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Essential Oils
What are Essential Oils?
Essential oils are derived from various parts of
plants using a distillation method. Essential oils are
derived using a special proprietary low-pressure, low-temperature steam
distillation system that protects and preserves the quality of the oils.
Essential oils are not actually oils, but are rather concentrated liquid
forms of the plant from which they were distilled. They are often used
by either placing the oil directly on the skin or diffusing the oil into
the air to allow it to enter the body through the lungs.
Essential oils are available as both "singles" and as "blends." Singles
are a specific plant (such as rose or ylang ylang) while
blends are mixtures of two or more single oils. These blends are often
based on a theme (such as Citrus Fresh or Immupower).
Essential Oils work differently from any other natural substance. Their
unique features are that they:
- Pass easily through our skin and cell
membranes.
- Diffuse through the entire body within half an
hour.
- Go directly to the brain through the olfactory
bulb.
- Affect our feelings and thoughts because smell
is our most emotional sense.
- Perform multiple functions because of their
structural complexity.
This is why one essential oil can do so many
different things for you all at once -- physical, emotionally, and
mentally -- with just a few drops in the air or on your skin.
Background
Information
Essential Oils and Aromatherapy have been
around in one form or another since the beginning of civilization.
Aromatherapy is the art, and science, of using essential oils extracted
from aromatic plants to give a healthy response. Essential Oils can be
combined with massage oil or bath salts to enhance health and beauty.
The Essential Oil taken from plants and used in Aromatherapy have been
described as their "life force" - they are essential to the plants'
biological process, as well as being the substance which gives them
their scent.
Why Herbs Etc.?
Herbs Etc. carries a wide variety of
essential oils, carrier oils, and massage oils. We sell essential oils
by the drop, and we mix unique blends created just for you. Oils can
also be purchased in spray mist or roll-on formulas. Come in and see us!
Currently at Herbs Etc. we offer two main lines of Essential Oils: Young
Living Essential Oils and Uttati Essential Oils. If you would like to
see a listing of the single oils and blends of oils currently available
at Herbs Etc. and what specific oils can do for your health click the links below.
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