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Aromatherapy is simply an alternative form of medicine to the mainstream medicine practice. In aromatherapy, essential oils are used to bring about the desired effects. Aromatherapy massage also incorporates the use of essential oils rubbed on the body to produce a number of effects. The massage usually has a relaxing feeling and relives stress. It also helps to reduce muscle tension thereby increasing the body’s circulation.

Aromatherapy massage oil that is used is usually an essential oil that is added to the base oil to produce the desired therapeutic effects. The essential oils used in this form of massage can enter the body in 2 ways. One way is by going through the skin during the massage process. Once absorbed, they enter the bloodstream and travel to the different parts of the body. The other way is through the nose when they are inhaled during the massage process. It can thus be said that aromatherapy combines the benefits of an average massage with the benefits of the aromatherapy massage oils.

Aromatherapy Massage

The use of the essential oils by aromatherapists and therapists is not new and most of them when recommending stress-relieving therapies, point out to their clients the benefits of an aromatherapy massage. Read the rest of this entry »