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Chapter 24: Aromatherapy
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The Lavender Scare took place in the 1950s around the same time as The Red Scare. The Lavender Scare was homosexuals being fired from their jobs because they were seen as a threat to the United States. “The rooting-out of homosexual employees became official with an executive order signed by newly-elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953,” (Lim, Kracov 2019). The government had thought homosexuals were communists and were dealing with ‘top-secret material’. Fear in the 1950s was mostly caused by communism and the red scare.
Imagine losing everything: your job, family, and good name all because of someone accusing you of something that there is no sound evidence for. Now imagine people losing their lives for insubstantial reasons, and anyone who spoke out against these would lose everything themselves. Wouldn’t corruption reign from personal vengeance and create an aura of hysteria? Readers see this exact effect in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible as well as in the historical event of The Lavender Scare, in both of which people were wrongfully castigated for unjustifiable accusations. The Crucible and The Lavender Scare were both similar and different.
The History and Science of Healing With Essential Oils Did you know that at least 30% of prescription drugs in the United States are based on naturally occurring compounds from plants? Each year, millions of dollars are spent searching for new, undiscovered, curative elements in the bark, roots, flowers, seeds and foliage of plants from every corner of the Earth. As the most powerful part of the plant, essential oils and plant extracts have been mankind 's first medicine. History has shown and science supports that these can be used medicinally to kill bacteria and viruses.
Last Tuesday i went to Oregano's , a restaurant that is on the university route ,Tempe. It is two minutes away by car from ASU. Oregano's is a 1940's-1950's Italian based restaurant. They are very famous for their thin pizzas, pastas and their sweet which is ice cream with cookies, which are called pizza cookies. The restaurant opens at 11 am and closes at 10 pm.
Complementary therapies are treatments that make up a range of services provided by the NHS. Treatments that are available are acupuncture, aromatherapy, art therapy, chiropractic, herbal medicine and homeopathy. These treatments are offered to patients who may have cancer or other illnesses. These treatments are also used to help maintain one’s health, improving the immune system, sleeping patterns, increasing energy levels and help to depose of toxins. Complementary therapies are not clinically tested but have been used for many years and also most therapists are self employed.
Although there are no proper Egyptian evidence, ancient stories confirm the availability of cinnamon in 2000BC. Cinnamon was valued higher than gold and only used by royals. Cinnamon was used as a perfuming agent in embalming process and as a spice in cooking. The value given by Egyptians to cinnamon is well demonstrated by the story that emperor Nero using year’s stock of cinnamon to burn in the funeral of his second wife Pyre as atonement for his share on her death.
The article “How the Spice Trade Changed the World” by Heather Whipps discusses how early trading changed the old world, and continues to affect the new world. Navigational and geographical discoveries changed the way spices and diets are used for health, medicines, and important luxuries. Though this article is short, it gives great examples of specific spices and their origin, including many connections. This source in a website with the suffix of “.com” but Whipps has many degrees in the subjects which includes a Diploma in Social Studies and a Bachelors of Arts in Anthropology.
Health and Medicine during the Renaissance Before the Renaissance, people did not discover or know much about how the human body works. All of the remedies that they tried and drawings they made were just theories and were not scientifically proven to be correct. Since it was against the church to disect bodies, nobody did it until the Renaissance in which things started to change. Many people became less attached to the church and were starting to become curious and so began exploring how the human body functioned. They cut open bodies and with that made many discoveries.
Moreover, for thousands of years, medicine and witchcraft are closely linked. Although the history of medicine dates back to ancient time, but before the development of modern science, health has been stagnant in infant stages. People do not understand the cause of the disease, only by virtue of instinct, intuition, imagination and superstition, the use of plants, animals and minerals and other natural substances to treat pain. Before the 17th century, most of the accidental diseases or natural disasters, would be considered as the attribution from older people or poorer women, means they use witchcraft, also, due to the civil courts, several people testify were enough to incriminate these people. Thus, for centuries this kind of injustice
Group 2: Anti - Inflammatory Bath Bombs Research Question : Is it possible to make anti -inflammatory bath bombs that are actually good for the skin ? Summary - Today bath bombs are all the rage or their cool explosions in baths and everybody just finds it fun and relaxing . However, according to draxe.com , “hormone-disrupting chemicals to possible disease-triggering dyes infiltrating your mucous membranes,” are inside bath bombs and so are , “synthetic scents are one of the most toxic ingredients in bath products” which can be harmful to the skin episodically people with bad skin conditions . For example, most of the food coloring used in most bath bombs can be toxic for your skin and also genital health
Eternal life is defined as a resurrection of one’s soul. In Ancient Egypt, eternity after death was believed and hoped for by every Egyptian. Many thought life would continue after death and that death is just a temporary pause in one’s life. Death was also accepted as the beginning of a journey to endurance. The Egyptians’ burial practices were considered necessary to receive their bliss.
1. Introduction: Did you know essential oils, have been used since Ancient Times? Have you ever viewed mummies at the museum? If you have not, chances are you have seen them in a movie. An interesting fact to note is that Egyptians used essential oils in the mummification process to preserve the bodies for their journey into the afterlife.
Chanel N '5 is not only distinctive in its composition, besides it uses one of the first aroma compound fragrances of synthetic notes known as Aldehydes, scented like a florescent soap of citrus. (2) This doesn’t actually mean the chemical compound lowers the quality of the product but instead these synthetic notes results in unique expressions than using the actual notes from actual flowers and plants. (2) Besides, everlasting in its beauty, integrity, Parisian style, and rigid quality, none of the other brands can overtake the class, sophistication, and refined taste to this fined little glass bottle of Chanel N '5 which was invented over 90 years ago. In fact, CHANEL No. 5 is not only still one of the best-selling perfumes in the perfume industry, but also it represents everything complex with steadfast beauty and intelligence of a woman. (2) Chanel N '5 's stage of Life cycle
But of course, it was not what it is today when compared previously. Vaporizers at the time were not as portable to be carried around. They were more of a fixed, table top kind. The big brain behind their invention was Hon Lik, a Chinese pharmacist who took inspiration from the death of his father. He called this new device a Ruyan, which when it is simply translated from Chinese to English means ‘like smoke’.
When exploring what is health, it looks at the idea of an individual being free from illness or injuries (World Health Organization 1948). WHO further explains that it is the state of complete: physical, mental, and social well-being and not the absence of disease or infirmity (health context, 2018) In 1986 during Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, WHO said health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living, also is a positive concept emphasizing social, personal resources, and physical capacities. There are different aspects that contribute and impact a person’s health such as their: family and friends, education or job, body, spirit and mind, and all these need to balance to ensure good health (health context, 2018).