Have you ever wondered why essential oils are so effective? Essential oils are natural remedies extracted from the leaves, flowers and bark of plants through a particular process that have many properties and lend themselves to different uses. This is why it is always useful to have them at home for small daily inconveniences, but also for cleaning or even to use them in the kitchen.
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Have you ever wondered why essential oils are so effective? Essential oils are natural remedies extracted from the leaves, flowers and bark of plants through a particular process that have many properties and lend themselves to different uses. This is why it is always useful to have them at home for small daily inconveniences, but also for cleaning or even to use them in the kitchen.
They are highly appreciated in perfumery for their intense aroma, but the most interesting uses from the point of view of health concern aromatherapy and treatments based on natural remedies. Essential oils are obtained from plants by extraction.
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Techniques are used to obtain essential oils distillation or squeeze. The density of essential oils is usually less than that of water, on which they float. They are added in drops to the water in the essence burners for aromatherapy. Otherwise, the essential oils to be applied to the skin are mixed with a base vegetable oil (for example sweet almond oil or sesame oil), or with an ointment or cream.
Essential oils to take for internal use (only under the guidance of an expert) are administered, for example, in a few drops added to honey or sugar cubes. Some essential oils are suitable to flavor food and drinks with use in very small quantities.
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Essential oils are effective as a natural remedy mainly because they are really very focused. This is the reason why they are used in drops and sparingly. In fact, small quantities of essential oils are enough to obtain the desired effect.
It is believed that essential oils are almeno 50 times more therapeutically powerful than the plants or herbs they come from. We can consider essential oils as a sort of lifeblood useful for defending the plants themselves. In short, a sort of immune system of plants.
If we think about it, in fact, essential oils usually have strong marks antibacterial properties and are mainly used for fight germs and for prevent infections. With their aroma, essential oils they act on our limbic system. which is connected to the areas of the brain that control heart rate, blood pressure and breathing, stress levels and memory. With essential oils both psychological and physiological effects are obtained and beneficial for both body and mind.
Let's think, for example, of the relaxing properties of lavender essential oil. If we use it in the essence burner or sprinkle a few drops on a handkerchief to smell it, we realize that little by little our mind and body relax. This is why lavender essential oil in aromatherapy is recommended above all to those who need to relax and to those who struggle to sleep. To take a second example, recent scientific studies they highlighted and the essential oil of rosemary can improve the the memory precisely because of its scent.
Essential oils they help our body in healing because they strengthen the immune system and because, thanks to their properties, they are able to act against those bacteria that can cause problems and diseases.
In particular, essential oils are used to help our body regain its natural balance. Although these are natural remedies, essential oils they must be used with caution, always under the guidance of a herbalist, a pharmacist or in any case an expert person.
In fact, normally the use of essential oils is not recommended for children under 3 years of age and there may be some contraindications for pregnant or lactating women and in case of allergies.
Please note
THEincautious use of pure essential oils applied to the skin can cause injury. That is why it is always good to dilute them in oils or creams and always follow the advice of an expert. Their power should never be underestimated.
With regard to contraindications of essential oils, in any case it all depends on the doses and the way in which the essential oils are used, as well as on your health conditions and the problems to be treated. Also for this reason, when it comes to choosing essential oils as healing remedies, it is good to contact a trusted expert to be followed step by step.
Marta Albè
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