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Bronchitis – Natural Healing With Essential Oils
According to recent clinical studies, those who suffer from bronchitis can now from comfort and relief by diffusing and applying essential oils, which are as effective as antibiotics.
The symptoms are brought on by inflammation of the bronchial tube lining accompanied by heavy mucus discharge. Whether it be brought on by an infection or exposure to pollen, chemicals or other air pollutants, it can eventually lead to emphysema.
If you suffer from a persistent hacking cough, difficulty breathing or mucus discharge from lungs, this may be an indication of bronchitis. The inhalation of essential oils that are high in antimicrobial properties may help combat the infection.
Essential oils recommended for bronchitis include:
Cypress, Rosemary, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, frankincense, marjoram, sandalwood, ravensara, thyme, birch, myrrh, dill, fir, spruce, pine, oregano, helichrysum, rose, tea tree, clove, lavender, spearmint, Clary sage, hyssop, and myrtle.
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Essential Oils for Inflammation
There are several essential oils for inflammation, so you may want to try different ones.
A teaspoon of wintergreen is the equivalent of almost twenty-two adult aspirin – so you’d only need to use a drop with a carrier oil. Oregano has been shown to reduce inflammation by 94%. Myrrh oil is rated as the second best anti-inflammatory essential oil. Frankincense resin is the best treatment for arthritis. These oils can be mixed with neutral oils such as grape seed oil or olive oil and be applied directly to part of the body suffering from inflammation. They can also be used in diffusers for a constant stream of low levels of oils into the brain and body as a whole. Best of all, there are no side effects from the use of essential oils.
Frankincense and Myrrh Essential Oil Blend
Here’s an easy blend you can try!
What you will need:
5 drops Frankincense oil
5 drops Myrrh oil
90 drops Olive oil
5ml empty bottle
Pipette
What to do:
1. Take an empty, clean bottle and add the appropriate drops of Frankincense and Myrrh essential oils.
2. Add the appropriate amount of olive oil to the bottle and cap. Gently shake to mix oils together.
3. Place on dab on pulse points to wear as perfume.
This blend also makes a nice anointing oil to carry with you for times when friends are sick and need prayer. Use as needed. Frankincense and Myrrh both have incredible healing properties. To learn more, visit http://HealWithOil.com. If you are interested in purchasing therapeutic grade essential oils, please visit http://HealWithEssentialOil.com.
Ancient Uses for Perfumes and Essential Oils
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In ancient times, essential oils and other aromatics were used for religious rituals, as well as for the treatment of illness and other physical and spiritual needs. According to the Essential Oils Desk Reference compiled by Essence Science Publishing, “Records dating back to 4500 B.C. describes the use of balsamic substances with aromatic properties for religious rituals and medical applications. The translation of ancient papyrus found in the Temple of Edfu, located on the west bank of the Nile reveals medicinal formulas and perfume recipes used by the alchemist and high priest in blending aromatic substances for rituals performed in the temples and pyramids. As well, Hieroglyphics on the walls of Egyptian temples depict the blending of oils and describe hundreds of oil recipes. Within these writings tell of scented barks, resins of spices, and aromatic vinegars, wines and beers that were used in rituals, temples, for embalming and medicine. Thus, the Egyptians were credited as the first to discover the potential of fragrance and were considered masters in using essential oils and other aromatics in the embalming process. They created various aromatic blends for personal use, placing them in alabaster jars – a vessel specially carved and shaped for holding fragrant oils. In fact, when King Tut’s tomb was opened in 1922, 350 liters of oils were discovered in alabaster jars. Amazingly, because of the solidification of plant waxes sealing the opening of the jars, the liquefied oil was in perfect condition.
In the upper region of Egypt, a sect of Jews, called Essenes, were known for their healing arts and use of essential oils. Both Philo and Josephus writings indicated that at the period in which John the Baptist and Jesus were born, the Essenes were scattered over Palestine, numbering about four thousand souls. The Essenes or Therapeuts (used interchangeably) refer primarily to the art of healing which these devotees professed, as it was believed in those days that sanctity was closely allied to the exercise of this power, and that no cure of any sort could be imputed simply to natural causes. (Source: http://sacred-texts.com, http://bopsecrets.org)
The Holy Scriptures record over 1,035 references to aromatics, ointments, savors, fragrances, plants and incense-most implying essential oils. Twelve of the most highly-praised fragrances in the world mentioned in the Bible include: Frankincense, Myrrh, Spikenard, Hyssop, Cypress, Myrtle, Aloes, Sandalwood, Galbanum, Cinnamon, Cassia, and Onycha. Many were in the prescribed preparation of the Holy Anointing Oil and Holy Incense for Temple services, as well as for anointing and healing the sick. The people of the ancient world understood the importance of maintaining wellness and physical health, as well as the oils’ ability to enhance their spiritual state of worship, prayer, and for the purification from sin. King David alluded to this in Psalm 51:7 when he wrote, “Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” While David’s Psalm may have been speaking of a “spiritual purification” from his own sin of adultery with Bathsheba, today we know that the chemical constituents of essential oils including hyssop are able to penetrate the cell wall and transport needed oxygen and nutrients to the cell nucleus. Most essential oils can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled into the lungs where they then make their way into the bloodstream. The sense of smell affects the limbic region of the brain, which controls emotions, memory and the hypothalamus, which regulates the pituitary, which in turn balances the entire hormonal system of the body.
Ancient Art of Extracting Oils – How Essential Oils are Produced Today
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According to Miriam Stead author of “Egyptian Life” the process of distillation using steam was not known for the extraction of essences but there were three techniques available for producing perfumes from flowers, fruits and seeds. She writes “There was effleurage the Saturation of layers of fat with perfume by steeping flowers in the fat and replacing them when their perfume was spent. In this way, the Egyptians were able to create creams and pomades.
The Original Coneheads
A popular form of pomade was the so-called cosmetic cone which was worn on top of the head. Those frequently represented in banqueting scenes worn not only by the guests but also by the servants. The cone was usually white with streaks of orange brown running from its top. The coloring represented the perfume with which the cone was impregnated. As the evening progressed the cone would melt and the scented oil run down over the wig and garment creating a pleasing scent and no doubt a sticky mess. Throughout the course of an evening it became necessary to renew the scent on the cones and the tomb scenes show servants circulating among the guests replenishing the perfumed cream.
