The Frenchman Rene Gattefoss burnt himself whilst experimenting with the oil of the plant known as lavender and he poured some of the oil over the burnt area of his skin to ease the pain; this is when the word Aromatherapy was born.

Rene continued to look at other herbal plants and experimented to see what properties could be used in the treatment of healing people who had little money for expensive medicines. He tried to extract oils from other various plants and found that a large amount of plants had antiseptic properties that could relieve pain if blended with carrier oil or base oil such as almond.

Since the time the Lavender oil was the first oil to be recognised as an antiseptic there are other oils such as camphor, eucalyptus and menthol which can be added to hot water to breath in the fumes that help a chest infection. Another way is to smooth some of an essential cream direct to the chest as it is now recognised as one of the ways the Herbal Remedies are easily used in the home.

Moods can be changed by using Aromatherapy Oils either by placing the blended oils in diffuser or by placing scented candles around a room. Meditation can be enhanced by calming the mind and different scents are available in bath oils or products that plug in to a wall which will release the scents at certain times in the day or evening as required.