What Is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy uses extracts from plants, called essential oils, to treat health conditions. Typically, you inhale them or put them on your skin.If you want to use aromatherapy, talk with your doctor or functional medicine practitioner about proper techniques and safety. Also, make sure you’re using pure oils and not fragrance oils that contain chemicals.How do essential oils work?Essential oils are plant extracts that contain the aromatic compounds that give plants their distinctive scent. They're obtained by steaming or pressing flowers, roots, bark, leaves and other parts of the plant to capture those compounds.Each oil has its own distinct chemical makeup,