Most people have heard the word Aromatherapy. It is used by many companies to help sell items like body products, cleaning products and air fresheners.

But do you know what aromatherapy is and how you can use it safely?

A definition of aromatherapy is 'the therapeutic use of pure essential plant oils to maintain wellbeing, promote healing and assist in recovery from illness'.

Essential oils are pure, concentrated extracts distilled from over 400 aromatic plants. The plants contain hormones, antibacterial properties, pheromones and cell regenerating agents.

The extraction process concentrates the essence of the plant.