A popular late-night comedy television show called “Saturday Night Live” use to include an skit of a family with Coneheads. I am sure the writers of this routine thought they were being original although ‘cone shape’ heads was all the rage in ancient Egypt.
The second process for creating perfume was maceration that is dipping flowers, herbs or fruits into fats or oils heated to a temperature of about 65 degrees Celsius. This technique is depicted in a number of tomb scenes. The flowers or fruits were pounded in mortars and then stirred into the oil which was kept hot on a fire. The mixture was sieved and allowed to cool. It might then be shaped into balls or cones or if liquid poured into vessels. An alternative process may have been to macerate the flowers in water, cover the vessel with a cloth impregnated with fat and boil the contents of the vessel until all the perfumes had evaporated, fixing them in the fat which was then scraped off the cloth. This technique is still used by Peoples living near the source of the Nile.
Thirdly, there was the possibility of expressing the flowers or seeds. This process was borrowed from the manufacture of wine and oil. The material to be pressed was placed in a bag with a stick attached to each end. The sticks were twisted by a group of workmen. This technique was not used often as most recipes specify either maceration or enfleurage.”
How Essential Oils Are Produced Today
Producing essential oils continues to take a lot of work. It takes sixty thousand Rose blossoms to produce one ounce of Rose oil, whereas Lavender is easier to obtain and yields approximately 7 pounds of oil from two-hundred and twenty pounds of dried flowers. The Sandalwood tree must be thirty years old and over thirty feet tall before it can be cut down for distillation. Myrrh, Frankincense, and Benzoin oils are extracted from the gum resins of their respective trees. While citrus fruits such as Orange, Lemon and Lime are squeezed from the peel of their fruits. Cinnamon essential oil comes from the bark of the tree (and leaf) and Pine oil comes from the needles and twigs. Other flowers must be picked by hand early in the morning before the sun rises and heats up, evaporating the essential oil within its petals.
Hence, you can understand the variation in pricing of various essential oils on the market. There is a variety of ways in which essential oils are extracted. The most common methods steam distillation, solvent extraction, expression, effleurage and maceration.
Steam distillation involves using steam to pull essential oils from the plant by suspending the plant material over water in a sealed container, which is then brought to the boil. The steam containing the volatile essential oil is run through a cooler, and when it condenses the liquid is collected. The essential oil appears as a thin film on top of the liquid, as water and essential oils do not mix.
The essential oil is then separated from the water by collecting in a small vial and the water into a large vat.
Solvent extraction involves using little heat, in order to preserve the oil which would otherwise be destroyed or altered during steam distillation. Plant material is dissolved in a liquid solvent of hepane, hexane, or methylene chloride as a suitable perfume solvent, which absorbs the smell, color and wax of the plant. After removing the plant material, the solvent is boiled off under a vacuum to help separate the essential oil. This can be achieved since the solvent evaporates quicker, which leaves a substance called ‘concrete.’ The concrete is mixed with alcohol to aid in filtering the waxes. The next process is to distill the alcohol away, which leaves an ‘absolute.’ The word ‘absolute’ will appear on the label of some bottled essential oils although they still contain 2-3 per cent of the solvent, therefore are not considered pure essential oil.
Citrus oils is expressed rather than distilled. Within citrus fruits such as Orange, Lemon, Lime and Grapefruit the essential oil is located in little sacs just under the surface of the rind. The oils need to be squeezed out or expressed from the peels and seeds. This is achieved by letting the fruit roll over a conveyor that has small needles coming outpiercing the little oil pockets in the citrus rind. The oil runs out and is caught and filtered.
As mentioned before effleurage is an ancient method of extracting oils that is rarely used today because of its long, complicated and expensive process. Fragrant blooms were placed upon sheets of warm animal fat (or long sheets of vegetable fat) which absorbed the essential oil. As flowers are exhausted, they are replaced with fresh blossoms. This process is repeated until the sheet of fat is saturated with fragrance and is separated with solvents leaving only the essential oil.
Macerated oils are not pure essential oils as they are ‘carrier’ oils. Plant material is gathered and chopped, then added to either sunflower or olive oil. The mixture is stirred for a while, then placed in the sunlight for several days. This process transfers all of the soluble components in the plant material including the essential oil then is carefully filtered. This process leaves a carrier oil infused with essential oil.
Myrrh Essential Oil and Its Use
In Esther 2:12 the Bible describes Esther’s preparations for becoming queen which involved six months with the oil of Myrrh, a spice commonly used for preparing bodies for burial.
A similar custom is described in the Song of Solomon revealing another bridal tradition concerning the use of Myrrh. In the Song of Solomon 1:13, the bride responds to the king and says, “A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.” This reflects a popular custom of laying a bundle of Myrrh on one’s chest while sleeping as a beauty treatment in preparation for a wedding. Both of these examples from the Word teach believers that the first step to becoming the Bride of Messiah is to spiritually put the flesh to death.
Most believers know from experience the works of the flesh are the first issues God deals with when they come to know Yeshua as their Savior. The Scriptures list these works in Galatians 5:19-21:
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Esther didn’t do it alone, as Scripture shows. She had the king’s eunuch Hegai to guide her in how to prepare. Believers also have a guide—the Holy Spirit—showing them all things in how to ready themselves for His return.
In the same way Esther prepared, the Spirit provides His betrothed ones with oil of Myrrh, which represents the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
Philippians 3:10-11 reads, “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”
Because of what Yeshua did, the Lord’s Bride can share in His victory over sin, the world, and the flesh!
Tears of Myrrh
During the Messiah’s final agonizing hours in the Garden of Gethsemane, the weight of the world’s sins crushed the Savior like a wine press, causing Him to sweat great tears of blood.
His bitter sufferings can be compared to Myrrh, a highly-prized spice used for perfumes and incense, extracted by piercing the tree’s heartwood and allowing the gum to trickle out and harden into bitter, aromatic red droplets called “tears.”
The Hebrew word for Myrrh is mowr, which means “distilled” and comes from the root word marar, which means “bitterness.”
