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Aromatherapie By Gattefosse

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The knights acquired knowledge of distillation and carried perfumes with them. French Chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé coined the term “Aromatherapie” while investigating the antiseptic properties of essential oils. Gattefosse’s book “Aromatherapie” was published in 1928 in which he details cases of essential oils and their healing capabilities. In India, Ayur Veda is known as the traditional Indian medicine since 3000 years and essential oils is use to their healing property. Vedic literature lists over 700 substances including cinnamon, ginger, myrrh and sandalwood as effective for healing. Indians believed to the aromatic plant as godly part of the nature. It is believed that the production of essential oils by distillation process was taken
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