In Focus Essential Oils & Aromatherapy: Your Personal Guide by Marlene Houghton

In Focus Essential Oils & Aromatherapy: Your Personal Guide by Marlene Houghton. Introduction to In Focus Essential Oils & AromatherapyWelcome to the fragrant art of aromatherapy. I have been using essential oils for many years for both health and beauty and have found them useful for the prevention and treatment of minor ailments and skin care. The life-enhancing qualities of this holistic system of medicine have provided my family and me with vital protection from colds, coughs, and flu during the winter months, and pleasure when used for skin and body care. This ancient healing system has become very popular with the general public, and today many womens magazines carry articles on essential oils and their uses. Aromatherapy has left the fringes and become complementary to mainstream medicine. The aim of this book is to introduce the layperson to the principles of this wonderful therapy so that readers, armed with a broad knowledge of the basics of these essential oils and their application, will be able to gain many health benefits by using the oils for prevention, healing, beauty, and pleasure.What Is an Essential Oil? An essential oil is the pure concentrated substance found in selected aromatic plants. The essential oils are distilled from herbs, flowers, spices, fruits, trees, woods, and resins. These oils are the basis for aromatherapy treatments. The extracted oil has also been described as the plants life force. The beneficial properties of pure essential oils ar