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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 4

Posted in Aromatherapy, Massage, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

During the 16:th to 18:th centuries the art of distilling plants had grown to become an every-day matter. Every mansion had its own distillery and the pharmacies of the time distilled essential oils for medicinal purposes. The doctor would make out a recipe, and the pharmacies would blend the medicines. In this time herbal medicine [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 3

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Greek God of healing was called Asklepios and his attribute is a staff around which a snake curls. The Asklepios-staff remains to this day a symbol of medicine and healing. When the Roman Empire fell, so did a lot of the knowledge about herbs and aromatic substances. What was left moved into the cloisters [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 2

Posted in Aromatherapy, medicine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Essential oil and scent history is really the history of plants and herbal medicine, since they are a part of it. All ancient cultures used aromatic substances and herbs for cooking, healing, scenting and praying. The earliest written herbal text is the “Pen Tsao” (Great Herbal – still in print) which was compiled by Shen [...]

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ESSENTIAL OIL & SCENT HISTORY part 1

Posted in Aromatherapy, Scents, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The history of essential oils is exciting, romantic and mind-boggling. The stories are everywhere; the whole bible is full of allusions to essential oils. What makes it so exciting is that this part of history is continuously here and now. Each time I smell an oil, I am smelling the whole stretch of history…I am [...]

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