After the Savior’s crucifixion, His body was prepared with Myrrh. As a member of Yeshua’s body, believers are to be made ready with the burial of their sins at the cross. They must die to the old life, as death is the first step in preparation for those who will become the Bride of the Messiah.
Yeshua told His disciples in Matthew 16:24b-25, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
As joint heirs with the Messiah, His Bride is to share in His affliction according to 2 Corinthians 1:5, so that she can be triumphant through the bitterness of suffering. Believers are told to rejoice in this. Colossians 1:24 says, “Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake.”
Myrrh is a fixing or servant oil which is used by apothecaries to enhance the fragrance of the other oils and make them last longer. Isn’t that just like the Messiah? He is a servant and desires to lift up His Bride and enhance her with beautiful things.
The First and the Last
Rich with symbolism, Myrrh is mentioned 156 times in the Bible. It is the first oil mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 37:25, when Joseph’s jealous brothers sold him into slavery to a caravan of Ishmaelites (incense traders) who were on their way to Egypt, carrying “balm and myrrh.” Years later during the famine, Joseph’s brothers came to Egypt to buy food, encountering Joseph as an Egyptian prince.
Interestingly, Jacob their father (now called Israel) told his sons to take gifts for the prince. The Scripture says they brought Joseph balm and Myrrh (Genesis 43:11)—the same two oils that accompanied Joseph into slavery.
Not only is Myrrh the first oil mentioned in the Bible, it is the last one mentioned in Revelation 18:13: “And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments (“myrrh” in the Greek), and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.”
Myrrh was one of the first gum resins/oils given as a gift to Yeshua as a young child by the Magi in Matthew 2:11. It was also the last oil offered to Yeshua at Golgotha when He was crucified. In Mark 15:23, it says, “And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.”
Therapeutic/Medicinal Uses
Myrrh was known to act as a pain-reliever, which is why the Romans mixed it to the sour wine and offered it to Yeshua on the cross.[1]
Recent studies and medicinal research has discovered that Myrrh is anti-infectious, antiviral, anti-parasitic, hormone-like, anti-inflammatory, and anti-hyperthyroid. It soothes skin conditions and supports the immunity system.[2],[3]
Dr. Mohamed Rafi at Rutgers University discovered Myrrh to be anti-cancer and effective for prevention and treatment of breast and prostrate cancer, according to the Journal of Natural Products.[4]
Other uses include treating bronchitis, diarrhea, dysentery, hyperthyroidism, stretch marks and skin conditions, eczema, gingivitis, gum infections, asthma, athlete’s foot, thrush and vaginal thrush, ulcers, and viral hepatitis.[5],[6]
“Nature” magazine reported in an article entitled “Analgesic Effects of Myrrh,” that Myrrh promotes a feeling of security.[7] Many find just inhaling the fragrance lifts the spirit.
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[1] Dolara, P. “Analgesic Effects of Myrrh.” Nature. 4 January 1996.
[2] Essential Oils Desk Reference. Essential Science Publishing.
[3] Farres-Hall, Gill. The Aromatherapy Bible. Sterling Publishing. Page 314.
[4] Rutgers University professor and co-researcher, Mohamed M. Rafi, Ph.D., identified an anti-cancer compound in Myrrh and believed it could be developed into a potent drug for the prevention and treatment of breast and prostrate cancer. This information was published in the Journal of Natural Products on November 26, 2001.
[5] Essential Oils Desk Reference. Essential Science Publishing.
[6] Sibley, Veronica. Aromatherapy Solutions: Essential oils to lift the mind, body, and spirit.
[7] Dolara, P. “Analgesic Effects of Myrrh.” Nature. 4 January 1996.
Healing Oils of the Bible
Twelve of the most highly-praised fragrances are presented in Holy Scripture. These include: Spikenard, Galbanum, Frankincense, Myrrh, Cypress, Cedarwood, Aloes/Sandalwood, Rose of Sharon, Cassia/Cinnamon, Hyssop, Onycha, and Myrtle. While some perfumers have used these names to label their own formulas, only the attributes of the biblical oils that are pure, therapeutic grade essential oils from all over the world will be discussed.
Aromatic plants, herbs and oils have been used for incense, perfume, culinary and medicinal purposes for thousands of years by many cultures. Since ancient times, spices and oils have been an integral part of the Hebraic culture. The Bible mentions over 33 species of fragrant plants with over 1,035 references to essential oils and/or plants in the Old and New Testaments.
People of the Holy Land understood the use of essential oils in maintaining wellness and physical healing, as well as the oils’ ability to enhance their spiritual state in worship, prayer and confession, and for cleansing and purification from sin. During biblical times, essential oils were inhaled, applied to the body, and taken internally in which the benefits extended to every aspect of their being.
Most Jewish households employed essential oils for medicinal and household purposes. One example in Scripture is the parable Yeshua told of the Good Samaritan who was carrying oil and wine and helped the injured man that had been robbed and left for dead.
Essential oils can be emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically healing and transform diseased tissue into thriving, healthy cells. Unfortunately, people today have become dependent upon and rely heavily upon medicine. In many cases it helps, but for most their faith has been placed in doctors instead of God. In an article entitled “Death by Medicine,” published by Nutrition Institute of America, four doctors stated that almost 800,000 deaths occur each year due to drug interaction.
The Scriptures show that God gave natural herbs, including their extracts, for medicines. Ezekiel 47:12 reads:
“And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.”
And in Revelation 22:2, it reads:
“In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”
Fragrances of the Bible come from plant essences or the life-blood of the plant. The two types of oils plants make are essential and fatty. Most seeds contain both types of oils. Essential oils circulate within a plant to carry out its function as a living creation, while the fatty oils remain in the seed where they serve as food for the young plant, as God intended. Fragrant essential oils are also how they communicate to the rest of the animal kingdom and mankind. Plants use their odors to attract insects and animals to pollinate, with fragrances disappearing within 30 minutes of being pollinated.
For perfumers, this is important when extracting oils from flowers. When extracting, it is crucial to do it at the right time before the desired aromatic essential oil has been chemically altered.
While fatty vegetable oil from the seed serves as nourishment for the small plant, it cannot enter the blood stream nor cross the blood-brain barrier. The molecules of fatty oils are too large to evaporate and circulate through the tissues of the body. Their uses in aromatherapy are for providing a neutral lipid base in which essential oils can be blended and/or diluted for massage use when an essential oil is too strong.
