Benefits

Aromatherapy massage is the massage done using aromatherapy essential oils. Aromatherapy massage not only helps you in relaxation but also rejuvenate your body from head to toe.You can improve your well being of mind and body by using essential oils of aromatherapy massage.

Adding aromatherapy massage oils to your therapy program is one experience everyone should try at least once. (Be careful they have been known to be addictive). With the combination of massage and a scented room to awaken your senses, you have the ultimate in relaxation and healing.

Aromatherapy massage oils are most commonly used to heal various problems in a natural way. This is because the oil enters into the person’s veins and bloodstream wherein it starts to work. Some of the problems that aromatherapy massage oils are very effective for include the common cold, aches, menopause, skin problems, physical injuries, sleeping problems and cough just to name just a few. Of course, these aromatherapy massage oils also help to improve a person’s ability to concentrate and to be alert.

Many different conditions require creams and massage oils. Sunburn, dry skin, and razor burn leave the skin feeling rough and sometimes painful, and people would like to have their skin feel supple. One of the most effective means of treating these conditions is the use of organic aromatherapy massage oil. Using all natural ingredients, these massage oils don’t harm animals, and they don’t irritate allergies.

Learning massage is a benefit that could help your partner and your relationship as a whole. A great couple’s massage can increase the trust and increase the passion in your relationship by joining your bodies in a union that maintains comfort and quality above any other form of arousal and unites the physical self in a spiritual connection, placing a whole new priority on the form of connection experienced between the partners. It is this type of connection that keeps people reaching for aromatherapy massage oil as a part of their love life.

Aromatherapy is an excellent preventative treatment as it helps to relieve stress and related conditions. It stimulates our natural immune body mechanisms and particular oils have an affinity with certain systems of the body helping to alleviate respiratory, digestive, circulatory or hormonal problems. With aromatherapy massage the emphasis is on smooth, flowing movements designed to assist lymphatic drainage. It increases the nourishment and oxygen to the tissues easing muscular aches and pains and helping with fatigue.

Aromatherapy can be used for a variety of health conditions, such as allergies, stress, bruises, burns, diarrhea, earache, prementrual syndrome (PMS), energy, insect bites, relaxation, poor digestion, headache, menopause, insomnia, nausea, bronchitis, colds, flu, sinusitis, sprains, wounds, shingles (herpes zoster), muscle and joint pain, nervousenss, restlessness, and scars. Essential oils can be used at home by inhalation or topical application. Steam inhalation is often used for respiratory conditions. Steam inhalation involves adding 2-3 drops of essential oil of eucalyptus, roosemary, tea tree, or other oil to hot water and holding the face over the pot with a towel draped to form a tent.

Aromatherapy massage is particularly helpful in the treatment of many conditions. It is suitable for people of all ages, from tiny babies to older people, men and women. It has been found to be particularly helpful for the following conditions:

* Anxiety, stress, depression and nervous tension

* Fatigue (including chronic) and ME

* Insomnia and poor sleep patterns

* Headaches and migraines

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When testing out the benefits of aromatherapy, you have many options available to you. It all depends on your preference, as there is an aromatherapy product out there for everyone. If you like candles, aromatherapy candles are very popular. If you like incense, those, too, are very popular. However, many people choose to go another route. For those people, there are essential oils that can be burned in a diffuser, which releases a fine mist into the air, there are essential oils that can be rubbed on, such as those used by masseuses, and then there are organic aromatherapy products, such as shampoos, lotions, and more. No matter what type of aromatherapy product you choose, the benefits of aromatherapy can be had by all of them.

What Ails You

When you choose your aromatherapy product, you then have to choose which scents to use. Something to try if you’re a beginner to aromatherapy is to get your hands on an aromatherapy starter kit. The starter kits typically come with a variety of scents with descriptions for each one. You will learn the name of the various scents as well as which aromatherapy benefits can be expected from each one. For example, chamomile is often used for relaxation, as is patchouli, which is typically used for meditation. However, there are also scents that can rejuvenate you if you’re feeling tired, there are scents that can liven up a romantic atmosphere and then there are some that can relieve joint pain, migraines and even muscle spasms.

