Sources
Aromatherapy is an holistic treatment using essential oils to promote balance and harmony within mind and body. Essential oils are found in:
- Herbs such as rosemary, marjoram and thyme.
- Flowers such as rose, geranium, chamomile and lavender.
- Leaves such as basil, sage, eucalyptus and clary sage.
- Fruits such as tangerine, lemon and grapefruit.
- Berries such as juniper and cypress.
- Bark such as cinnamon.
- Resin which may be made into incense, for example myrrh and benzoin.
- Wood such as sandalwood or rosewood.
- Seeds such as anise and caraway.
- Roots such as angelica and vetiver.
- Nuts such as nutmeg.
- Grasses such as lemon grass.
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