This document provides an overview of aromatherapy including its history, methods of use, and benefits. It discusses that aromatherapy has roots in indigenous medical practices over 5,000 years ago and was further developed in early 20th century Europe. Modern aromatherapy involves using essential oils through methods like inhalation, skin absorption, or internally. The document lists several extraction methods and notes that distillation and cold pressing are preferred by naturalists. It also provides brief descriptions of the olfactory system and how aromas can impact memory, emotions, and health when used properly in aromatherapy.

1. By Bonnie Canavino
President Red Cherry Group
Amrit organic ~ “RAW SKIN CARE” ~ spa specifics

2. • Over 5,000
years
• Cultural &
Indigenous
Medical
Practices
Time Line of
Aromatherapy
• Spirituality
• Mind, Body
Spirit
Connection
• Holistic
healing
Emotion,
Beauty &
Healing of
Aromatherapy

3. • Properly
administrated
produces no harmful
side effects
• Awakens &
strengthens vital
energies & self healing
Effects of using
Aromatherapy
• Brings appreciation to
Beauty
• Provides inner
contentment
• Directly effects the
BRIAN from
psychological &
physiological
processes
Benefits of
Aromatherapy

4. • Inhalation: aroma
lamps, aerosols &
breathing devices
• Skin Absorption
effecting lymphatic
tissue to circulatory
system
• Internal medicinally
Methods of
Aromatherapy
Homeopathic
is different!
• Extracts
• Essential oils
• Tinctures
• Dry herbs
• Pastes
• Blends
• Bases
Different forms
of
Aromatherapy

5. Father of Aromatherapy
Dr. Renee-Maurice Gattefoss`e
French Chemist 1937
Interest –Cosmetic & Medicinal Aspects
French Physician
Dr. Jean Valnet Impressed with
Gattefoss`e used essential oils
during WW11
Valnet’s Students Marguerite
Maury & Micheline Arcier brought
Aromatherapy
to Great Britain
These Western
European
Professionals began
the Modern Science
of using
aromatherapy in
medicine and healing
thus began
aromatherapy in our
western cultures
Also Look up:
~Italian scientists
Dr. Renato Cayola,
Dr. Giovanni Garri,
~Professor
Paolo Rovesti
Modern History
of Aromatherapy

6. Souls of the Plants
pure blood
Ethereal
heavenly & celestial
Essences
it’s own fragrance
Aura
color of life
diminishing when
the leaf dies
Energy
to heal & enlighten

7.  A great deal of Plant or flower
is require to produce a rather
small amount of essential oil
 They must be stored with a
tight lid & in a cool
environment.
 They love glass either colored
or frosted because they are
light sensitive
 They are not an oil in the true
sense of the word, they
evaporate and will float from
our skin into the air yet can
penetrate into the blood
stream!
 They live active for years if
treated with care1
 They do not like extreme
temperatures
 They are not uniform, colors
from clear to green, light to
heavy weight & disperse
differently sometimes
cloudy!
 They do not mix well with
water, they love fatty acid
oils, alcohol, soap, honey &
eye yolk!

8. Citrus
Fruits
Evergreen
& Pine
Herbs Flowers
Woody
Plants

9.  Distillation: is the number
one preferred method of
organic & natural gurus.
 Plant Materials
 Container , tube &
receptacle with cool water
 Content is heated, plant
live droplets are carried by
steam to receptacle
 Lighter oils float to the
top…voila essential oil
 Below…floral water
 Facts about distillation;
 Higher temperatures or
pressure great higher
volumes of oil but directly
effects quality.
 Destroys plant’s fragile
substances
 Changes aroma
 A complete essential oil
has all it’s components.
 Example:
 lavender has 160 different
components

10.  Cold Press the next
preferred method of
processing of organic and
naturalist gurus.
 Specifics plant materials
including fruit skin abd
thick leaf plants are
gathered
 Mixed with a little water
 Pressured with
compression for oil
extraction
 Enfleurage is an ancient
method
 Plant materials immersed
in neutral fat ( either
animal or plant)
 Pressed between two hard
surfaces (glass)
 Repeated over weeks
 Once fat was separated
from the plant material
the mixture was covered
with alcohol until the oil
separated from the fat

11.  Chemical Solvent not the
most favorite 21st Century
preference. Solvents include:
hexane, petroleum benzine,
ether &carbon tetrachloride
 Extraction comes with
vacuum distillation
 Solvents are highly toxic &
plant extraction is never
complete
 End results -solvent in
essential oil 5 parts per
million
 Resinoid Method is
separating the essential oil
with fragrant resins
 Odorless & toxic
 Heat separation is an
additional solvent:
toluol/toluene or alcohol
 Alcohol is the preferred
solvent
 Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Method
 Liquid-phication to extract
essential oils
 Leaves High and low notes
 Debate of therapeutic value
still out to jury!

12.  Today our global market
for essential oils, herbs
and precious plants
comes every corner of
the world
 The US states include:
California, Texas,
Mississippi, Virginia,
Carolina, Michigan,
Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana…nearly every
state does…

13. Aroma
• Thru the
Air
• Off the
Body
• Smell it
in!
Ofactory
• Triggers
Pheromones
• Sexuality
• Happiness
• Energy
• Repulsion
Memory
• Never Forgets
• Heals
• Inspires
• Protects
• Motivates
• Stops
• Renews
• creativity

14. Aroma
• Custom
Consult
• Custom
Choice
Flow on
Touch
• Aroma
Ofactory
• Skin
Absorbs ion
• Blood
Stream
activity
Action
• Properties
• Mind, Body
Spirit
Connection

15. Build a library
Check out the Internet for approved on line
courses
Check Your local College
Ask your teachers
Ask Local massage certifiers Like NCBTMB and
associations!
Aromatherapy natural healing by Maury & Arcier
Learn indigenous medicinal cultures!

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