Aromatherapy massage is the fusion of aromatherapy and massage. Together these two ancient methods combine to treat the mind, body and soul.

Aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of essential oils. It is the ancient science of healing, relaxing and energizing the body by the use of plants and their parts. The word aromatherapy is derived from two words aroma which means smell and therapy which stands for healing.

Essential oils are the basis of aromatherapyy the roots, barks, flowers, fruits, seeds and nuts are used for the distillation of oils. Each essential oil is an aromatic essence, distilled from a single botanical source. Essential oils are highly concentrated and should not be used directly. These oils can be blended together and this blend is called synergy. The synergy is more potent than the individual oils. Since these oils are so potent in their concentrated form they are mixed with simple oils called carrier oils like sweet almond, apricot kernel, or grape seed oil.

Essential oils can have many different effects on the body, mind and spirit. They can be sedative or stimulating, analgesic and antispasmodic and antibacterial. They enter through our olfactory system and affect the nervous system, thus improving mood and relaxing or energizing us. This helps is alleviating stress and speeds up healing.

There are many different ways of using essential oils therapeutically – in baths, inhalations, compresses, creams or lotions, massage.

Massage

Massage therapy is also an ancient form of alternative medicine. It can affect the autonomic nervous system, and calms the mind, reducing the stress in the body. Massage stimulates the blood circulation, increasing the supply of nutrients and oxygen to cells. It also stimulates lymphatic flow, improving tissue drainage and in the immune system.

Hippocrates said: "The Physician must be experienced in many things, but assuredly in rubbing . . . for rubbing can bind a joint that is too loose, and loosen a joint that is too rigid."

Depending on your need a synergy blend is created with the carrier oil. There are a lot of combinations that are specially made for specific diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, stress, sports injury, migraines, insomnia etc.

History of Aromatherapy Massage: Aromatherapy Massage is the brain child of Marguerite Maury, ne Knig of Austria. Marguerite trained as a nurse and surgical assistant. Her interest in aromatherapy began with the book of Dr Chabenes, Les Grandes Possibilits par les Matires Odoriferantes. Marguerite met and married a French doctor in the early thirties, and continued her research into essential oils

She developed her particular method of using the "Individual Prescription" blending several essential oils, for each patient, after an in-depth consultation and examination. She also pioneered the use of massage to administer the essential oils, partly perhaps because she was not a medical doctor, and therefore not qualified to prescribe internal use of the oils.

Basic Oils

There are a variety of essential oils that can be blended to create a perfect one for your needs, a few of them are

Lavender

• most basic of oils
• relaxation, calming, balancing
• antibiotic, antiseptic, antidepressant, sedative, detoxifier
• use on burns

Rosemary

• stimulant for mental and physical body
• antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, adrenal stimulant
• muscular strains and sprains, headaches, fatigue, congestion, prevents scar tissue formation

Bergamot

• refreshing, uplifting,
• antiseptic, antidepressant, antispasmodic, analgesic, sedative, expectorant, deodorizer
• can be slightly irritating to skin

Peppermint

• digestive aid, headaches, fatigue
• anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, expectorant, stimulant, vasoconstrictor
• cooling

Tea Tree

• antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antiseptic
• treatment of infections, ringworm, sunburn, acne, athlete’s foot, gum disease
• caution when applying full strength

Geranium

• eases stress
• antidepressant, adrenal and hormone balancer, detoxifier, sedative, antiseptic
• good for PMS and female disorders

Clary Sage

• antidepressant, antiseptic, astringent, aphrodisiac, sedative, tonic
• relieves PMS, soothing, relaxing

Ashish Bhattacharya is an exponent of oriental and alternative medicine. Armed with a degree in East Asian Therapies from China, he has worked in an Luxury Spa resorts Mauritius, and is an expert in Relaxing Spa Therapies

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Therapeutic Essential Oils

Therapeutic essential oils from allspice to ylang ylang have been providing benefits to the body, mind, and soul for centuries. You’ve probably seen the dark, compact bottles with their unusual scents in your local alternative healing store, but maybe you’ve been hesitant to try them.

You may have found yourself wondering, what exactly is an essential oil? It is oil that is removed from the leaves, stems, and flowers of a plant. It is highly concentrated and evaporates easily. For that reason high quality essential oils are always kept in sealed containers. Any good aromatherapy or health food store will carry a range of essential oils for a variety of mental and physical ailments.

Some of the most popular therapeutic essential oils are eucalyptus, lavender, and sandalwood. You’ve probably used eucalyptus in the form of potent smelling vapor rub under you nose and on your chest when you have a cold. That’s because eucalyptus helps to clear your sinus cavities, which leads to better breathing. It also soothes sores and insect bites, acts as a disinfectant, and lifts the mood.

Lavender is always a favorite of the therapeutic essential oils due to its ability to relax the body, calm the mind, fight infection, and soothe inflammation. Unlike the majority of essential oils, it does not have to be diluted and can be applied directly to trouble areas. Or, you can use a few drops in your bath to help you relax or to extinguish a tension headache.

Looking for something more exotic? Try the woody and rich smelling sandalwood oil. For millennia lovers of the deeply aromatic sandalwood oil have used it as an aid for deeper meditation and spiritual development, in religious ceremonies, and as a treatment for skin conditions and other infections of the body. High quality essential oils like pure sandalwood oil can be pricy, but you’re guaranteed to enjoy the experience.

