WHY Essential oils are used as therapeutic tools to heal many kinds of diseases? As we know,these oils are extracted from the different parts of medicinal plants which are naturally endowed with healing properties.In our homes also we use Tulsi,coriander,mint,lemongrass,neem leaves and stem,coriander, cummin, fenugreek,cardamom,nutmeg,clove,ginger,turmeric,lemon,beetroot,garlic,hibiscus,orange etc.not only to flavour our food,but also because these provide relief in some conditions and are considered to be good for health. All these are root,stem,leaf,flower,seed bark of some plant or a tree.So are essential oils,only the method to procure them involves patience,hard work,care,nurturing,cost and scintific technology.
After knowing the source of essential oils,one can understand that they are regeneratating,oxygenating and are immune defense mechanism in the plants.so is the system in human body which is often attacked by bacteria,virus ang fungal infections,These grow in over-acidic conditions when pH balance of the body becomes imbalanced.Essential oils are alkaline in nature.Though they do not have pH value because they do not dissolve in water,this very quality makes them indispensable.Molecules in the essential oil stick together[they are living matter} therefore do not release ions-the free radicals [acidic activity that break down molecules to release more than required acid which then attacks nereby related organs and cause disease.Thus essential oils neautralize acids.THE BODY NEEDS TO BE MORE ALKALINE THAN ACIDIC TO REMAIN HEALTHY AND DISEASE FREE.
In human body there are more than one lakh olfactory receptors which smell fragrances. When an essential oil is inhaled or topicaly applied,the body's intelligence starts to work.It directs the required olfactory receptor to smell the fragrance that goes into blood streams and send signals to the brain through nerve sensors and the healing work starts.
ARTI GUPTA
( 7.08.2021)