Aromatherapy uses essential oils in holistic treatments to improve health and emotional wellbeing and restore balance to the body.
With the pressure of today's modern society, aromatherapy with its holistic approach to health and wellbeing, can be used to intervene and prevent long term problems occurring.
Benefits of aromatherapy massage:
Relaxes the mind and body
Help with emotional problems for e.g. anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia
Oils with cephalic properties help clear the mind, aid concentration and memory
Reduces nervous tension and stress related conditions
Boosts the immune system to help prevent colds, flus and infection
Helps the respiratory system, eases the symptoms of asthma, bronchitis and helps remove mucus build up with its expectorants qualities
Improves blood circulation
Aids the elimination of toxins and waste tissue by assisting the lymphatic drainage
Certain oils act as diuretics, helping to eliminate the build up of fluid
Aids the digestive system, helps alleviate symptoms such as constipation, diarrhoea, nausea, heartburn
Good for genito-urinary disorders such as cystitis, thrush
Helps alleviates "women's issues" such as PMS, menopause and regulate or stimulate menstruation
Helps alleviate aches and pains e.g. headaches, muscle and joint stiffness
Helps reduce inflammation around joints
Helps relieve muscular spasm
Can greatly improve the health of skin for example; help clear problem skin, balance dry or oily skin, scars, cellulite, eczema, cracked or chapped skin
Oils with antiseptic properties help to treat insect bites, cuts and wounds