In aromatherapy practice, healing methods may employ fragrance in a number of ways. The ultimate purpose is to deliver the virtues of the scent to the client in a way that will most benefit his or her condition to ease or alleviate the complaint.
Depending on the nature of the specific ailment, different methods of delivery may be chosen.
In therapeutic use, the chief methods of application include direct or indirect inhalation in combination with a soothing bath, as in a fragrant bath salt, direct local application, or in conjunction with massage therapy. Each of these methods has its own set of preparatory procedures to be followed before a given remedy is applied.
This site gives the general formulas that will be employed for turning an oil remedy into the desired form for the intended type of delivery to the subject. These combinations are more specific in regard to the amounts of each ingredient listed—as they must be, for this is the preparation of the medium.
The skill and creativity of the aroma therapist are employed in the creation of the remedy. These formulas will just place those carefully designed blends in usable form.