All articles tagged aromatherapy

If you’re on board the essential oils train, chances are you spritz and slather onto your pulse points like a pro. And maybe you even spread the air-and-mood-boosting love to your coworkers or co-inhabitants at home via your diffuser. But there’s one place...

By Jane G. Goldberg, Ph.D. If you do some research into the Royal English Archives, you’ll come across an interesting little tidbit. It’s a recipe for “thieves’ oils.” So the story goes: In the 17th century, when all of Europe...

By Liivi Hess Long before the essential oil craze took hold of the Western world, alternative health practitioners were using essential oils for aromatherapy. Aromatherapy involves the use of essential oils extracted from the flowers, bark, stems, leaves or roots...

Cure a case of the sniffles—naturally By Tieraona Low Dog, MD   Cool weather makes you more vulnerable to viruses. To fight back, pump moisture into your airspace. The reason: Viruses that spark colds and flu thrive when it's cool and...

Aromatherapy Mood Blends Aromatherapy is based on the principle that natural fragrances, or essential oils, from certain plants or flowers can affect our moods, and consequently how we think or feel at any given time. In fact, practitioners of Aromatherapy...