Essentials oils were God’s original medicine, created on the third day. When God created these plants, His word went forth in power creating life and continues to create life in the life-blood of the plant, which is the oil. Genesis 1:12-13 says:
“And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day.”
Essential Oils for Chronic Pain
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Did you know that Peppermint essential oil is one of the best oils to use for blocking pain. A recent study by Gobel et al., in 1994 showed that peppermint blocks calcium channels and substance P. important factors in the transmission of pain signals, according to the Essential Oils Desk Reference. Other essential oils that have pain-relieving properties includes helichrysum.
For chronic pain, try peppermint, helichrysum, spruce, birch, basil, cypress, ginger, clove, rosemary, tansy, and valerian.
For bone-related pain in hips, shoulders, etc. try birch, cypress, fir, spruce, pine, peppermint, and helicrysum.
For muscle-related pain, try basil, peppermint, rosemary, and marjoram.
For muscle pain or inflammation, try peppermint, lavender, nutmeg and black pepper.
For inflammation, try patchouli, spruce, basil, chamomile, and geranium.
For joint pain, try birch, cypress, fir, spruce, pine, peppermint, and helichrysum.
Massage the oil on location, mixing with a carrier oil such as almond or jojoba to cover the affected area.
Ancient Uses for Perfumes (essential oils)
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In ancient times, essential oils and other aromatics were used for religious rituals, as well as for the treatment of illness and other physical and spiritual needs. According to the Essential Oils Desk Reference compiled by Essence Science Publishing, “Records dating back to 4500 B.C. describes the use of balsamic substances with aromatic properties for religious rituals and medical applications. The translation of ancient papyrus found in the Temple of Edfu, located on the west bank of the Nile reveals medicinal formulas and perfume recipes used by the alchemist and high priest in blending aromatic substances for rituals performed in the temples and pyramids. As well, Hiero-glyphics on the walls of Egyptian temples depict the blend-ing of oils and describe hundreds of oil recipes. Within these writings tell of scented barks, resins of spices, and aromatic vinegars, wines and beers that were used in rituals, temples, for embalming and medicine. Thus, the Egyptians were credited as the first to discover the potential of fragrance and were considered masters in using essential oils and other aromatics in the embalming process. They created various aromatic blends for personal use, placing them in alabaster jars – a vessel specially carved and shaped for holding fragrant oils. In fact, when King Tut’s tomb was opened in 1922, 350 liters of oils were discovered in alabaster jars. Amazingly, because of the solidification of plant waxes sealing the opening of the jars, the liquefied oil was in perfect condition.
In the upper region of Egypt, a sect of Jews, called Essenes, were known for their healing arts and use of essential oils. Both Philo and Josephus writings indicated that at the period in which John the Baptist and Jesus were born, the Essenes were scattered over Palestine, numbering about four thousand souls. The Essenes or Therapeuts (used interchangeably) refer primarily to the art of healing which these devotees professed, as it was believed in those days that sanctity was closely allied to the exercise of this power, and that no cure of any sort could be imputed simply to natural causes. (Source: http://sacred-texts.com, http://bopsecrets.org)
The Holy Scriptures record over 1,035 references to aromatics, ointments, savors, fragrances, plants and incense-most implying essential oils. Twelve of the most highly-praised fragrances in the world mentioned in the Bible include: Frankincense, Myrrh, Spikenard, Hyssop, Cypress, Myrtle, Aloes, Sandalwood, Galbanum, Cinnamon, Cassia, and Onycha. Many were in the prescribed preparation of the Holy Anointing Oil and Holy Incense for Temple services, as well as for anointing and healing the sick. The people of the ancient world understood the importance of maintaining wellness and physical health, as well as the oils’ ability to enhance their spiritual state of worship, prayer, and for the purification from sin. King David alluded to this in Psalm 51:7 when he wrote, “Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” While David’s Psalm may have been speaking of a “spiritual purification” from his own sin of adultery with Bathsheba, today we know that the chemical constituents of essential oils including hyssop are able to penetrate the cell wall and transport needed oxygen and nutrients to the cell nucleus. Most essential oils can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled into the lungs where they then make their way into the bloodstream. The sense of smell affects the limbic region of the brain, which controls emotions, memory and the hypothalamus, which regulates the pituitary, which in turn balances the entire hormonal system of the body.
Essential Oils for a Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Attack
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Treatment for the Symptoms of Radiation Sickness from a Nuclear Incident
Tea Tree – has been found to be helpful in cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment. This oil can be used topically to minimize and protect the body from damage caused by radiation.
Cypress Oil – rebuilds the white blood cells damaged by exposure to radiation. Also good for bleeding gums.
Lavender – is to alleviate the pain and speed the healing from radiation burns.
Myrtle – Large doses of radiation will affect the thyroid. Potassium Iodide (KI) will block the iodine during the initial attack and the fourteen days of most radiation exposure. Myrtle will help to insure that the thyroid will be working the way it should be.
Vitamin C & E can also help to speed the recovery of the immune system from radiation damage.
Essential Oils for Biological Warfare
Since Biological warfare is waged on a daily basis, it can only serve to remind us to be more diligent when a more concentrated attack will be waged against us.
Cinnamon – It has been proven that 99.9% of viruses and bacteria can not live in the presence of cinnamon. So it makes a great antibacterial and antiviral weapon.
Clove Bud – Since the immune system is under attack by biological agents Clove Bud provides and excellent immunity builder as an antioxidant and doubles as an antibacterial and antimicrobial fighter.
Oregano – is a powerful antibiotic and has been proven to be more effective in neutralizing germs than some chemical antibiotics. It has been effective against germs like Staphylococcus aureas, Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa says Journal Food Protection, July 2001 edition.
Thyme – Effective against Anthrax and Tuberrculosis.
Rosewood – Anti-infectious, antibacterial, and antiviral. Weber State University has demonstrated Rosewood inhibits it gram positive and negative bacterial growth.
