Aromatherapy, part of phytotherapy, controlled use of essential oils for the preservation of health and healing and disease prevention at all levels of human existence. Essential oils, although they are called essential oils, volatile compounds are biologically active compounds derived from plants by distillation or pressing.
The term aromatherapy, kavog know today (do not forget, people are plants for the preservation of health are used from time immemorial) was first coined by French chemist and perfumer Rene Maurice Gattefosee 1937th, in his book on the methods of therapeutic application of essential oils. Already a fairy tale that Gattefosse, after an explosion in his laboratory, immersed burned hands in the tank with essential oils of lavender, then immediately felt relief, and burns are healed surprisingly quickly. S Gattefosse, was born in modern aromatherapy.
