Essential oils and their innumerable properties penetrate our body and spread throughout the body, bringing well-being and its properties to all corners.
What are essential oils?
Essential oils are substances found in different plant tissues. The ancient alchemists called them “soul of plants”, because they contain numerous natural chemical compounds, from the plant from which they are extracted, that we can use as a home remedy in many situations. In fact, aromatherapy is a very old technique that uses essential oils for therapeutic purposes, both physically and emotionally. Although we can also use their magnificent properties in the field of home or cosmetics.
What properties do essential oils have?
Each essential oil contains the specific properties of the plant from which it is obtained, whose chemical components will serve us for different purposes. …show more content…
There are different ways in which essential oils can penetrate into the human body. Let's look at the three most common:
Orally
Through the digestive tract, an essential oil can be incorporated into our bloodstream when we ingest it. However, it is totally discouraged to carry out this practice on our own. Ingesting an essential oil should only be done under medical prescription. The French School of Aromatherapy specializes in the oral administration of essential oils for therapeutic purposes, since in France there are medical professionals who specialize in aromatherapy with pharmaceutical laboratories that elaborate specific formulas.
Respiratory tract
Essential oils are volatile particles, that is, they evaporate. When they are inspired, they penetrate the organism through the pulmonary alveolar reaching our bloodstream. The speed and efficiency with which they are incorporated depends on many factors such as the intensity of respiration, the amount of oxygen we have in blood, or the specific characteristics of the oil in