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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 others still suspect 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 Edfu Temple, there are records of aromatic plants as medicines, cosmetics, and used in making mummy and religious rituals. 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 kinds of 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

"The 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 Golden Essentials" - China's first encyclopedia of clinical medicine, and "Qian Jin Yi Fang". 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.


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