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Home Remedies
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Aromatherapy
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The History of Aroma Therapy
The oldest use of aroma oils is known to be as old as 6000
years back when Egyptian physician, Imhotep, the then God
of Medicine and Healing recommended fragrant oils for
bathing and massaging. In 4,500 B.c. Egyptians used myrrh
and cedar wood oils for embalming their dead and 6,500
years later the preserved mummies prove the fact discovered
by the modern researchers that the cedarwood contains
natural ftxative and strong antibacterial and antiseptic
properties.
Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine, recommended
regular aroma therapy baths and scented massages. This is
what he effectively used to ward off plague from Athens.
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Romans utilised essential oils for pleasure and to cure pain and also for their popular perfumed baths and
massages. Emperor Nero being indulgent in orgies, feasts and fragrances employed rose oil frequently to cure his
headaches, indigestion and to maintain his high spirits while enjoying amusements.
During the great plague in London in 1665, people burnt bundles of lavender, cedarwood and cypress in the streets
and carried posies of the same plants as their only defence to combat infectious diseases.
Aroma Therapy received a wider acceptance in the early twentieth century. In 1930s Rene-Maurice-Gatte Fosse, a
French chemist, dipped his burnt hand in lavender oil. To his surprise the wound healed very quickly without any
infection or scarring. He did considerable research on various oils and their therapeutic and psychotherapeutic
properties.
Dr Jean Volnet, French army surgeon extensively used essential oils in World War II. It was Madame Morquerite
Murry who gave the holistic approach to aroma oils by experimenting with them for individual problems.
Today, research has proved the multiple use of aroma oils. Medical research in the recent years has uncovered the
fact that the odours we smell have a significant impact on the way we feel. Smells act directly on the brain like a
drug according to scientific research. For instance smelling lavender increases alpha wave frequency in the back of
the head and this state is associated with relaxation.
Essential oils like spiritual healing (Reiki, Pranic, Magnetized), homeopathic, herbal and flower remedies have a life
force that vibrates within the body and the benefit exerted is too subtle to evaluate.
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