What Is Aromatherapy

What Is Aromatherapy?

You may have heard quite a bit about aromatherapy in the
past. You are sure to have seen the many benefits that it
has offered, but have not really thought about it either.

Aromatherapy is a method of using the right products to
create a scent that is said to better your thoughts,
improve your mood or even to help cure you of an ailment
that you are feeling.

If you have not had the opportunity to use aromatherapy in
the past, you should give it a try. If nothing else, you
will love the smells and the way that they enlighten the
environment you are living in. In fact, that in itself is
enough to provide that aromatherapy is a great tool to use.

Learning what aromatherapy is and how it works is something
that you will want to know though. It is considered a
complementary as well as an alternative form of medicine.

In that, it is not said to be the cure all for every
ailment under the sun and you should never stop using your
current treatments for serious conditions. Yet, many people
have found this treatment to help make their lives just a
touch better all around.

Aromatherapy uses essential oils to make these things
happen. Essential oils are concentrated liquid that comes
from a plant. They are compounds that are very strong, in
their purest of forms. They are taken from a plant through
distillation, through expression or through solvent
extraction.

They are used throughout your home as it is in your
perfumes in your incense as well as in the foods that you
eat. This product from a plant is said to provide you with
a trigger for your health too. For example, the smell of a
specific fragrance may help you to trigger relaxation.

Yet, there is much more to aromatherapy than just this. For
example, the term was created in 1920 by a man named Rene
Maurice Gattefosse.

He was researching how essential oils can help in the
healing process. He began this study in part because of an
accident in which he caught his arm on fire and
accidentally poured lavender oil onto it.

The wounds healed quickly, more so than normal and they did
not leave a scar. Since then, the exploration of how
essential oils work in healing us, both emotionally and
physically has been a conquest for many.

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Hair Loss Myths

Hair Loss Myths

Believe it or not, (yes, you probably do) there are many
hair loss myths out there. Just like any other type of
medical condition or any thing else that people just do not
understand, there are many things that people just do not
know about hair loss. And, there are some very amusing
types of myths out there. Here are some.

Why It Happens:

Many individuals think that the fact that they are losing
their hair has something to do with their intelligence,
their social status, their relation with one’s virility,
their job, their wealth and many other things. The fact is,
though, that hair loss is something that many people face
each and every day and it has nothing to do with any of
these things. It can be hereditary and it can be caused by
medical conditions, but surely it is not caused by how much
money you have in the bank!

If I Use My Head Too Much:

In some cultures, it is believed that an individual that
uses their brain too much or those that have had head
injuries may be at risk for baldness. This myth is one that
is thought to have been founded because the brain is
located inside the head and therefore they are directly
related. Of course, this is not true. This is even evident
in many movies where the ‘dumb’ one is bald.

Bald Men Are More Sexually Active:

While there is no real way of even knowing if this is true,
it is probably not the determining factor in if they have
hair or not. Hair loss does not have anything to do with
the sexual activity of an individual. The myth probably
comes from the fact that in some individuals, the removal
of androgens through castration can prevent baldness and
may even stop it from progressing further than it has.

There are many myths about hair loss.

If you are unsure about the facts of hair loss, you should
talk to your doctor before doing anything else. You will
want to know what is causing your particular hair loss. It
could be a medication that you are taking, a lack of
balanced hormones within your body, or it could even be a
hereditary condition that you are facing. The fact remains
that if you are one of the many that will face baldness or
hair loss this year, you may find a lot of myths along the
way to success.

Paul Cass
Health And Beauty Information.com/