Aromatherapy" It originated in Europe, but when it comes to Chinese herbal medicine, we all know it. In fact, both Chinese herbal medicines and essential oils use the medicinal ingredients of aromatic plants. Perhaps some people are skeptical that "essential oil is really useful?" "When we zoom in and out, zoom into the world, and zoom into the history of humanity, we will find that aromatic plants are always with us, taking care of human health, never leaving...

prehistoric

Prehistoric humans know how to use smoke from aromatic plants to drive away evils and evil spirits. They found that the leaves, berries, and roots of these plants promote wound healing.
 
3000 BC Egypt
 
In the Edfu Temple, there are records of aromatic plants as medicines, cosmetics, and used in making mummy and religious ceremonies. Using plant spices to make balm, powder, sesame oil, etc., fennel, frankincense, myrrh, cedar, cypress, and cockroach are often used.
 
2500 BC China
 
Yandi Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, and later generations compiled the "Shen Nong's Herbal Classic", which recorded the medical uses of more than 300 plants.
 
BC 2000 India
  
Vedas, the oldest religious book in India, records the use of various herbs such as sandalwood, cinnamon, alfalfa, myrrh, and ginger in religious rituals and medicine.
 
1500 BC Egypt
 
Ebers Papyrus records the history of Egyptians using frankincense and other aromatic substances to treat a variety of diseases.
 
1000 to 400 BC Arab
 
Arabia became a trading center for expensive spices, forming a spice trade route that stretched from Oman to Jordan for about 2,400 miles. Because frankincense was the largest commodity at the time, it was often called the “Frankincense Road”.
 
400 BC Greece
 
"Father of Medicine" - Hippocrates, mentioned in his book many medicinal plants, including natural anesthetics - opium, mandala flowers, edible plants - rhubarb and so on.
 
He used to spray aromatic substances in the city of Athens to resist the spread of the plague. He also advocated daily aromatherapy bathing and massage to maintain a healthy body.
200 BC China
 
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic is the foundation of the first Chinese medicine theory. The relationship between man and nature is expounded in the height of philosophy. It is a classic about natural remedies.
 
78 AD Greece
 
The medic P. Dioscorides collected medicinal plants from many Mediterranean countries and completed a five-volume masterpiece, Herbs, which describes the characteristics and prescriptions of 600 medicinal plants.
 
 
129~199 AD, Rome
Galen, the most famous medical master in ancient Rome, used the Galen classification to classify 540 plants according to their medical functions. Cold cream (ointment) was invented.
 
541~682 years, China
 
Sun Siwei, a medical scientist in the Tang Dynasty, wrote the book "The Golden Essentials" - the first encyclopedia of clinical medicine in China, and the "Thousands of Gold Wings". A large number of prescriptions were recorded. Known as the "king of medicine."
 
865~925 AD
 
Al-Razi, the first famous doctor in Arabia, wrote 24 medical books detailing the collection methods and production procedures of herbs.
 
980~1037 AD Arab
 
Avicenna, the greatest physician in Arab history, wrote "Medical Code", which records more than 800 plants and their effects on the human body. His greatest contribution to aromatherapy was the invention of steam distillation for the extraction of plant essential oils.
 
1027 AD China
 
Wang Weiyi, a medical doctor of the Northern Song Dynasty, created a meridian copper man.
 
The Twelfth Century (1101~1200) Europe
 
The Crusades brought the "Arabian perfume" (that is, essential oil) back to Europe. In the European continent, aromatic plants (lavender, rosemary, thyme, etc.) were planted and essential oils were extracted.
 
Fourteenth century (1301~1400) Europe
 
The "black death" plague sweeping across Europe has claimed the lives of 25 million people, accounting for one-third of the total population of Europe. People who find the most common exposure to aromatic substances, especially perfume manufacturers, are almost immune to the plague, while the people around them die a lot. People try to spray perfume in houses and workplaces to fight the plague. Among them, frankincense is the most commonly used, as well as lavender, sage, thyme and so on.
 
The fifteenth century (1401~1500) Europe
 
Printing was introduced to Europe, and books such as Herbology were printed in large quantities. The method of making pure dew and soaking oil was recorded, so that housewives would make herbal preparations. The pharmacist has his own distillation room.
 
