History and Sources of Essential Oil Research

Abstract

Plants containing essential oils have been used since furthest antiquities as spices and remedies for the treatment of diseases and in religious ceremonies because of their healing properties and their pleasant odors. In spite of the obscured beginning of the use of aromatic plants in prehistoric times to prevent, palliate, or heal sicknesses, pollen analyses of Stone Age settlements indicate the use of aromatic plants that may be dated to 10,000 bc.

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