Essential oils are essential to the survival of plants - either for protection or for propagation.   When you crush the petal of a rose or tear the leaf from a peppermint plant, a liquid substance emerges. These tiny drops of liquid are called essential oils. Citrus oils are pressed from the peels or rinds of fruit. 

Essential oils are complex, highly fragrant and volatile substances, with varying degrees of complexity, fragrance, and volatility. They are the most potent and concentrated extracts of various parts of flowers, fruits, leaves, spices, roots, and woods.

While in the plant, the essence molecules play a key role in the biochemistry of the plant -- they are located between the cells of the plant and these molecules act as regulators and messengers. They carry all of the unique properties of the plant.  They protect the plant from parasites and disease, and play an important role in fertilization and assist the plant's adaptation to its environment. 

Once extracted, the chemical constituents of a particular essential oil will determine its therapeutic properties.   Life in the human body is based on the chemistry of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms.  These are called the "Building blocks of Life." Carbon is also the basis for the constituents of essential oils.

Different oils have different properties - many contain multiple properties.   Oils may be:

Though aromatherapy has been used for thousands of years, the modern 
world is barely beginning to comprehend the value of nature's own pharmacy, 
and how these essential oils can be used to improve health and well being.

HOW DO ESSENTIAL OILS WORK?