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In aromatherapy, Lavender oil is sometimes referred to as a 'panacea' or cure for everything. Certainly, here in the UK it’s the top-selling essential oil by far and is used for just about everything from headaches to insect bites.

But did you know that true lavender is relatively rare and that most of the essential oil production uses cloned hybrid varieties? This article reveals all...

There are many therapies but aromatherapy is THE therapy for relaxation. Aromatherapy has been defined as “a natural treatment which uses the concentrated herbal energies in essential oils from plants in association with massage, friction, inhalation, compresses and baths … a holistic form of treatment which works with the body to promote health.”

There's a condition, which is now recognised by the medical profession, which is called S.A.D. - Seasonal Affective Disorder or Seasonal Adjustment Disorder, which can occur when there is a shortage of daylight, or, some say, a shortage of sunshine. Whichever it is it has a detrimental effect on our serotonin levels - our 'feeling of well being'. When our serotonin dips, we feel down or depressed, lethargic, can't seem to get enough sleep, don't want to go out, don't want to move about.

In this article Christina Elvin offers some practical ways of beating these 'Winter Blues'...