Aromatherapy has been around for thousands of years. It has been recorded that ancient Egyptians used this homeopathic practice for many purposes. They used sweet smelling oils during massage sessions for upper class individuals. They used them in the medical treatments. Cosmetics used botanical oils. They were even used in the practice of embalming dead bodies. Even Hippocrates talked of the use of aromatic oils. He suggested a massage with these oils was helpful not only mentally, but also physically. By the tenth century, Arabians began to distill aromatic oils, which made them far more efficient. The oils lost popularity for some time, but in the early 1900s, scientists in France and England tried to reintroduce them to modern medical practice. While they never caught on within the medical practices of the western world, many people are finally realizing the benefits. Today, many different aromatherapy oils have been shown to have lots of benefits in clinical trials.

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