Lemon – Is known for its antiseptic properties, Essential Science Publishing says that: According to Jean Valnet, M.D. the vaporized essence of lemon can kill meningococuccus bacteria in 15 minutes, typhoid bacilli in one hour, Staphylococcus aureus in two hours and Pneumococcus bacteria within three hours. Lemon also improves microcirculation, promotes white blood cell formation, and improves immune fuction
Eucalyptus – Anti-infectious, antibacterial and antiviral.
Rosemary – Antiseptic, Antibacterial.
Chemical Essential Oils
Chemical warfare is broad term for nerve agents, blood agents and chemical agents. These three classes of chemical weapons effect the nervous system, blood, and blister the skin.
Spearmint – To calm the Nervous System, aide with Nerve Agents
Myrtle - Antispasmodic – helps to reduce spasming due to spasms caused by nerve agents
Nutmeg – supports the nervous system which Nerve Agents attack
German Chamomile – brings calming for nervous system, it is good for healing of the skin that might come from a blistering chemical agent, it is also a blood cleanser that may help with a blood agent.
Geranium – antispasmodic, stops bleeding, anti-infectious, antibacterial.
Sage Dalmatian – prevents and reduces scarring
Lavender – Burns, antiseptic. Lavender prevents the build up of excess sebum a skin oil which bacteria feeds on.
Marjoram – Anti-infectious, antibacterial, dilates blood vessels, regulates blood pressure, soothes muscles.
Melissa – Nervous System, blisters, antimicrobial
Cistus – Anti-Infectious, antiviral, antibacterial, powerful antihemorraging agent, wounds and cell regeneration, strengthens immune system.
Basil – Powerful antispasmodic, antiviral, anti-infectious, antibacterial
Myrrh – Anti-infectious, antiviral, soothes skin conditions and supports immune system.
Cypress – Circulation, pulmonary insufficiencies, bleeding gums
Tea Tree – Anti-infectious, antibacterial, antifungal, Burns
Vaccine Detox
Pine – Antidiabetic, cortisone-like, severe infections, hypertensive
Lemon – antiseptic, improves microcirculation, promotes leukocyte (white blood cell) formation, and improves lymphatic, immune function.
Rosemary – Cleansing and detoxing the body. Supports the liver and combats cirrhosis.
German Chamomile – Blood cleanser and helps increase liver function and supports the pancreas. Improves bile flow from the liver.
Geranium – Dilates bile ducts for liver detoxification.
Blue Tansy – helps to detoxify the body
Myrtle – helps break up mucus and stimulate the thyroid.
Fir – Antiseptic and anticatarrahal.
Temple Incense: A Chip Off The Ole Block
When all the ingredients of the Holy Incense are mixed together they produce something that is very precious, pleasing and holy to Yahweh.
The priests of ancient Israel gathered the ingredients, which were crushed to a powder, weighed out, mixed together and melted down into a large block which was more easily transported.
“And thou shall make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.” (Exodus 30:36)
Each day the High Priest would chip off some of the solid block, crush it into fine powder and pour it over red hot coals to release the beautiful fragrant smoke.
Like that large block of incense, there is just so much to pray about that we cannot cover everything in one session.
In our own prayer time, all we can do is chip off a little each day and crush it to powder by getting down to the fine detail. By praying for specific events, individual people, their needs and well-being our prayers are refined, rather than praying in broad and meaningless statements. Seasoned with salt, our prayers are to be enduring, as a reminder of the perpetual covenant between God and Israel which He renews daily and confirms.
Should we see our lives on a “large” annual scale, or should we see them on a relatively “tiny” daily scale? The essence is to live each day to the fullest, paying attention to all the ingredients that go into making them up. This includes seeing the ingredients that don’t smell so good as an important part of life.
And then, when we get to Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, we can look back on a year full of full days. By Yom Kippur, our Qetoret (incense) will already have been ground and our prayer life is refined with knowing how to pray when we enter the throne room.
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What is Stacte in the Holy Incense?
As the first ingredient of the Holy Incense, Nataph in Hebrew means “drop,” corresponding to “drops of water” (Job 36:27). The English translations use Stacte, from the Greek word meaning “an oozing substance,” referring to various viscous liquids including myrrh and labdanum (Rose of Sharon). Rabbi Gamaliel described it as “the sap that drips from the tapping of the wood of the Ketaf tree (Kerithot 6a). Rashi clarified, “Nataph is the same as Tzree (Balm), and since it is only drips (and is not drawn out), the drips from the Ketaf tree are called Nataph (drips). Interestingly, in the book of Jeremiah where Tzree is mentioned (Jeremiah 8:22, 46:11, 51:8), it was in concurrence with the root word Refah, meaning to heal. In other places in the Torah, Tzree (balm) is mentioned with spices that were carried by Ishmaelite traders in Genesis 37:25, and then in Genesis 43:11 as a gift from Jacob in the land of Canaan presented to Joseph, as the Prince of Egypt.
Gil Marks reported in his research concerning the Qetoret that, “some ancient sources indicate that Nataph and Tzree are not synonymous. Balm that exudes spontaneously (Nataph) was considered of the highest quality, as opposed to that produced through manmade incisions (Tzree); the latter acceptable for commercial purposes, while Nataph was specified in the Qetoret.”
Some commentators claim Stacte to be the same as Myrrh, and there is sufficient evidence that the Greek Stactae was a form of myrrh. The Septuagint’s mistake in translation could have been because both Nataph and Stactae mean “to drip” while myrrh was translated as מר, Mor, in the same chapter earlier in reference to the anointing oil. Almost all other commentators agree that the oozing matter comes from the balsam tree or one of the many types of storax trees– the sap being called “balm” in English.
Thousand years ago, in an oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea numerous rare and special balsam trees sprouted from the terraces and hills of Engedi. The balsam oil from Engedi and Jericho was considered by the Greeks and Romans to be the finest in the world for its fragrance and as a medicinal salve. In fact, the city’s name, Jericho, derived from the root Rayach (fragrance), alluded to the ancient presence of balsam trees in the area.
