What is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is a practice that uses plant oils to treat medical conditions. It's not a substitute for other treatments prescribed by your doctor.Essential oils are concentrated extracts from flowers, seeds, trees, roots and bark. When you inhale them, olfactory cells in your nose detect the molecules and send messages to parts of your brain that control functions like stress and sleep.HistoryThe use of aromatic plant oils in massage and healing rituals dates back thousands of years. However, it wasn't until 1928 that French chemist Rene Maurice Gattefosse coined the term "aromatherapy" after his accidental discovery of the healing properties of