Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile plant materials called essential oils and other aromatic compounds to alter a person’s mind, mood, cognitive function and health. It is applied in three different modes. These include aerial diffusion, direct inhalation and tropical inhalation. Aerial diffusion involves environmental fragrance and aerial disinfection, while tropical applications include things like; massage baths, compresses and therapeutic skin care. Inhalation has to do with smelling and breathing.
There are various aromatherapy recipes. They include aromatherapy recipe for skin diseases, respiratory aromatherapy recipes, aromatherapy recipes for pains and aches, relaxing aromatherapy blends and uplifting aromatherapy recipes.
Essential oils recipe
There are many types of essential oil aromatherapy recipes used to treat various diseases and discomforts. The bergamot essential oil is said to be antiseptic as well as antibacterial and thus is used to treat bacteria fungi and virus infections. Flu cold and sore throats got an essential oil aromatherapy too. There are various herbal teas, chest rubs and inhalations for this. The herbal tea is a combination of honey, lemon, garlic and fresh thyme. The chest rub is made using a combination of benzoin essential oil avocado oil and peppermint essential oil. Eucalyptus essential oil, aloevera gel and geranium gel are also used for aromatherapy.
Home made aromatherapy recipes
There are various aromatherapy recipes that one can make at home and use to treat himself in a cheap and easy way. Homemade aromatherapies are available for all types of discomforts and work with varying degrees of success. Oat skin scrub is a homemade aromatherapy recipe that combines oat flour, rice flour, honey, orange essential oils and lavender essential oils to produce a cream used for skin problems.
Sugar body polish is a combination of grape fruit oils, almond oil and other oils that when mixed produce a sugar based concoction that is used to treat skin problems. It is also possible to mix sea salt and some essential oils to produce an aromatherapy.
Aromatherapy bath recipes
Unlike the scrubs and the inhalation recipes, bath recipes are applied by using the concoction to bath. They are mainly used to treat skin diseases pains and aches. One of these is mango and coconut bath salt. This is made using coconut oil, dendritic, salts and mango oil mixed in various proportions. The mixture is then used to produce salt that is used as an aromatherapy bath.
For a bath recipe that will get you to relax, you combine lavender essential oils, sweet almond oil, pressed cherry kernel oil and warm water. When combined in the right proportions, you come up with a mixture that you add to your bath tub to gain the therapeutic effect of it.
Easy recipes
Not all recipes are expensive and complicated to make. It is possible to make aromatherapy recipes of all types: salt recipes, candle recipes, cleaning recipes, diffuser recipes, bath recipes and even hair recipes in an easy and simple way.
Aromatherapy salts are easy ones to make. All you need to do is dissolve them in a bath tub and dip your self in. Aromatherapy candles and massage oils are not complicated to come up with either. The herbal tea is also one of the many aromatherapy recipes you can make just by using your kitchen ingredients.