The benefits of aromatherapy have been enjoyed by many people, for many years, and it’s a travesty to outright dismiss them because you don’t believe it’s possible to feel a certain way by smelling a certain scent. Just open your mind, choose your product, your scent and see what kinds of benefits from aromatherapy you can receive, if any. You’ll see that once you feel the benefits of aromatherapy, you’ll be hooked and you’ll want to tell all of your friends that aromatherapy isn’t a myth, it’s absolutely real.

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Aromatherapy is a complementary therapy to promote psychological and physical well-being as well as reducing the symptoms of a range of conditions. It is based on the use of concentrated essential plant oils. Essential oils are the pure essences which are found in herbs, flowers, grasses, roots, seeds, bark, berries and fruits. These are extracted mainly by steam or water distillation. There are about 400 essential oils but in general there are 40 which are commonly used.

These essential oils consist of tiny aromatic chemicals which aid in a variety of health, hygiene and beauty conditions. People can benefit from them via massage, vaporisation, bathing and inhalation. The theory is that each essential oil has its own specific health benefits. Aromatherapy is also used in preventative medicine.

In aromatherapy the essential oils are absorbed through the skin and have gentle physiological effects. It is especially effective for a variety of chronic conditions as well as stress related problems. As the oils stimulate your sense of smell it is also thought that this process may play a part in the effects of aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy and Childhood Cancer

As with other complementary therapies, both children and their parents choose aromatherapy for a number of possible reasons:
•   The feeling that they are doing something pro-active to help themselves
•   To reduce pain
•   To manage anxiety
•   To manage stress
•   To improve well being

In the case of childhood cancer when children are receiving chemotherapy it is the nausea and vomiting which remain as two of the most distressing symptoms. As well as the chemotherapy itself the anticipatory anxiety is a big factor.

Aromatherapy has been anecdotally reported to decrease vomiting and nausea as well as anxiety while also increasing the quality of life of the patients.

Children can easily self administer depending on their age and the form of aromatherapy which also means that outside of a scheduled session the child or perhaps parent can administer the essential oils.

Research

1. A Nursing Times survey of nurses in relation to complementary medicine found that aromatherapy massage was overwhelmingly the most popular complementary therapy employed by nurses. The reasons for this are the demonstrable therapeutic benefits including the alleviation of anxiety, chronic tension headache, cancer pain in addition to reducing stress perceived by patients in intensive care units.

2. In 1993 a study took place with palliative patients for six months which comprised of 42 female and 27 male patients. None of them had previously had the treatment. The results revealed that 81% stated that they either felt ‘better’ or ‘very relaxed’ after their treatments. 25% reported that the benefits lasted for more than one day.

3. A study at a UK cancer centre to evaluate an aromatherapy service had 89 initial patients. The study required six aromatherapy sessions and 58 out of the 89 patients completed these. The authors of the study reported significant improvements in anxiety and depression (measured by HADS)*.

4. Another small study focused on the physical and psychological effects of aromatherapy massage on 8 patients with primary malignant brain tumours who were attending their first follow-up appointment after radiation therapy. Although the authors reported no psychological benefits but did report a statistically significant reduction in blood pressure, respiratory rate and pulse.

*HADS – Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

What Happens in an Aromatherapy Session?

Firstly the aromatherapist will ask you questions about your medical history as well as your general lifestyle and health. Through this the aromatherapist will be able to decide which essential oils are most appropriate for the client.

The chosen oils will then be combined with what is called carrier oil, normally vegetable oil, as the essential oils are very concentrated so it needs to be diluted. The aromatherapist will then massage the oils gently into your body. The session normally takes from 60 to 90 minutes. Most people find aromatherapy massage to be very relaxing and soothing.

A Brief History of Aromatherapy
Aromatic or essential oils have been used for thousands of years as treatments for a wide range of disorders, as well as stimulants and sedatives. Historically essential oils can be linked to the Bible as infused oils and unguents as well as ancient Egypt, as remedies throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

In the 20th century the French chemist and perfumer Rene Gattefosse coined the term ‘aromatherapy’ and published a book of that name in 1937. Gattefosse and his colleagues in Italy, Germany and France spent 30 years studying the effects of aromatherapy but then it went out of fashion around the middle of the twentieth century. It was another Frenchman, Jean Valnet who was a physician, who rediscovered it and he published his book The Practice of Aromatherapy in 1982.

Today aromatherapists publish their own journal, the International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics.

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