Essential oils

Essential oils are oily compounds obtained from plants extracting the aromatic substances they produce, these oils are generally obtained by extraction in a current of steam, using large quantities of plants: flowers, seeds, fruits, leaves, roots. The peel of citrus essential oils are obtained simply pressed.
These oily substances are volatile, and concentrate most of active ingredients present in plants. Their use should be practiced with great caution, because if used indiscriminately can be toxic or irritant.
Aromatherapy is the science that deals with the use of essential oils as cure for many ailments of the health and spirit.

How to prepare
As previously mentioned essential oils are extracted from plants, it is essential that the starting materials are of excellent quality, grown without the use of pesticides or insecticides, because these compounds are concentrated in the essential oil obtained. The plants used are usually very common plants, collected in their "time balsamico" or the period of the year in which the presence of aromatic essences within the plant is larger and better quality.
It is seen that the cultivation methods affect the quality of the essential oil extracted: it is good to extract oils from plants of the right variety, grown in the place of origin, which guarantees the right climate for growing, and the ground with the best mixture of minerals suitable for the optimal growth of plants.
The cost of these oils can be very high, primarily because it is necessary to use large quantities of plant material to extract a few droplets of oil, also are also used plants from distant places, for example, tea tree is a tree of Australian origin ; a good essential oil of tea tree must be produced in Australia, with plants grown in this continent.

The use of oils
The commonly used essential oils to scent the bath water, or to flavor creams and perfumes the body to the environment, in which case the percentage of wood used in the final product is very low. The essences can also be used for massage benefits, by mixing with vegetable oil, the most used is the oil of sweet almonds, are also mixed with neutral creams to prepare healing ointments to prevent or alleviate the most common disorders of the skin.
The use of oil by providing for the appointment of aromatherapy essential oils by mouth, to the extent of a few drops per day, this use should only be done if recommended by a doctor or an aromatherapy, because the substances contained in essence are very concentrated, and certain oils can be toxic.
Because these substances are usually quite disgusting taste, mixing to consume honey or sugar, or dissolved in juice or milk.

Other Uses
The aromatherapy uses alternative methods alluded internal essential oils, even in this case, these essences are used to practice massage, laying in almond oil or cream for the body-based plant, or are used for sponging, semicupi or bathrooms, mixing the oil to cure by dissolving in a small amount of honey or a bath foam neutral vegetable.
We recommend the use of oil well purified, high quality, made from plant material grown by the methods of organic or biodynamic. To be kept in the best place in small bottles of dark glass, so that the light ruin them in a cool, dry and not too light, over time the composition of these substances tends to deteriorate, so it is advisable to buy oil essential fresh.

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