from Gerry McCarthy, Leyden House Ltd.

Here's a very basic and simple recipe for bath salts - just 4 ingredients and nothing else required except a tightly closing jar and a spoon. You can easily personalize this recipe by using different essential oils for different purposes. Have fun with this one...

Editor's Note: Enhance the moisturizing aspect of the glycerin by using Roman Chamomile, Geranium, Rosewood, or Palmarosa essential oils.  After bathing, follow up with a body oil or lotion.

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by Joie Power, PhD

"Even an oil which is quite truthfully described as pure may be of poor quality, and therefore of less value  therapeutically.  IF AN ESSENTIAL OIL COSTS MUCH LESS THAN YOU WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT TO PAY FOR IT, the oil may well be a third or fourth distillate from a batch of plant material which has already  yielded the greater part of its properties to the first or second distillation..."

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by Beverley Hawkins

As many of you may be aware essential oils can be very helpful in times of Emotional Stress and Disharmony. Because our sense of smell is hot wired directly into the limbic system of the brain, aroma can elicit a mood or memory response before you are even aware of what you have smelled, or sometimes even before you realize you have experienced an aroma at all...

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by M.J. Plaster

Nothing turns a commonplace, ho-hum room into a radiant, inviting setting faster than the flicker of a few ordinary candles scattered strategically throughout the room. Add scented candles and you can quickly evoke childhood memories, transport your imagination to a tropical island, or infuse the room with the crisp scent of a pine forest. Aromatherapy candles add yet another dimension to the equation...

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by Elaine Dohms, LMT, CCMA

Psychoneuroimmunology is a large word that suggests an even larger impact on our future medical choices of wellness and healing.  The practice of Holistic Aromatherapy, the use of Essential Oils to support and strengthen the immune function, will offer the possibility of improving health through direct effects on the mind/body connection...

Editor’s Note: Clinical aromatherapy is quickly finding a place in the practice of integrative medicine. The power of the emotional, neurological and immunological working together to enhance and support with essential oils is an exciting as well as promising future for those who wish to heal.

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by Dorene Petersen

The Aromatherapy Registration Council (ARC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1999 to ensure minimum standards of training and safety knowledge of registered aromatherapists...

Editor's Note: I am very proud not only to be a registered aromatherapist through the ARC but a graduate of the American College of Healthcare Sciences, both of which are headed up by Dorene Petersen. The benefits from these organizations have been extensive and very enriching for me, and I recommend both organizations for all individuals interested in aromatherapy and holistic health.

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Aromaherbalist Mindy Green discusses the use of essential oils to treat menstrual cramps and using sitz baths for pelvic related women's health...

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by Joie Power, PhD

Recently I have been corresponding with a member of Cropwatch, an organization that monitors the status of plant species that are put at risk by agricultural and commercial practices around the globe. Many of us in the field of Aromatherapy have been aware for years that we are faced with increasing challenges as we try to select essential oils and other products that are both ecologically and socially responsible...

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by Monika Haas

The discussion about the perils of ingesting essential oils dates back to the beginning of Modern Aromatherapy in the early 1970s. How do we know what is right for us? Before we can decide, we need to take a look at the various schools of thought in aromatherapy: the British, the French and the Californian/American...

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Wellspring Pharmacy presents Aromas for Healing with Pam Conrad, including this one on aromatherapy and pregnancy...

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by Denise Wickell, LMT, CA, RA 

Aromatherapy has become a very popular and commercialized word, but what is really meant by the term “aromatherapy?” Authentic Aromatherapy is a comprehensive healthcare modality that utilizes therapeutic plant extracts called “essential oils” to evoke the body’s own intrinsic healing power...

Editor's Note: This is the same article that you will read when clicking "Introducing Aromatherapy" at the top of the Aromatherapy home page. It's so comprehensive and well-written that we wanted you to be able to find it here just in case you missed it above. Enjoy!

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