Essential oils are in! And here we'll tell you why they are a megatrend with a world of incredible benefits that could work for your health and wellbeing.
Quintessence from nourishing and healing plants
You've surely heard of various essential oils: lavender, rosemary, lemon, sandalwood, jasmine, mint, cinnamon, eucalyptus… and they're just some of the thousands that are extracted.
Essential oils are highly concentrated extracts obtained from plants that are characterized by their strong aromas and its complex composition of natural chemicals (just one of them can contain up to 800 different natural ingredients).
Huge amounts of vegetable raw material are needed to produce some essential oil. A good example is that to get only 16 ounces of rose oil about a thousand kilos of petals are needed!
Back to basics
Humanity has always taken advantage of the medicinal properties of herbs. History tells that essential oils have been used for thousands of years in different cultures, the ancient Egyptians were just one example of this, as well as the people of Israel: there are 188 references to these oils in the Bible.
Modern medicine brought us many benefits, including drawbacks as well such as the negative side effects of many drugs, which have made people take a proactive role in their own health thus turning their attention to healing natural resources.
That's why the many and wonderful benefits offered by Essential Oils are being re-discovered, causing a global movement of welfare in growth in which we can all participate, are you willing to? ...
What makes them so special
Essential Oils are like the DNA of the plants they are extracted from, they have all their qualities but with the advantage of acting much faster and powerfully in our body.
Essential oils are powerful antioxidants, that is to say, they help our body to counter its natural deterioration processes (such as aging).
They also have detoxifying, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-infective, antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasitic, antiseptic properties.
These oils act very deeply into the body because their molecules have an extremely small size and because they are lipophilic, meaning that they can easily cross cell membranes to achieve its effect. For example, when we inhale one of these oils, it reaches the brain within 22 seconds, and when used on the skin, 2 minutes are enough for its natural components to reach the bloodstream.
In addition, those essential oils have a component called sesquiterpenes which have the very unusual ability to cross the blood-brain barrier that surrounds the brain, so they can be of great help to prevent and act therapeutically in various brain diseases.
And as if that was not enough, the important aromatic component of these oils make them to have powerful and beneficial effects on our emotions, our intellectual performance and our entire physiology; science has been able to explain this today, discovering the close relationship between our sense of smell and our limbic system, responsible for regulating vital functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, hormones, memory, attention and emotions.
A world of welfare we can achieve
There is much, much more we want to share with you about this wonder of nature.
In our next articles on the blog will give you all the best information in a clear and entertaining way: how to acquire essential oils that have the highest purity and reliability, how to apply the advice of experts to use them the safest way and with the most beneficial and fastest possible results. And if you wish so, share this useful knowledge with your family and friends.
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