One of the less expensive therapeutic essential oils is tea tree oil, which usually comes from Australia. The scent reminds you a bit of a strong disinfectant, and that’s exactly what it does best – kills germs and bacteria. Always dilute tea tree oil before using it on your skin.

Therapeutic essential oils don’t always come in the mysterious little bottles you see in stores or at your massage therapist’s office. High quality essential oils also come in salves or creams that you can apply to your skin. You not only get the benefit of the essential oil, but you receive the moisturizing properties of the cream. You can also try pure essential oils in a tincture. In a tincture the oil is mixed with alcohol and applied to the skin. In addition, you can purchase a room or car diffuser which turns essential oil into a vapor and distributes the oil throughout a room for everyone to enjoy.

Remember that pure essential oils are always the best, so purchase from stores which carry high quality essential oils. Experiment with the variety of essential oils that exist to see which ones influence your moods and body the most.
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Take advantage of the power of nature, using a simple warm bath infused with ancient remedies – natural bath salts, essential aromatherapy oils, and candle light – to nurture, heal, and soothe your body, mind, and spirit.

Stress Relief and Relaxation with Natural Bath Salts and Aromatherapy Oils

The therapeutic qualities of seawater have been known for centuries. Hippocrates wrote about the healing affects it had on the injured hands of fishermen. The seawater reduced infection, and patients treated with seawater found that it also promoted pain relief.

Seawater is salty, and when the water is removed, we get these natural seawater ingredients in concentrated form – we call it ‘sea salt’.

Not All Bath Salts Are The Same

Chemical companies start with sea salt as a raw ingredient to make other chemicals. They remove ‘impurities’ – other minerals and dried sea plants – from sea salt, refining the salt and removing important components along the way. At some point, after many important minerals have already been removed, they package it and sell it. They call it ‘bath salt’.

As minerals are removed from sea salt, the salt becomes more refined. Nearly 80 minerals are removed from sea salt to create other products. Each step along the way, minerals of natural sea salt are removed until only one is left – a pure crystal of sodium chloride.

This final crystal happens to be white and tastes salty, and we call it ‘table salt’.

The reason table salt is not used for baths is simply because it is so concentrated; it is very harsh to our skin.

(For these same reasons, table salt is also harsh inside our bodies, containing almost none of the nutrients we used to get from real salt. That is why we should buy sea salt to flavor our food, as well – all the ingredients we need for health are still there!)

The Best Bath Salts (and food salts) are All-Natural!

Natural sea salts come in a variety of colors – gray, brown, green, pink and other colors. These colors come from the minerals and other ingredients in that particular sea as the water evaporated over the centuries.

The natural buffers and other minerals contained sea salts allow us to feel the gentle ‘balance of the sea’, and the softness of warm bath water with sea salts is good for our skin.

One of the best sources of natural bath salts is the Bay of Brittany, France. This area is well known for its great wealth of algae, plankton, and rich sea life. Salt in this area is sun dried and hand harvested by the Celtic people, using ages-old harvesting methods that preserve the vital elements.

This salt is rich in 84 vital minerals, organic iodine compounds, microscopic algae and phytoplankton, and other trace elements. These natural salts are beneficial to us in ways we don’t understand and cannot measure. They are simply good for us.

Sea salt, when added to bath water, is like a seawater kit!

Sea salts in a bath create an effective therapy for many skin problems. People with psoriasis, eczema and other dry skin conditions can benefit from warm seawater therapy. Acne can improve with this as well – baths of sea salt help clean pores and detoxify the body.

(Detoxify means, the minerals in the sea salt bath pulls the waste materials out of the pores – such as the salty-sweaty stuff that we eliminate through the skin during the day – and the bath salts neutralize these things, leaving your skin fresh and really clean.)

In other words, a sea salt bath creates an environment that can help remove waste materials from the body, a comfortable and soothing way to detoxify our bodies.

And when natural herbs and essential aromatherapy oils are added, a bath with sea salts can improve our sense of well-being, too!

A Recipe For Relaxing

Start with natural sea salts from the Bay of Brittany. Add natural plant-based aromatherapy oils – use fragrances from essential oils of eucalyptus, cyprus, and peppermint. Sprinkle in organic herbal extracts of chamomile and calendula. Mix this in a warm tub, light a candle or two, turn off the lights, and climb in.

Then, just soak, relax, and breathe. Seawater from natural bath salts with herbal aromatherapy oils. Speak quietly to yourself, out loud, with some positive language. Say things like "I am okay", and "It is all good". Positive affirmations can be very helpful.

Imagine how this could improve your life, just doing this simple routine for yourself, on a regular basis!

Take advantage of the power of nature, a simple warm bath infused with ancient remedies – seawater, aromatherapy, and candle light – to nurture, heal, and soothe your body, mind, and spirit.

You are worth it!

Dr. McIntosh has had a wellness-based practice for 30 years. He and Lisa, his wife, live in Las Vegas. They teach women a safe, natural approach to osteoporosis, showing women how to stop and reverse bone loss without drugs. They teach women how to use simple, natural methods and products such as natural herbal soaps, aromatherapy oils, and bath salts to reconnect with themselves for better health and wellness.

By Martin McIntosh Published: 12/11/2006

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