Aromatherapy

Gayer Clinic use of the essential oils is done individually based on the particular problems and inherited weaknesses.
The essential oils are applied in different ways:

Massage Skin oils and lotions Hot and cold compresses Hair care Baths Vaporization Steam inhalation Internal use

The Birth of Aromatherapy

The term ‘aromatherapy’ was first coined in 1928 by Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, a French chemist working in his family’s perfumier business. He became fascinated with the therapeutic possibilities of the oils after discovering by accident that lavender was able to heal a severe burn on his hand quit rapidly and helps prevent scarring. He also found that many of the essential oils were more effective in their totality than their isolated active ingredients. Another French doctor and scientist, Dr. Jean Valnet, used essential oils as part of a program by which he successfully treated specific medical and psychiatric disorders. Madame Marguerite Maury, studied and applied Dr. Valnet research in her beauty therapy. She created a personal aromatic complex based on the client’s temperament and particular health problems.

How Essential Oils Work?

Each essential oil has an individual combination of constituents that interacts with the body’s chemistry in a direct manner, which then in turn affects certain body organs or systems as a whole. When the oils are used externally in the form of massage treatment, they are easily absorbed via the skin and transported throughout the body.

How Air-Borne aromatic molecules interact with the systems of the body?

Odors signals are passed directly to the limbic system of the brain evoking an immediate emotional or instinctual response. Aromatic molecules enter the lungs and are absorbed via the alveoli into the blood. The blood is carried to the heart and transported throughout the body via the circulatory system. Different oils have affinities with specific parts of the body, e.g. spices particularly affect digestion. Waste and toxins are processed by the liver and kidneys and eliminated mainly via the lungs, but also in the urine and sweat.