ESSENTIAL OIL THERAPY
Throughout the ancient world, essential oils, such as frankincense, sandalwood and spikenard, were among the costliest commodities because of their healing properties. Historical records also reveal that healing oils were used widely in Egypt, China, and India. The frankincense and myrrh brought as gifts to the Christ child may, in fact, have been distilled essential oils. Essential Oils were so highly regarded that ancient rulers bartered them for gold, land, and slaves. Rene-Maurice Gattefosse father of modern-day science of aromatherapy, discovered the therapeutic properties of essential oils when he plunged his burned arm into a vat of lavender oil after a laboratory explosion. His pain subsided quickly, and the burn healed exceptionally fast without a scar. Practitioners of essential oils use therapeutic-grade oils to treat a variety of illnesses such as digestion, mental accuracy, the immune function, purification, and skin discomfort. Mental joy, peace and calming, and numerous other benefits result from the use of oils.