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Essential oils are the oldest and some of the
most powerful therapeutic agents known. They have enjoyed a millenium-long
history of use in healing and anointing throughout the ancient world.
Oils, like frankincense, are cited repeatedly in many Judeo-Christian religious
texts and used to cure every ailment "from gout to a broken head." Myrrh,
lotus and sandalwood oils were widely used in ancient Egyptian purification
and embalming rituals. Other oils like clove and lemon were highly valued
as antiseptics hundreds of years before the discovery of chemical
germkillers. With the advent of modern industrial biochemicals
during the last two centuries, natural therapeutic agents, like essential oils,
have been largely forgotton. It has been only during the last 20 years
that essential oils have enjoyed a resurgance in popularity as their
broad-spectrum antibacterial and therapeutic action has been rediscovered by
many health-care professionals. Essential oils are some of the most
concentrated natural extracts known, exerting significant antiviral,
anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, hormonal, and psychological effects.
Essential oils have the ability to penetrate cell membranes, travel throughout
the blood and tissues, and enhance electrical frequencies. As we watch an
essential oil work, it becomes clear that the powerful life force inherent in
many essential oils gives them an unmatched ability to communicate and interact
with cells on the human body. After using them, there is no doubt that
essential oils were ordained as the medicine for mankind and will be held as the
medicine of our future: the missing link of modern medicine, where allopathic
and holistic medicine join together for the leap into the 21st
century. What is an Essential
Oil? Essential oils are subtle, volotile liquids
distilled from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes, and seeds. They are
oxygenating and help transport nutrients to the cells of our body. Without
oxygen, nutrients cannot be assimilated; so the oxygenating essential oils can
help us maintain our health. Essential oils are chemically very complex,
consisting of hundreds of different chemical compounds. Moreover, they are
highly concentrated and far moe potent than fried herbs. The distillation
of an entire plant may produce only a single drop of essential oil. Essential oils are also different from vegetable
oils, such as corn oil, peanut oil and olive oil. They are not greasy and
do not clog the pores like some vegetable oil can. Reference: The Essential Oils Desk
Reference.
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