Andrews Clinic of Natural Therapies

Aromatherapy

Essential oils are derived from plants, roots, flowers, seeds, nuts, berries and bark, the oils and are considered to be the plants life force.

Essential oils have been used in the health care and perfumes for centuries.

The earliest proof of this was in ancient Egypt where one town had large square spaces built in it to burn herbs to keep the air germ-free, this was about 2,750 BC.

Aromatherapy was used also in India, Greece, Rome and France about 5,000 years ago.

It developed more in England during the time of the “Great Plague” when doctors of the time went round wearing hats with large beaks on them with aromatic herbs and spices in them to clean the air they breathed as they passed through the streets.

Ordinary people had to use bags filled with the herbs and spices tied around their necks, as hats were quite expensive.

It was much later when Rene - Maurice Gattefosse, a scientist who started to research into the healing properties of essential oils after burning his hand and putting lavender oil onto the burn, he noticed how quickly the burn healed.

Gattefosse and others used essential oils during the 1914 -1918 war on the wounds of men in the trenches.

The use of the essential oils, under the name of aromatherapy came to Britain around about the late 1950’s, by Marguerite Maury.

Marguerite Maury, was a beauty therapist and used the essential oils to massage her clients.

Later she trained other therapists in the use of the oils for stress, skin conditions and also as perfumes.

Aromatherapy essential oils can be used to help most conditions, even if its only just to give a relaxing gentle massage and sooth the worries of the World away with the therapeutic actions of essential oils.

As with anything good or beneficial it will always be copied.

There are now synthetic 'smelly' oils that give the impression of essential oils BUT do not have the therapeutic capabilities of pure essential oils.

Even essential oils can be for want of a better term 'watered down', so you need to ask about the purity of the essential oil that you are purchasing.

Why not treat yourself or a loved one, to an aromatherapy massage with a qualified Aromatherapist at our clinic.

On the 23/12/04 it was announced that Hospitals were having a higher success rate against the MRSA (multiply resistant Staphylococcus aureus) super bug than other forms of treatment.

They must have remembered aromatherapies uses in the First World War for injuries and bacteria etc.

Mosquitoes Repellent

Pure essential oils of Citronella, Cedarwood, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Water, Denatured ethyl alcohol, Modified castor oil to make it water soluable.

Results from this mixed compound are just as favourable as DEET.

This can also be commercially purchased as 'Buzz Away" products.

Marigold is also another good insect repellent.

Also taking Vitamin B1, for a few weeks prior to going abroad, or if you live where mosquitoes are then just before April their breeding season and throughout it to end of October. 

Vicks vapour rub also works quite well as an insect repellent.

According to a study, cinnamon oil was found to be an effective environmentally safe pesticide that also gives off a pleasant odour.

Although it hasn't been tested for use against adult mosquitoes, researchers are hopeful that cinnamon oil will act as an effective mosquito repellent.

Mosquitoes > Do Not Eat BANANAS - You Have Been Warned !!

As mosquitoes love the scent and sweet taste from your skin !

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