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Aromatherapy Quiz 1
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Question | Answer |
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One of the aims of aromatherapy massages | to relax the recipient |
Who wrote the first modern book on aromatherapy? | Gattefosee |
can essential oils be used directly on the skin? | No |
This is added to essential oils as a lubricant. | Vegetable carrier oil |
Carrier oils are non-? | volatile |
A fruit that produces a carrier oil. | advocado |
Where should vegetable oils be stored? | a cool dark place |
Essential oils are mixed with alcohol, vegetable and -? | mineral oils |
One way essential oils can enter the body | The lungs |
One of the contra-indicated oils that should not be used in sunlight | lemon |
What is the blending proportion of essential oils to carrier oils. | 21/2% |
A well balanced blend of essential oils contains? | base, middle and top notes |
What is the function of a vegetable carrier oil? | To carry essential oils into the epidermis |
What affects the quality of oil. | Location and how it is grown. |
What are synergistic oils? | Oils that when blended together increase their individual effects. |
Which act makes it illegal to advertise treatments for cancer? | The Cancer Act 1939 |
Which act makes it illegal for any company not employing doctors and nurses to call themselves a 'health centre'? | The Companies Act 1985 |
What does HASWA stand for? | Health and Safety at Work Act. |
What does COSHH stand for? | Control of Substances Hazardous to Health |
At what level should the treatment couch be? | hip level |
Which area of a body should you start a body massage treatment? | the back |