Sixteenth Century (1501~1600) Europe
 
Hieronymus Brunschwig wrote a brief introduction to distillation art. In 1600, lavender essential oil and juniper essential oil were first mentioned in the German official pharmacopoeia.
AD 1590 China
 
Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, completed the 1.92 million-word masterpiece "Compendium of Materia Medica", which recorded more than 2,000 kinds of medicinal materials (mostly plants) and 8,160 prescriptions. Explain that the extent to which Chinese people use herbs is far superior to traditional medicine in other countries.
 
Seventeenth Century (1600~1653) United Kingdom
In 1621, the first medicinal botanical garden in the UK was built at Oxford University.
In 1653, Nicholas Culpeper's "The Encyclopedia of Herbs" was published, documenting the functions of 369 herbs.
 
 
Late seventeenth century Europe
 
"Experimental Chemistry" was born, chemical drugs replaced the ancient herbal secrets, while Europe set off a crazy "burning witch" trend, the extremes equated herb therapy and heresy, and herb therapy entered the dark ages.
 
Eighteenth century Europe
 
The rise of surgery and the prevalence of chemical drugs have gradually replaced plant essential oils and herbal remedies, but there are still people who use essential oils. The use of essential oils remains intact in the Pharmacopoeia, but the variety is reduced.
In 1796, German medical doctor Samuel Hahnemann pioneered "homeopathy."
 
 
19th century Europe
 
Chemists continue to study the active ingredients in medicinal plants and isolate effective substances such as caffeine, quinine, morphine, and atropine, which have led people to rely on the synthesis of new drugs with several single-component chemicals instead of relying solely on them. An essential blend of natural essential oils.
 
 
1886~1936 AD
 
Dr. Edward Bach, a British physician, founded the "Flower Therapy" to heal the body and mind with natural plant extracts.
 
 
1920 AD Italy
 
Two Italian doctors, Giovanni Gatti and Renato Cayola, have shown that olfactory oil has a great influence on the central nervous system and has a psychotherapeutic effect.
 
 
1926 AD France
 
In a accidental explosion in a laboratory, the French chemist Gattefosse suffered severe burns in his hands. After inadvertently treating with lavender essential oil, the wound quickly recovered and left no scars, so he became interested in essential oils. . He also found that products with added essential oils have a longer shelf life than chemicals added, which means that the essential oils have better sterilization and antiseptic effects.
 
In 1928, the word "aromatherapy" was first introduced.
In 1937, the book "Aromatherapy" was published.
 
  
1930~1980 France
 
French doctor Jean Valnet treated essential oils for injured soldiers during World War II and used essential oils to treat mentally ill patients. Great success. Vaughan recognizes that the shortcomings and side effects of modern drugs and antibiotics, the body's resistance to drugs will gradually increase and need to increase the dose. Therefore, Vaughan chose essential oils as a natural substitute for chemical drugs.
Published in 1980, "Clinical Application of Aromatherapy."
 
AD 1961 France
 
Marguerite Maury, published "Mr. Morley's Aromatherapy", applies aromatherapy to rejuvenation, promotes the beauty care of essential oils to the medical level, and develops a set of massage techniques that are still in use today.
 
 
AD 1977 United Kingdom
 
In 1977, Robert Tisserand completed the first aromatherapy monograph in the English-speaking world, The Art of Aromatherapy. It took him twenty years to find the lost agave of Aphrodite, and re-edited it in 1993.
 
 
1982 AD
 
Patricia Davis founded the London School of Aromatherapy. The book "Aromatherapy Encyclopedia".
 
AD 2009 United States
 
The CPTG essential oil certification standard was proposed. CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade) - Pure physiotherapy grade certification, the production of essential oils from the service of the perfume industry-led system, for the first time, the certification standards set for the purpose of physical therapy.
 
AD 2017 today
 
A series of advancements, from extraction to basic research, have made a qualitative leap in the safety and effectiveness of essential oils. In the medical field, essential oils have begun to combine with modern medicine and have emerged in clinical applications. Moreover, due to its diversity of functions and convenience of use, it has begun to enter the family and become a daily necessity for some families.