Posts tagged “ aromatherpy benefits”

  Despite its reputation as a new-age alternative medicine, aromatherapy predates almost any other type of treatment.  It has practiced by civilization for over 5,000 years, which puts in origin 2,500 years before Hippocrates, the father of medicine who used it as part of his care.  It was in the 11th century that the process of steam distillation made it possible to extract essential oils from plants. As this practice spread, aromatherapy spread all over the world.  Now it is practiced...