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Why
Use essential oils'
Aromatherapy is a natural, non-invasive aid to health and
happiness and has proven highly effective in the relief of many physical and behavioral
problems. E.g., Skin conditions, allergies, arthritis, immune
disorders, laminitis, COPD, warts, sarcoids, stress, training problems and
vices.
Essential oils have been used for the promotion of health for many
centuries and nowadays more and more vets are recognizing their usefulness in
animal welfare. The oils contain ingredients that animals would pick and choose
freely to maintain health if they were living in a natural state but are
deprived of when domesticated.
What
are Essential Oils'
Essential oils are potent extracts of aromatic plants. For the
most part they are steam distilled from leaves, flowers, seeds, even roots....
wherever each plant has chosen to store its essential oil.
The plant uses
essential oils to protect itself from disease and predators, to heal wounds and
as phyto-hormones. And these are the qualities they offer to us as well. Because
essential oils are highly volatile the chemical constituents are easily absorbed
through the blood/brain barrier via the nose or through the skin.
However
they are not medicines as we know them, but work gently and holistically to
balance the entire system and fight disease.
Dawn is a certified Aromatherapist in Equine Aromatherapy through Catherine Bird who has led the development of equine natural therapies in Australia and is in worldwide demand as a practitioner, lecturer and teacher.
