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* These Homeopharma institutes also offer care and free advice. They practise relaxing or slimming massages with essential oils, amongst them the best in the world such as [[ravintsara]] or [[katrafay]], all resulting from aromatic plants.
* A massage not longer than 20 minutes is the time needed for a quality essential oil to be traced back to the taste buds on the tongue when applied to the soles of the feet. Thanks to its extraordinary power of penetration, it quickly breaks through the skin to reach the bloodstream and with it back to the tongue, as it could reach any other organ that we would aim for, before being totally eliminated dissolved in the body. A true miracle!
== Properties of essential oils ==
In its distillery centres Homeopharma extracts the essential substance substances of many plants: their aromas. Once collected in flasks, the natural concentrate may heal those who suffer from ailments, such as stress, warts, insomnia, the affection of sinus, ears or larynx, rheumatism, flu symptoms, impotence, stomach pain.
'''Definition of an essential oil'''
But what exactly is an essential oil? It can be defined as a powerful aromatic substance of complex composition, which includes volatile and odorous elements, contained in plants. These are the elements that help to cure many diseases.
In most cases by water steam distillation at low temperature and low pressure. This technique allows to extract most of the active substances from the plant. Before distillation they are called essence. After it is called essential oil. Only 10% of plants produce an essence. And if the latter and although the essence can be found throughout the plant, it is mainly concentrated in ''a single organ, such as root, rhizome, wood, bark, leaf, stem, flower, seed or fruit. These are the organs from which essential oil is obtained.''.
Distilled are ylang-ylang flowers, cinnamon bark, niaouli leaves or vetiver roots. Please note, the composition of the essence of a plant differs slightly from that of the essential oil of the same plant, because the distillation process cannot entirely extract the properties within the plant.
The essential oil of mint is easier to obtain because of the leaves. A slightly irregular low heat is enough. But a bit of stronger heat is needed to break the structure of a bark and to release its larger aromatic molecules. <!-- Still, the plant will release only a part of its ... properties. -->
'''The essential oils of Homeopharma'''
This wild environment ensures the quality of the soil and under the management of Jean Claude Ratsimivony, CEO of Homeopharma, our essential oils are tested and guaranteed in our laboratory to be of high the highest quality.
Without the wild environment, the synergy between species would be lost. Plants need to breathe and sense. We must listen to Jean Claude, the modest grandson of a medical doctor, depositary of remedies collected by his grandfather from healers, who will tell you about the plants, their sensitivity, their stress before a hurricane. Resting time, which allows the plants to regenerate between pickings, is also respected and can reach up to four years depending on the species! Harvesting of plant organs is done in jute or cotton bags to prevent maceration. Partial drying is necessary in case of rain in order to reduce the amount of water contained in the plant. And if so, we will only dry one type of plant at the time to avoid contamination and to ensure the right balance of chemical properties.
In short, the plants are treated for the treasure they are. And it doesn't stop there! Distillation over a wood fire, most of the time, is another added value to the Malagasy essential oils. In other countries it is done with regular gas heat. But firewood allows a variation of temperature which leads to a more complete extraction. The large molecules of the plants do not extract at a constant temperature if using gas. To be convinced of the importance of this, one needs only to observe the technicians at the Homeopharma distillery in [[Ambila]] on the [[Canal des Pangalanes]] on the Madagascar's east coast of Madagascar. Their work procedure involves adding a piece of wood to light the fire and thereafter removing it to reach the desired temperature, causing a gradual temperature change.
And there is minimum waste, although essential oils are a luxury item which normally require a lot of raw material. For example, 390 kilos of niaouli flowers give only 2.2 liters of oil!
