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Fragrance oil–or pure essential oils–have many practical uses besides just getting a massage. Many organic and chemical-free products can be made using these scented oils. Fragrance oils are extracted from different parts of plants, like leaves, flowers or stems. Fragrance oils can also be combined for unique scents and ultimate benefits.
Stress
Aromatherapy from fragrance oil can be a great way to destress. Massage alone helps ease tense muscles. Certain aroma oils help bring on natural stress relief or brighten a mood. Certain bath oils can even be used to treat headaches and migraines associated with stress. An essential oil diffuser can also be beneficial in treating headaches and stress. Some pure essential oils indicated for this include chamomile, lemongrass, basil, peppermint and eucalyptus.
Beauty
Fragrance oils can be used for hair care of all different types–dry, oily, brittle or color treated. Fragrance oil can be used for other cosmetic reasons, such as treating face acne, bags under the eyes, dandruff, cellulite and varicose veins. Pure essential oils beneficial in beauty include chamomile, grapeseed, rosemary and lavender.
Scent
Perfume oils can be used to create perfumes, air fresheners, an essential oil diffuser, scented linens or even added to the washing machine in place of fabric softener to infuse a scent into clothing. Oils do not contain chemicals, making them an organic and safer alternative to many scented products.
Meditation and Exercise
Fragrance oil can be beneficial when used in conjunction with meditation for exercise. Yoga and pilates are commonly practiced with a bowl of boiling water containing a few drops of fragrance oils nearby. Aroma oils can be rubbed in after a workout, such as during a bath or shower. Epsom salts are a popular example of being used in a bath for aches and pains. Epsom salts are generally comprised of pure essential oils.
Injury
Aromatherapy essential oil can be used when massaging injured muscles, arthritis, tennis elbow, cramps and other aches and pains. Some people use fragrance oil as a new allergy treatment. Pure essential oils commonly used for injuries include wheatgerm, camphor of borneol, soya, Roman chamomile and lemon.

References

• “Secrets of Youth and Beauty: Aromatherapy for Natural Rejuvination; Daniella Ryman; 2007″
• A World of Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy

Research has shown that yoga has helped to give relief from asthma, hay fever and is recognized as a new allergy treatment in about 60% of the cases studied. Allergic reactions include breathing problems like suffocation, congestion in the chest and throat. Such breathing problems may affect your sleep. You may wake up at night gasping for breath and struggling to breathe. Allergies can also set off sneezing bouts, cause the eyes to water, and the nose to run. They can also bring on headaches.
Allergies are very common and lots of people suffer from some kind of allergy. Yoga helps to get relief from allergic reaction because it involves breathing exercises. This makes yoga a worthwhile allergy remedy. A fundamental principle of yoga is to have control over your breathing and thereby regulating your bodily functions, and thought processes. When you have mastered the technique of controlling your breathing, you will find that you are able to breathe normally.
Before you start practising yoga, you should know more about allergies, particularly about the allergies you suffer from. Allergies which affect your breathing range from Rhinitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, and asthma to emphysema. You should consult your doctor to diagnose your particular problem. Unfortunately, people do not always tell the doctor every symptom relating to their problem. This makes it difficult for the doctor to arrive at the correct diagnosis of the condition.
Most often people do not bother to meet the doctor again, once they find relief from their allergic reactions. They believe that they are cured, permanently. Unfortunately, this will not be the case. Substances that cause allergies are known as allergens. The air is full of substances that commonly occur in nature, such as pollen, dust, mold and so on.
People who are hypersensitive to these substances are affected by these allergens when they come in contact with them. Inhaling such allergens can also bring on allergic reactions. Allergic reactions result when these foreign particles, or allergens, attack the immune system of the body. Severe allergic reaction may set in, in response to certain drugs injected into the body Hay fever is an allergic condition that occurs when rag weeds or grass release their pollen into the air. People who are hypersensitive to the pollen of these weeds, develop hay fever.

What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) are becoming more popular and common as they become more widely known. Alternative medicine is treatments and interventions that are not considered a part of the standard care that doctors and other health care professionals use, such as treatment provided by a naturopath. Complementary medicine institutes treatments that are in addition to the standard care provided by health professionals, such as using acupuncture in addition to pain medication for tendinitis.

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