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All About Sandalwood Essential Oil By : Nancy Wellington For over 4000 years, the Sandalwood tree has played a significant part in Eastern culture as a material for art and artifacts, a medicine, and a divine aroma. Sandalwood products are obtained from the sandalwood tree (Santalum album), which is a member of the Santalaceae family native to southern tropical Asia. It is an evergreen growing to a height of 9 meters, with leathery leaves, long slender branches, and small purple flowers. The tree also happens to be parasitic, relying on the nutrient-gathering ability of one of several other tree species for its sustenance. Due to its seemingly strict set of environmental conditions and its parasitic nature, the extremely versatile Sandalwood tree is quite difficult to propagate. Aromatherapy Training By : Justin Flowers As a term 'Aromatherapy', was initially created in the 1920's, by famous French chemist, Rene Maurice Gattefosse. It is recorded that after his arm was set ablaze in a laboratory, he immersed it into the nearest container of cold fluid, that just happened to contain lavender oil. Amazingly the burn was fully healed and there was no scarring. After that, he devoted the rest of his life to the study of aromatherapy, that involves the application of essential oils, and related aromatic extracts from plants, flowers, seeds, and leaves, to beneficially affect the mind and body.