How to Use Essential Oil and Aromatherapy: Beginners Guide to Mastering Natural Healing

By Shannon Ward

Are you tired of chemicals bombarding your world? Are you hoping for some more natural remedies to common health issues? Do you strive to live a more natural and balanced life? Then you're going to want to add this valuable resource to your book collection. How to Use Essential Oils and Aromatherapy, is a step-by-step beginner guide for natural healing.

By the time you have finished reading this book, you'll have the confidence and the skills to keep your family healthy and happier without bombarding their bodies with chemicals and synthetic substances that are commonly found in over the counter and prescription medications. You'll then be able to make decisions when to use natural healing in your home.

You will be able to create your own aromatherapy and essential blends all from the comfort of your home and you'll know exactly how to buy the best essential oils and carrier oils. As you master natural healing, you'll know what essential oils can be as effective as expensive pharmaceuticals, and that's powerful information to have in a world that force feeds us a pharmaceutical solution for every ailment, condition or disease.

Whether you cut yourself, suffer from anxiety, have an upset stomach, suffer from headaches, lack energy, or simply want to know how to make a perfume that is natural and contains no chemicals, you'll find it all in this must-have resource, and so much more. Learn about each of the essential oils that can play a key role in your health, and never again second-guess your natural healing ability.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alternative Imaginings Press
• Release date: Sep 6, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514214817

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Introduction

If you are here, then it likely means you have heard the term aromatherapy or heard something about essential oils and how they can benefit your health. Using essential oils and the practice of aromatherapy can benefit both your psychological and physical well-being. Essential oils can also be used for your personal care and within your home reducing the amount of exposure you have to harmful chemicals.

This book will teach you about the different essential oils and what their therapeutic value is, as well as look at carrier oils and show you how to choose the best carrier oil for what you are doing. You’ll learn how to use essential oils and aromatherapy in your daily life and how to get the most out of these valuable practices.

This book was created for beginners and is written in an easy to follow format that provides you with detailed instruction on using aromatherapy and essential oils, while continuing to use and enjoy the recipes for years to come. It is written in a way that will make it a valuable reference now and in the future. This book is filled with tons of recipes to help you with both physical and mental ailments. Are you ready? Then let’s begin!

Chapter 1 - What is Aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is simply the practice of using volatile plant oils for your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Essential oils play an important role in aromatherapy practices. The term aromatherapy was coined in the 20th century, but essential oil usage dates back thousands of years.

An essential oil comes from the pure essence of a plant and when properly used, they offer a great deal of benefit. Essential oils are key in aromatherapy recipes, but these recipes will also include other natural ingredients such as liquid carrier oils, cold pressed vegetable oils, herbs, clays, sea salts, mud, and more. Any number of these ingredients can be part of the aromatherapy recipe.

The use of any synthetic ingredients is not recommended in holistic aromatherapy. Choose the highest quality natural ingredients you can find. Using synthetic ingredients or essential oils that are not of therapeutic value (more about that later) eliminates all the benefits.

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The Role of Aromatherapy

If you’ve heard that aromatherapy can cure a major illness, you are likely going to be disappointed. If someone told you that aromatherapy by itself can cure life’s stress, you are going to be disappointed. However, there is a ton of things aromatherapy and the use of essential oils can do for you. Aromatherapy and essential oils can help relieve symptoms associated with major illness. It can improve your mood; it will temporarily eliminate your stress, and do so much more! You are going to love having aromatherapy in your life.

Holistic aromatherapy is a complementary alternative health option that has many benefits and works exceptionally well. However, it is not intended to replace medical care. There are also times when using essential oils can