Essent i al Oi l s Are Heal i ng Agent s
If you l ike t o t ake care of you and your family?
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health safely and naturally, you might want to
consider adding some essential oils to your
medicine cabinet.
dark ages in Europe for their anti-bacterial and
fragrant properties. When the plague broke
out, essential oils were used to help treat sick
patients.
More recently, in 1937, the very powerful
Essential oils have been used throughout
healing properties of essential oils were
recorded history for a wide variety of
rediscovered by a famous French chemist,
health-related applications.
Rene-Maurice
The very wiseEgyptians were
?We each have the innate ability to heal
Gattefosse, who
some of the first people to
ourselves. To empower ourselves with
healed a very badly
use essential oils extensively
burnt hand with pure
natural solutions, instead of
in their medical practice,
lavender oil.
succumbing to life-altering chemicals.
beauty treatments, food
preparation, and religious
ceremonies.
There? a time and place for
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pharmaceuticals, but it shouldn? be the
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first answer, nor the only form
treatment.?
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Frankincense, sandalwood,
myrrh, and cinnamon were
considered incredibly
valuable cargo along the
caravan trade routes and were
sometimes exchanged in return for gold.
The Greeks discovered the Egyptian? methods
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and also used essential oils in their practices of
therapeutic massage and aromatherapy.
The ancient Romans also used essential oils to
promote health and personal hygiene amongst
their people.
Chinese and Indian Ayurvedics also used aromatic
herbs, and the Persians began to improve
distillation methods for extracting essential oils
from aromatic plants and herbs.
When King Tut? tomb was opened, 350 liters of
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essential oils were discovered in alabaster jars.
Moses used essential oils and this is referenced in
the bible. In the book of Exodus, the Lord refers to
holy anointing oil that was a specific ?
god
formula.?
Essential oil extracts were used throughout the
Another French
contemporary, Dr.
Jean Valnet, used
therapeutic-grade
essential oils to
successfully treat
injured soldiers
during World War II. He then went on to
become a world leader in the development of
respected aromatherapy practices. The modern
use of essential oils has continued to grow
incredibly rapidly as health scientists and
medical practitioners continue to research and
validate the benefits of therapeutic-grade
essential oil.
Excit ing Research
Why are essential oils so effective for beauty
and health? It? because they are composed of
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very small molecules that can penetrate very
deeply and quickly into the cells. This is caused
transdermal delivery. They even can cross the
blood-brain barrier.
For a long time, lovers of essential oils lacked
solid scientific proof of the efficacy of
essential oils,and the medical industry labelled
their use as a ?quack? treatment (some still
do!), but there have now been thousands of
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