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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

The traditional medicine is worth of other disciplines therapeutic to complement treatments. The Aromatherapy is one of these treatments. The aromatherapy uses essential oils extracted from plants and flowers. In ancient Egypt already used the aromatherapy, in eastern treaties of more than 5000 years already spoke of the Aromatherapy. In the ancient plants and flowers were used as curative remedies. The Aromatherapy was used by Hippocrates in Greece during the fifth century BC.

The aromatherapy can contribute to the healing and well-being. The distillation of oils is something millennial already known in the century 1000 by Avicenna. This process of distillation of oils has not changed much. In 1888, the Pasteur Institute in Paris publishes “experimental research on the action antiseptic of the essences”. Since then there are numerous studies highlighting the benefits and properties of the Aromatherapy (more…)