Essential Oils for Beginners Quotes

“When Jean Valnet, MD, ran out of antibiotics during World War II, he discovered that eucalyptus oil was effective in killing almost three-quarters of staph bacteria in the air. You, too, can squash bacteria with this powerful essential oil: if you’re beginning to catch a cold, try inhaling steam from a basin filled with hot water and a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil. You may just stop that cold in its tracks.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“Some of the most powerful antiseptic essential oils include lavender oil, tea tree oil, and clove oil.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“Many essential oils are natural analgesics—substances that provide relief from pain by acting on the peripheral and ventral nervous systems. For instance, wintergreen essential oil contains between 85 and 99 percent methyl salicylate, which is the same active ingredient contained in aspirin. Before synthetic pain relievers were introduced in the 1920s, wintergreen and birch were considered to be the best remedies for pain; in fact, Native Americans used both plants before written records were ever kept.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“The Science of Scent The human sense of smell is about ten thousand times more powerful than other senses, and scent travels to the brain so rapidly that the mental or physical response to the fragrance an essential oil emits can be immediate. When you inhale an essential oil, its scent travels first through olfactory nerve cells inside the nose and into the larger olfactory system. The olfactory system then delivers the aroma to the olfactory bulb located inside the brain’s limbic system, which serves as the seat of emotions and the originator of emotional behavior. Depending upon which essential oil you are inhaling, you may feel a rapid release of mental strain or negative emotions, and you may feel muscle tension ease at the same time. You may feel more alert, excited, or engaged with your surroundings, and if the scent you are inhaling is a familiar one, you may rapidly access your collective unconscious and experience strong memories, particularly when those memories are closely associated with deeply emotional feelings.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“Q: How does the body absorb essential oils that have been applied topically? A: The skin is a porous organ that essential oils penetrate with ease. When the oils enter the bloodstream, they are distributed to the rest of the body.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“The human sense of smell is about ten thousand times more powerful than other senses, and scent travels to the brain so rapidly that the mental or physical response to the fragrance an essential oil emits can be immediate.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“Kohl, which was used as eyeliner, was made from frankincense.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“Everyone smells different odors in a unique way, with the exception of identical twins, who have identical odor receptors and who process scents in exactly the same way.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“The limbic system is, in turn, connected to the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus, which controls the release of hormones that affect one’s nervous system, appetite, body temperature, concentration, and stress levels. Essential oils interact with the limbic system by providing input that activates the hypothalamus, instructing it to release neurochemicals to calm, relax, or stimulate the body. This is why aromatherapy can play such an important part in stress reduction, appetite control, increasing alertness, and much more. Whether essential oils are deeply inhaled or applied to the skin, the odor molecules travel straight to the appropriate limbic destination, where neurochemicals instruct the body to respond as desired.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“Wintergreen essential oil is also known to bring about feelings of self-acceptance, and peppermint essential oil, which has been shown effective in blocking pain, is also renowned for its ability to promote an overall feeling of calm and well-being.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy

“The Healing Power of Essential Oils Many essential oils act as adaptogens, which are natural balancers. Adaptogens promote a balancing reaction in the body, which in turn can affect a multitude of the body’s systems, including blood pressure, the autonomic nervous system, the endocrine system, and digestion.”
― Althea Press, Essential Oils for Beginners: The Guide to Get Started with Essential Oils and Aromatherapy