Aromatherapy History

3. Biochemist that developed a unique method of applying the penetrating oils with massage.
5. During the Bubonic Plague which swept accross Europe in the 14th century, this was burnt in the streets
9. It was the known centre for medicinal plants which were imported and grown on its fertile banks.
10. Greek soldiers carried this with them into battle for the treatment of wounds.
13. Powerful ones included resin, cinnamon, clove and nutmeg spice
14. Greek and Cretan doctors visited the medical places of learning along the Nile.
15. French chemist and scientist professor Rene-Maurice Gattefosse discovered the speedy effect of this oil on a burn.
17. They preserved cats, monkeys and kings by the use of resins, spices and aromatic herbs to prevent decay and rotting.

1. In 1653 he wrote his famous "Complete Herbal" book.
2. Returned home with the medical knowledge from the Mediterranean and so this news was spread through Christian Europe.
4. He worked together with Gattefosse by using essential oils on some terrible wounds sustained during the first world war.
6. Circa 1000AD ibn sina developed this and it dramatically changed and improved the process of distillation.
7. Cleopatra had her sails sprayed with perfumes for the meeting of this person.
8. They developed chemical techniques for distillation.
11. A greek physician that wrote about the variety of plants and their effect on the body.
12. archaeologists believed they were one of the first users of plant-based medicine
16. First person to record the method of distillation of turpentine around 425BC