Nancy Wellington's Articles in Alternative Medicine Beauty (1) Alternative Medicine (2) Crafts (1) Health & Fitness (1) Show All|Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest Oh the Wonderful Aroma of Sandalwood – Now Environmentally Friendly! For thousands of years, the beautiful, smooth, aromatic wood of the Sandalwood tree has played an important role in Eastern culture. It has been carved into religious artifacts, made into medicines, and distilled and burned for its hypnotic aroma. Interestingly, this tree - which is now ENDANGERED in many areas due to ever-increasing demands for its products, is completely parasitic - it cannot survive on its own. The Sandalwood tree ONLY grows up the trunks of other appropriate host trees. And herein lays the difficulty with Sandalwood harvest: the host tree on which it grows is typically destroyed when the Sandalwood is culled. Further, because of it's apparent 'strict' environmental needs (including its parasitic nature), Sandalwood is extremely tough to farm using traditional methods. Ten Essential Oils for the Home Care Kit As interest in natural means to improved health, wellness and fitness grows, essential oils are gaining in popularity in the United States. The healing powers, on both physiological and psychological levels, have been utilized in Europe and the rest of the world for some time. Natural, pure essential oils used in aromatherapy have a very diverse range of healing properties - as diverse as the hundreds of plants from which they are distilled. The effects range from antibiotic (without incurrence of resistance as with pharmaceutical drugs), to antiviral (the power of which modern medicine has yet to replicate), to anti-inflammatory and analgesic, with many having 'homeostatic' properties - meaning they support balance in many of the body's systems. Here's brief look at ten essential oils commonly used in the home health care kit - the list and descriptions are not meant to be exhaustive; rather, let them stimulate your interest in furthering your knowledge of these oils, their applications, and the vast potential of the many, many other essential oils available today.	Submit Articles Member Login Top Authors Most Popular Articles Submission Guidelines Ezine Notifications Article RSS Feeds New Stuff About Us Link to Us Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Service   :: Top Author Businesses: Try your luck, Play BlackJack   :: Our Supporters:
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