As a close relative to myrrh, author Gil Marks writes, “Varieties of balsam grew wild throughout much of the land surrounding the Red Sea. The one that produces the superior resin is Commiphora opobalsamum, a 10- to 12-foot high tree with a deep brown bark and small trifoliate leaves. During the heat and humidity of the summer, the aromatic resin spontaneously oozes out in drops from cracks in the lower section of the trunk, a process fostered with manmade incisions. The whitish balm gradually turns gray and solid. The still fluid sap may be added to oil, which absorbs the intoxicating fragrance. Solidified balm may be pulverized and added to oil or mixed with other resins. Balm, although very expensive, constituted a significant component of life in ancient Israel.”
According to legend, balsam was originally brought to Israel from Arabia by the Queen of Sheba among her gifts to King Solomon. However, balm was already a prominent export from Canaan at the time of the Patriarchs in Genesis 37:25.
In 1996, the “Biblical Archaeology Review” reported that during the excavation of the ancient city of Gilead, they unearthed the remains of a building used for the manufacture of balsam essential oil. This oil known as the “Balm of Gilead” is noted in Jeremiah 8:22:
“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?”
This balm of Gilead was known for its miraculous healing of wounds. The production of this healing balm was so well guarded that archeologists found this inscription on the mosaic floor of an ancient ruin:
“Whoever reveals the secret of the village to the gentiles, the one whose eyes roam over the entire earth and sees what is concealed will uproot this person and his seed from the sun.”
Spiritual Significance of the Holy Incense (Qetoret)
In an article entitled, “The Spiritual Significance of the Qetoret (Incense) in Ancient Jewish Tradition,” author Rabbi Avraham Sutton describes the momentous archeological discovery of the Holy Incense:
“In March 1988, Vendyl Jones and his team of Bnei Noah volunteers found a clay juglet about five inches in height in a cave in Qumran, just west of the northern end of the Yam HaMelach (Dead Sea). The juglet contained a reddish oil. It is believed to be the only surviving sample of the balsam oil that was prescribed in the Torah for anointing the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and its vessels, as well as the Cohanim-Priests and Kings of Israel. The oil, when found, had a honey-like consistency. The juglet in which it was found was wrapped in palm leaves and carefully concealed in a 3-foot deep pit which preserved it from looting and the extreme climatological extremes of the area.
In April 1992, Vendyl and his team discovered 600 kilos of “reddish-brown organic substance” in a carefully sealed rock silo in another part of the Qumran cave complex. Subsequent palynological analysis determined that this reddish-brown substance contains traces of at least eight of the eleven spices that were used in the manufacture of the Pitum HaQetoret (Incense Mixture) and burned in the Temple.
In 1994, the incense spices were presented to Rabbi Yehudah Getz of blessed memory, late Chief Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Places in Israel. A sample was also given to Rabbi Ovadiah Yoseph. Rabbi Ovadiah had his own chemist analyze the mixture to confirm its organic nature. Then both rabbis requested that Vendyl Jones “burn” some of the incense for scientific purposes (not with fire but with hydrochloric acid). At their suggestion, he had the spices combined together with the Sodom Salt and Karshina Lye which were also found stored separately in the cave in Qumran.
The results were astonishing. Although the spices had lost some of their potency over the two millennia since their burial, it was still powerful. The residue of its fragrance lingered in the vicinity for several days following the experiment. Several people present reported that their hair and clothing retained the aroma. More amazing, the area in which the spices were burned changed. It had been infested with a variety of flies, ants, moths and other insects. After the Qetoret was burned, no sign of these pests was seen for quite a while. This is reminiscent of the Mishnah in Avot (5:5) which states that there were no flies in the area of the Temple, nor was a snake or scorpion ever able to harm anyone anywhere in Jerusalem as long as the Temple stood.
Rabbi Avraham Sutton stated he work with Vendyl Jones in 1995 and met Avraham Sand of Tiferet International Aromatherapy, a master perfumer who was able to authenticate and obtain nine of the original eleven incense spices and reproduce them in the form of essential oils. In essence, Sand was able to parallel Vendyl’s discoveries of both the Anointing Oil and Qetoret in Qumran. His work was supervised under the rabbinical guidance of Rabbi Menachem Burstein, the foremost Jewish authority on the botany and chemistry of Temple artifacts. This was done in order to sidestep the strict prohibition against experimentation with the various plant materials in their original form. Rabbi Burstein advised him that there is no prohibition whatsoever against enjoying the essential oil extracts of these same botanicals.
“By getting back in touch with the mystery of the Qetoret, and unearthing its ancient secrets,” Rabbi Avraham suggests, “we can awaken something else in ourselves that is sorely needed at this time.”
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Biblical History of Essential Oils – Egyptians – Temple of Edfu – Perfumes – Hieroglyphics
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Ecclesiastes 9:8, “Let thy garments be always white: and let thy head lack no ointment.”
In ancient times, essential oils and other aromatics were used for religious rituals, as well as for the treatment of illness and other physical and spiritual needs. According to the Essential Oils Desk Reference compiled by Essence Science Publishing, “Records dating back to 4500 B.C. Describes use of balsamic substances with aromatic properties for religious rituals and medical applications. The translation of ancient papyrus found in the Temple of Edfu, located on the west bank of the Nile reveals the medicinal formulas and perfume recipes used by the alchemist and high priest in blending aromatic substances for rituals performed in the temples and pyramids. As well, Hieroglyphics on the walls of Egyptian temples depict the blending of oils and describe hundreds of oil recipes. Within these writings tell of scented barks, resins of spices, and aromatic vinegars, wines and beers that were used in rituals, temples, for embalming and medicine. Thus, the Egyptians were credited as the first to discover the potential of fragrance and were considered masters in using essential oils and other aromatics in the embalming process. They created various aromatic blends for personal use, placing them in alabaster jars – a vessel specially carved and shaped for holding fragrant oils. In fact, when King Tut’s tomb was opened in 1922, 350 liters of oils were discovered in alabaster jars. Amazingly, because of the solidification of plant waxes sealing the opening of the jars, the liquefied oil was in perfect condition.
