Aromatherapy is often associated with the herbal medicine, although it deserves, in contrast to that not the effect on the body but the effect on the mind and the soul. known from the past is likely to 'be smelling salts, "which should help women impotent in the tightly laced corset back on their feet. But by the Egyptians, the effect of certain aromatic scents known, especially the sexually stimulating pheromones (aphrodisiacs) from sandalwood, musk and rose. In Europe, developed the medieval monasteries continue to aromatherapy. Among the most famous representatives of this time belongs to the abbess Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179). Many herbalists, wise women as witches were burned at the stake, so that the passed-on knowledge of the Middle Ages already badly depleted. In turning to the chemistry in the 19th Century seemed to come at the end of aromatherapy. It was not until about 50 years is the rediscovery and further development.

We will now use the aromatherapy every day with our favorite perfume, which suggest to us and other human well-being. Also in the baths and inhalations is traded in the form of baths and inhalation additives for the purposes of aromatherapy. The aromatic essences are taken not only by the skin but can also reach the olfactory brain. There, they can also contribute stimulating or calming. But direct contact of an antibiotic effect on wounds essences, such as garlic or horseradish is as much for aromatherapy as the use of anti-inflammatory arnica, calendula and chamomile. The transition in herbal medicine is often blurred.

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