So How Does Aromatherapy Really Work?

Learning how aromatherapy works will help you use these natural resources to benefit both mentally and physically. Human beings have used plants, flowers, roots and seeds for nourishment and medicinal purposes because plants are made out of chemicals, water, salt, proteins and alkaloids. Here is a brief explanation of how aromatherapy does work. Essential Oils Essentials oils are also known as volatile oils, which can be found in a sac at the surface of the leaves of a plant or flower. These oils contain the fragrance of the flower or plant from where the scents and perfumes are created. Volatile oils contain powerful ingredients besides fragrance such as antibiotic properties that help the flower to survive, repel other insects or bugs that may want to eat or attack View the rest of this article