Aromatherapy

The entire Pure Lochside range is based on holistic aromatherapy.  A high percentage of everything you put on your skin ends up in your body. For this reason we use high quantities of beneficial essential oils to help balance and soothe, uplift and rejuvenate plus ideally help to strengthen the immune system.

Please read below for a brief introduction to aromatherapy outlining what it is and how it works.

Definition of Aromatherapy

The practice of holistic aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of aromatic essential oils to promote and maintain health and vitality.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are naturally occurring plant chemicals, extracted from a single botanical source and are usually extracted from the plant by steam distillation.

Each oil contains many constituents, each of which has its own function – this is why one essential oil can have many different effects. Most essential oils have anti-bacterial properties and some have anti-viral actions, pain relieving actions and more.

Essential oils can directly affect our mood and hormones simply by inhaling the aromas as the olfactory system is linked to the hormonal system. Application to the skin allows the small but beneficial molecules of the essential oils to penetrate into the bloodstream and travel around the body helping to balance and regulate.

Plant oils

Plant & vegetable oils are easily absorbed by the skin and are used to feed and to aid the body to function correctly with naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and essential fatty acids including Omega 3. Plant oils have been used to protect, feed and nourish the skin for thousands of years.

Applying high quality natural plant oils to the skin helps it to function properly and retain moisture much more effectively.

How Aromatherapy works

Inhalation

• Breathing in the aromas of the essential oils
• Tissue inhalation
• Steam inhalation – bowl or bath

Benefits

• Inhalation is the fastest way for the essential oils to enter the body.
• Said to have a direct effect on moods and hormones

Absorption through the skin

• Baths
• Massages
• Compresses
• Body oils

Application to the skin allows the small but beneficial molecules of the essential oils to penetrate into the bloodstream and travel around the body helping to balance and regulate.

Aromatherapy has been used for hundreds of years as a form of medicine. It was practised in World War 1 when the medications ran out - helping with infections and wound healing.

We have done all the hard work for you and all you need to do is apply your Pure Lochside products each day to get the additional benefits of our therapeutic grade, high quality essential oils to help maintain health and vitality.