Aromatherapy - therapy development at the turn of centuries
Autor: | Katarzyna Urtnowska-Joppek |
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Sprache: | Englisch; Spanisch; Polnisch; Russisch; Ukrainisch |
Veröffentlicht: |
2018 |
Quelle: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
Online Zugang: |
http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5989 https://doaj.org/toc/2391-8306 2391-8306 doi:10.5281/zenodo.1419627 https://doaj.org/article/f174c807df0048c2b7b6ef5895b18d73 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1419627 https://doaj.org/article/f174c807df0048c2b7b6ef5895b18d73 |
Erfassungsnummer: | ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f174c807df0048c2b7b6ef5895b18d73 |
Zusammenfassung
The term “aromatherapy” means healing with the use of essential oils. At the turn of the century, people were discovering the healing influence of different plants, and then great opportunities that essential oils (which are obtained from those plants) gives. Essential oils are very strong substances that used in diluted form, strictly into the skin or through inhalation process, influence on the whole human organism. With a development of different cultures and civilizations, they gained more applications. Starting from interfering in the religious rituals, by embalming corpses in ancient Egypt, up to the greater flowering of aromatherapy in the XX century in the form known to us. Nowadays, aromatherapy is widely used in the treatment of infectious diseases. In cosmetics and physiotherapy - to relax, strengthen the blood supply of the skin, warming up or cooling the skin and muscles. Fragrances are also popularly used in relieving anxiety, depression, stress or insomnia.