Aromatherapy Pharmacy - Aromatherapy & Essential Oils Guide

Aromatherapy Oils & How They Are Used
Aromatherapy is the use of organic essences of aromatic plants for healing and the maintenance of vitality. The essences, or 'essential oils' as they are commonly known, are extracted from wide variety of plants, either through distillation or extraction and are very concentrated. For example it takes the petals from about 30 specially cultivated roses to produce one drop of Rose essential oil and several kilos of lavender to produce a small bottle of essential oil.
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Sources Of Essential Oils
Essential oils are obtained mainly by distillation, and a few by solvent extraction. Other methods such as expression have been used, but are generally too labour intensive to be cost effective. The essential oils are obtained from different parts of the aromatic plant -
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Purchase of essential oils
In order to benefit from the healing properties of the oils, it is vital to purchase them from a reputable supplier who takes cure to ensure high standards. Before accepting a batch, a sample will have been tested, using gas chromatography, to see whether the characteristic 'signature' of the pure essential oil is evident.
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