ArtsAutosBooksBusinessEducationEntertainmentFamilyFashionFoodGamesGenderHealthHolidaysHomeHubPagesPersonal FinancePetsPoliticsReligionSportsTechnologyTravel

Aromatherapy or How To Use Aromatic Essential Oils Correctly

Updated on February 29, 2012

The ancient art of aromatherapy regains its former glory, because since the days of Cleopatra, women know how with the help of aromatherapy, aromatic essential oils to become more beautiful and desirable. It is no a coincidence that aromatherapy is often called aroma magic because competently selected scents can help solve the problems of health, rejuvenation, to make you look more attractive and sexy, and to give you more strength and confidence.

And aromatherapy, essential oils, are often called "Live Cosmetics", that is made only from natural compounds without preservatives and additives that give the body a favorable natural care.

Aromatherapy with each passing year becomes more and more popular, it is usually used for:

Aromatic baths – the effect of dissolved essential oils in fresh warm water on the human body is impressive. This method is quite effective, because oil have the ability to dissolve in fats, can easily penetrate into the upper layers of the skin and have a therapeutic effect.

Baths are quite widespread in balneotherapy. In the bath filled with warm water is added 5-15 drops of essential oil, for better dissolution of the oil, it can be added to the sea or kitchen salt. Duration of the bath - 20 minutes. In this case the water temperature should be about 37-40 degrees Celsius. The course of treatment should not be limited to only one bath but 15-20 baths.

  • Wraps - very common recently. In a bottle of water (about 2 liters) dissolve a few drops of essential oil, soak with this water sheets and wrap the body. Duration 1 hour.
  • Compresses are a variety of wraps with the difference that the compresses are applied only to certain parts of the body. Compresses can be both cold and hot.
  • Baths - another excellent method of aromatherapy: essential oils enter quickly to the open pores of the skin, and the high temperature of the bath accelerates the spread of nutrients in the body with the accelerated circulation of blood.
  • Massage is one of the most effective methods. The essential oil added to the massage, has direct contact with the skin, immediately enters the body and irritates many of receptors. Massage also increases the effect of the procedure.

So, aromatherapy - it is a great opportunity to improve immunity, cures physical and mental ailments.

Aromatherapy is now widely used even in prestigious clinics. Therefore, you should also take full advantage of essential oils for the benefit of your beauty and health.

working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)