It is believed that aromatherapy was founded sometime between 7000 to 3000 years before century. In truth, the history of aromatherapy have a connection with the development of aromatic medicines, and also combined with religion and magic.
The ancient Egyptians start with burning incense created from aromatic woods, herbs and spices for their gods. These people believed that the smoke would go up to the heaven, and it will carries the prayers wishes directly to their gods.
The ancient Chinese have been using aromatherapy around the same period as the Egyptians. These people used herbs and they burn aromatic woods and incense, the purpose is pretty identical to the Egyptians, that is to show their respect to their God.
Then Roman Empire was built upon the knowledge from the Egyptians along with Greeks. Discorides written a book called "De Materia Medica", this book explained the attributes of around 500 plants. It is also known the fact that Discorides learned distillation. However, distillation during this time was focused on extracting aromatic floral waters instead of essential oils.
In 1920s, the term “aromatherapy” was introduced by the French chemist René Maurice Gattefossé who unintentionally found that lavender oil relieves pain as well as healing slight burns.
The history of aromatherapy proceeds throughout the 20th century, as numerous aromatherapists provided their understanding to aromatherapy and developed much more genuine products and much more effective and much more satisfying techniques.
Aromatherapy is now essential regarding alternative medicine. A number of research as well as books regarding aromatherapy and also the healing potential of essential oils are published. Now we have revealed aromatherapy being one of the best methods to overcome stress, restoring beauty, peace and harmony into everyone.
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