In the upper region of Egypt, a sect of Jews, called Essenes, were known for their healing arts and use of essential oils. Both Philo and Josephus writings indicate that at the period in which John the Baptist and Jesus were born, the Essenes were scattered over Israel, numbering about four thousand souls. The Essenes or Therapeuts (used interchangeably) refer primarily to the art of healing which these devotees professed, as it was believed in those days that sanctity was closely allied to the exercise of this power, and that no cure of any sort could be imputed simply to natural causes. (Source: http://sacred-texts.com, http://bopsecrets.org)
The Holy Scriptures record over 1,035 references to aromatics, ointments, savors, fragrances, plants and incense-most implying essential oils. Twelve of the most highly-praised fragrances in the World mentioned in the Bible include: Frankincense, Myrrh, Spikenard, Hyssop, Cypress, Myrtle, Aloes, Sandalwood, Galbanum, Cinnamon, Cassia, and Onycha. Many were in the prescribed preparation of the Holy Anointing Oil and Holy Incense for Temple services, as well as for anointing and healing the sick. The people of the ancient world I believe understood the importance of maintaining wellness and physical health, as well as the oils’ ability to enhance their spiritual state of worship, prayer, and for the purification from sin. King David alluded to this in Psalm 51:7 when he wrote, “Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”
Aromatherapy: Essential Oils For Romance In Your Marriage
by Penny Barker
Aromatherapy consists of using different aromas to affect a person’s mood or behaviour. In the practice of aromatherapy, each essential oil is believed to possess unique specific properties that positively affect different areas of a person’s life. Some are used to soothe physical ailments, while others can increase concentration, stamina or energy, and possibly jumpstart your libido. The use of aromatherapy essential oils in sexual practices and rituals has been around for centuries and spans many cultures. It is said that the famous seductress Cleopatra indulged in the practice of aromatherapy, using the intoxicating scents of cinnamon, cardamom and rose to bewitch and entice Marc Antony.
How to Use Aromatherapy Essential Oils
There are many ways to incorporate the benefits of aromatherapy into everyday life, and various methods of using essential oils. They can be applied to the skin, but must first be diluted with a carrier oil as they are too powerful in their undiluted form. You may prefer to inhale the oil scent by placing a few drops on a clean cloth or tissue and putting it near your nose, or you can use steam inhalation. It is also possible to put a few drops of oil diluted with a carrier oil in your bathwater. Just add your preferred scent to one ounce of carrier oil and mix well into the warm water. Aromatherapy essential oils can be added to lotions, massage oils, and shower products to help revitalize your mind and body, all the while providing you with a very sensual experience.
Carrier oils
Aromatherapy essential oils must be “carried” onto the skin by carrier oils as they are too concentrated to be applied directly on the skin. Carrier oils are also known as base oils or vegetable oils. Some popular carrier oils include sweet almond, grapeseed, jojoba, sunflower, avocado, and olive oil.
Scents to Raise the Libido
The use of aromatherapy essential oils can enhance almost any mood. A person’s sense of smell is tied to the area of emotion and memory in the brain; consequently, a particular pleasing scent can recreate wonderful feelings associated with a pleasurable past experience. Spicy scents can definitely make an individual feel energized, while light floral scents can put you in a sensual and relaxed mood. The aromatherapy essential oils can be placed in a diffuser to create a seductive atmosphere in the room, used to perform a sensuous massage or blended in a warm bubble bath for two! There are hundreds of scents used in the practice of aromatherapy. Here are a few essential oils known to produce positive results in the area of love and sexual relations:
Rose – A deeply floral scent that is relaxing and known to promote compassion, love and sensuality.
Vanilla – A subtly sweet aroma that induces feelings of security, compassion and love.
Jasmine – A comforting scent that is warm and floral. Indian women use it in their hair to entice their husbands into love-making.
Ginger – A woody aroma that provides feelings of warmth when used in a massage, and is known to increase endurance. Many brides of South Asia use this oil in creams on their wedding day.
Clove – A spicy, rich and penetrating scent with warming properties which is intoxicating to the senses.
Ylang Ylang – A very powerful scent, originally from China, which can be very enticing when mixed with other oils such as clary sage or geranium. Its floral and exotic odor can enhance stimulation.
Bergamot - A sweet and spicy aroma that produces intense refreshing effects.
Cedarwood – An intensely woody aroma that has soothing and strengthening properties that promotes inner strength and confidence.
Originally published on SearchWarp.com for Penny Barker Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Article Source: Aromatherapy: Essential Oils to Jumpstart your Libido
(ORAC) The Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity of Essential Oils Compared to Fresh Vegetables
The ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity) assay is a laboratory procedure developed in 1992 at the National Institute of Aging in Silver Springs, Maryland. It is used to measure the antioxidant capacities of many foods, juices, and oils. The higher the ORAC score, the more capable that particular food or oil is of destroying free radicals (Free radicals can cause disease and aging by changing the structure of the body’s cell walls, DNA, and protein, disrupting their important functions), thus retarding the aging process and preventing cancers and other diseases.
Foods with a high ORAC score may be able to protect cells and their components from oxidative damage. Oxygen radicals are chemicals that form naturally inside the body through the process of oxidation. Everyday functions such as digestion and physical activity produce oxygen radicals. Daily exposure to polluted air, rancid food and oxidizing radiation from the sun and electrical appliances also contribute.
An easy to understand example of oxidation is to imagine rust attacking metal. When the rust eats away at the metal, the metal starts to weaken and decay until it can no longer work. This is what happens to our body when free radicals attack it. Organs, cells and other parts of the body can be weakened by oxidation. This leads to diseases such as cancer, skin and heart diseases, senile dementia and osteoarthritis.
Studies have shown that eating foods with a high ORAC score will raise the antioxidant levels in the blood by around 10 to 25%. The ORAC figure suggested by experts is around 5,000 units per day to have a significant effect on plasma and tissue antioxidant levels. Eating eight to ten servings of brightly colored fruits and vegetables or dark greens will help achieve this level.
Here are some examples of ORAC scores:
Fruits and Vegtables Essential Oils
Carrots 210 Sandalwood (Aloes) 160
Oranges 750 Frankincense 630
Beets 840 Rose of Sharon (cistus) 3,860
Raspberries 1,220 Cinnamon 10,340
Strawberries 1,540 Spikenard 54,800
Blueberries 2,400 Myrrh 379,800
Wolfberries 25,300 Clove 1,078,700
Most essential oils score higher than most fruits and vegetables, as the two tables above suggest. In fact, essential oils have the highest ORAC scores of all substances in the world. An ounce of Clove Oil has the antioxidant capacity of 320 pounds of carrots, 28 quarts of blueberries, or 10 gallons of beet juice. The exceptionally high ORAC scores of essential oils partially explains why living with them in your daily environment – to breathe, eat, and apply to your body – can support all of your systems and contribute effectively towards long healthful living, even when used in very small quantities, and even when only inhaling them.
