The word "Aromatherapy" comes from two words: "Aroma", meaning fragrance, and "Therapy", meaning treatment. ... Aromatherapy is one of the fastest growing therapies in the world today.
SLIDE 4 – HISTORY OF AROMATHERAPY
The Story of Aromatherpay begins with the most ancient civilisations, and it starts with an enigma, which could help to throw a new light on the ancient history of mankind. ...
SLIDE 5 – EGYPT
According to the orthodox view of history, civilisation began with the ancient Egyptians, over 5300 years ago. ... He had extensive medical knowledge, and since infused oils and aromatic ointments were so often used in Egyptian medicine, we could label him the grandfather of Aromatherapy (Tisserand, 1988: 18). ... It contains recipes and remedies for all kinds of disorders and the methods of application are very similar to the methods used in herbal medicine and Aromatherapy today. ...
Egyptians understood the principles of Aromatherapy and incorporated it into their cooking as well. ... He mentioned Rose as being refreshing and Narcissus as soporific – both are used today in Aromatherapy for their actions. ... Therefore he has observed one of the fundamentals of Holistic Aromatherapy; the fact that oils applied externally can affect the internal organs and tissues. ... Many of the remedies he discusses in this book are too, used in Aromatherapy today. ...
SLIDE 12 - CHINA
It is possible that the ancient civilisations of India and China were practising some form of Aromatherapy at the same period as the Egyptians. ...
SLIDE 14 - HISTORY
During the crusades the knowledge of aromatic oils and perfumes continued to spread from India, Arabia, and the Far East. ... He coined the word Aromatherapy. ... Their combined techniques created a form of Aromatherapy that we use all over the world today.
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