Aromatherapy: complete beginner course for essential oils

Aromatherapy involves using high-quality essential oils entering the body via the airway or skin. When the first route is used, essential oils are inhaled; room aromatization is less common. In direct aromatherapy, essential oils, diluted in water or a fatty carrier, are applied directly to the skin. Numerous aromatherapeutic methods and preparations are available, providing a wide range of application options. Aromatherapeutic procedures or their elements can be used for therapeutic, cosmetic, or marketing purposes. A suitable choice of high-quality essential oils and the safety of their use is pivotal to successful aromatherapy.Aromatherapy is the use of natural essential oils of a definite origin. Aromatherapy involves the use of high-quality essential oils entering the body via the airway or skin essential oils are obtained from raw plant materials (flowers, leaves, roots, herbs, wood, bark, branches,  seeds,  fruits,  etc.)  by distillation with water vapor or water,  squeezing or spinning of fruit peels or dry distillation of wood.  Moreover, maceration and extraction are applied. These processes require chemical solvents, however, their residues can remain in the  final product, i.e. the essential oil. Therefore, only oils obtained by natural methods are recommended for aromatherapy procedures.  The remaining products can be applied only for room aromatization or as the ingredients of fragrant compositions