One of the applications of essential oils - medicine. About the healing effects of fragrances wrote the ancient scientists - Hippocrates, Avicenna, Plutarch. Aromatherapy as one of the trends in meditsine- a set of methods for the prevention and treatment of diseases by means of smells, has many useful properties. The antiseptic properties are due to the presence of essential oils fintotsidov which, on one hand destroy harmful microorganisms on the other - a positive influence on the human immune system. This property has been used in medicine since ancient times. It is known that, with an ointment made from myrrh resin, Greek soldiers lubricated wounds.
Evaporation of essential oils (eg, pine, eucalyptus, lemon, coriander, lavender, fir, and others.) Destroy pathogens in the rooms and have a preventive effect. Everybody knows a folk remedy for prevention of infectious diseases during epidemics: chopped cloves of garlic, spread out in different parts of the room.
Pronounced antiviral action of essential oils. Using oils of eucalyptus, lemon, clary sage, tea tree, ginger, cloves helps to quickly deal with viral diseases (SARS, influenza, sore throat, etc.) and even prevent them. The fact that people living near the forest, especially pine, less likely to suffer from these diseases is due to the high concentration of air in the forest fintotsidov of the essential oils of pine needles, which it is disinfected.
Essential oils are also used for treating many other diseases. Known for their properties such as the acceleration of the processes of regeneration and wound healing, analgesic, choleretic, diuretic, antispasmodic, stimulates the cardiovascular and urogenital system. Aromatherapy is closely linked with the psychological factor in the overall resistance to adverse influences. Essential oils can lead to normal emotional state of a person exposed to stress, and hence increase its adaptive capabilities.
Essential oils have excellent flavors in strong concentration, are widely used in cosmetics and perfumes. Aromas are used for these purposes since time immemorial. Many recipes for cosmetics, ointments and perfumes using a variety of aromatic components have survived from the ancient world - Egypt, Greece, Rome, the countries of the East, Kievan Rus.
Today, the use of essential oils is increasing. "After playing" with synthetic substitutes for natural flavors, people appreciated the unrivaled natural dignity, created by nature itself. Their use is not only fills cosmetics fragrance, but also has a beneficial physiological effect on the human body, according to positive emotions, promotes relaxation. Trend of the times became bodycare using aromatherapy arsenal funds. Essential oils and plant extracts are added to soaps, shampoos, creams, lotions.
Development of technology for production of essential oils produced a sort of revolution in perfumery. Perfumes and scented balms from a luxury and the strictest secrecy became available in personal care products.
Very effective use of essential oils for massage. Variety of types and unique composition of each oil allows to select for a particular situation, depending on the expected therapeutic effect. During the massage takes place contact the introduction of essential oils into the body. They have antiseptic, kozhnoreflektornoe, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. In parallel, there is an influence of scents on the body through the olfactory system, and achieved additional effects - tonic, tonic and soothing.
Popular thanks to its robust actions ointments and gels used in acute pain syndromes, which include essential oils from fruits peppers, Scotch pine, fir, basil. They are applied with light massage movements on the skin in the location of the pain.