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Myrrh In The Book of Revelation – Smurna: Suffering Church In The Last Days
The Greek word for myrrh is “smurna,” which shares the same root name of the city and church mentioned in the book of Revelation. Smyrna was the second church of the seven churches of Asia John was instructed to write in Revelation 2:8-11. Interestingly, this church was distinguished as being persecuted and understood the bitterness of mistreatment for the sake of the Gospel.
Myrrh has been known to promote a feeling of security and acts as well as a pain-reliever, which is why the Romans added it to the sour wine and offered it to Yeshua on the cross.
Did you know we are going to smell his coming? Psalm 45:8 says, “All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.” His garments will be scented with these fragrances!
In Biblical times, the Hebrews scattered fresh leaves, twigs, and stems of fresh mint, marjoram and other herbs on the dirt floors of homes and synagogues. By walking on these, the fragrant oils would be released into the air. This practice was also common in the temple, where they sacrificed animals where the scent acted as a disinfectant as well as an air freshener.
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Myrrh Essential Oil – Symbolic of the First and the Last in the Bible – Alef and Tov – Alpha and Omega – The Beginning and the End
Myrrh is the first oil mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 37:25, when Joseph’s jealous brothers sold him into slavery to a caravan of Midianites (incense traders) that we on their way to Egypt. The Scriptures tell us that the caravan was carrying “balm and myrrh.” Years later during the famine, Joseph’s brothers came to Egypt to buy food where they encountered Joseph as the Egyptian ruler. Interestingly, Jacob, their father (Israel), told his sons to bring gifts for the Prince and the Scriptures tells us in Genesis 43:11, they brought him “balm and myrrh”- the same two oils that accompanied Joseph into slavery.
Not only is myrrh the first oil mentioned in the Bible, it is also the last one mentioned in Revelation 18:13, which describes the destruction of Babylon when all of these wonderful fragrances and ointments will be no more. Myrrh is rich with symbolism and is mentioned 156 times in the Bible.
Myrrh was also one of the first gum resins/oil given as a gift to Yeshua as a child by the Magi. Matthew 2:11 tells us, “And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.” Certainly by no coincidence, myrrh was also the last oil offered to Yeshua at Golgotha when He was delivered to be crucified. In Mark 15:23 we read how they offered Him, “wine mingled with myrrh,” but He refused it. Yeshua refused the myrrh as a pain-reliever, because He agreed to come down in the form of man and drink from the cup of suffering and that He did. As the Alpha and the Omega – the Alef and the Tov – the beginning and the end – He identified with us in His pain and sorrow, so that we could have the courage to seek and know Him intimately through the fellowship of suffering.
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Benefits of Benzoin Essential Oil
Benzoin is used in aromatherapy as an essential oil known as Styrax Benzoin. Its botanical oils, which arrives from resin. Resin is an organic substance, which comes from plants. The plants are firm and secrete sap from the plants and tree. Resin has a yellow and/or brownish color. Benzoin was extracted from food grade solvents. In addition, benzoin originated from Sumatra, yet Thailand, Java, etc, grows the trees as well.
Works well with Coriander, Frankincense, Bergamot, Petit-grain, Sandalwood, Rose, Myrrh, Lavender, Juniper, Lemon, Orange, etc. The oils produce a warm, sweet aroma, which smells similar to vanilla.
Basic Uses and Benefits of Aromatherapy
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Basic Uses and Benefits of Aromatherapy
If you haven’t taken advantage of the benefits that you can gain from aromatherapy, it is never too late to start learning so that you can apply what you have discovered in the process. You may have already heard of the concept. Although these days, there are many ways of relaxation and healing techniques that are being introduced, this one remains to be popular because this is easy to follow, plus the fact that this won’t cost you much.
The process utilizes botanical oils. These are extracts and essences from sources such as herbs, trees and flowers. The type of essences that you have to use in order to benefit from such source depends on what you want to cure and your reasons for undergoing the procedure.
Tracing the Roots
This procedure can be traced back in the 1920s when Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, a French chemist, coined the term after witnessing how the lavender oil can cure skin burns. Now this has become a branch of herbal medicine that applies the medicinal properties of the oils and essences from various herbs and plants. And the idea is now being applied in most countries around the world, especially in parts of Europe and North America.
The approach is popularly used at spas and holistic treatments. This is also being integrated on products used for relaxation purposes such as candles and different essences of massage oils. Through time, many people are discovering the effectiveness of the process. For most of its users, this has become an integral part of their lives as it can alleviate pains, fatigue and stress.
How Does It Work?
There are many things that essential oils can do to one’s body. It has the following effects depending on the type of oils used and its sources. The effects range from being tranquilizing, antiviral, anti-bacterial, adrenal stimulating and other pharmacological end result.
The matter is simple. You inhale the essential oil. Through your nasal cavity, its molecules enter your system. When it’s already inside your body, the limbic system in your brain gets stimulated. Such system is responsible for your emotions and memories. It is also directly associated with parts of your body that controls heart rate, your breathing and blood pressure. This is also connected with the hypothalamus, adrenals and your pituitary gland.
The oils help in maintaining the balance between your physiology and emotions. Such oils are extracted from different parts of the sources such as the leaves, flowers, branches, roots and even flowers and buds. The processes involved in creating this include stem and water distillation, cold pressing and steam distillation. You must be cautious in using the matter. You must take note that it can be harmful if you will take the matter orally. If this must be done, you must seek the help of a professional to carry out the process.
The Basic Uses
This method is known to relax one’s body and lessen tensions and stress. This has also been popular to treat different conditions such as bruises and burns, allergies, insect bites, headache, colds, flu, menopause, sprains, joint pains and a lot more. This can also help you regain your strength and energy and help you sleep if you feel restless or if you are suffering from insomnia.
As more and more people discover the marvels that aromatherapy can bring, this method will surely go a long way and its popularity will never cease to exist.
