherapy which has healing effects are ascribed to aromatic compounds. Aromatherapy may be useful for relaxation and unwind with the scent of essential oils permeate the air.  The most common essential oils are lavender, mint, peppermint, tea tree oil, patchouli and eucalyptus which are created using distilled methods. 

Aromatherapy may be used to induce relaxation but there is not sufficient evidence that essential oils can treat any condition or chronic disease.  Essential oils have risen in popularity in the past decade as more people enjoy aromatic scents.  The oils function in society as holistic integrative modalities to medicinal treatment where many Americans substitute EOs in place of other prescribed medications.  EOs is found in a multitude of products including food flavorings, soaps, lotions, shampoos, hair styling products, cologne, laundry detergent, and even insect repellents.  EOs are complex substances composed of hundreds of compounds that can vary greatly in their composition depending on the extraction process, the producer or the origin of the plant.  NIH.  Specific essential oils possess antimicrobial, antiviral, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties as well as psychogenic effects including relieving stress, aiding insomnia and treating depression.

The oil bears the name of the plant from which it is derived like peppermint oil, or mint oil.  Such oils were called essential oils because they were thought to represent the very essence of scent and flavor of the oil.  The distillation process is the most common method of isolation of oils but other processes including enfleurage an extraction using fat and maceration solvent extraction including machinal processing used to produce certain products.  Enfleurage is the process that uses odorless fats at room temperature to capture fragrant compounds such as volatile oils produced by plants to create fragrant oils. Have you ever wondered how to make natural essential oils?  Maceration is another traditional method of essential oil extraction of which various carrier oils are used as food grade solvents to extract bioactive oils.  Solvent extraction method employs food grade solvents like hexane and ethanol to isolate essential oils from plant materials to make essential oils.

In essence rather than being synthetically manufactured essential oils are extracted from natural plant sources to develop fragrant scents.  Essential oils derived from Co2 extraction of herbs are similar to the oils produced through the distillation process so they can be used in aromatherapy. Aromatherapy Essential Oil Ultrasonic Diffuser with 20 essential plant oils is a premium essence diffuser that has 400 ml capacity and uses state of the art wave diffusing technology to atomize essential oils for wellness.  The essence diffuser includes 7 ambient light modes with 2 intensity settings for 14 different light combinations, 4 timer settings and convenient auto shut off feature for low water levels.  Ancient therapies delivered by nature as intended using essential oils formulated using high quality plant sources from various regions around the world such as lavender from France and Tea Tree from Australia. 

The Aromatherapy Essential Oil Gift set offers top 20 essential oil selection including lavender, tea tree, orange, peppermint, eucalyptus, lemongrass, jasmine, nutmeg, clove, spearmint, Frankincense, Cinnamon, lemon, sandalwood, Ylang Ylang, Clary Sage, Grapefruit, Bergamot, Rosemary and Juniper berry. Aromatherapy uses essential oils to enhance physical and emotional health easing stress, anxiety, depression, while promoting relaxation.  

Cheers!

Patricia Lynn

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