Aromatherapy is a treatment where someone rubs pleasant-smelling plant oils into your skin, usually with a slow massage. The hope is that the smell and the rubbing together will ease pain and help you feel calm and well.

Aromatherapy is a treatment where someone rubs pleasant-smelling plant oils into your skinaromatherapy（芳療）是一種把香味好聞的植物油揉進皮膚的療法，usually with a slow massage通常搭配緩慢的按摩。The hope is that the smell and the rubbing together will ease pain and help you feel calm and well希望香氣加上按摩能舒緩疼痛、讓人感覺平靜舒服。

You meet it in spas, and sometimes in hospitals or care homes, as a comfort, not as a strong doctor's medicine.

You meet it in spas你會在spa裡遇到它，and sometimes in hospitals or care homes有時候也會在醫院或安養院看到，as a comfort, not as a strong doctor's medicine作為一種安慰，而不是強效的醫療藥物。

Though actually, shops and everyday talk often stretch the word: people also call it aromatherapy when they only put those oils in the air with a little machine, with no massage at all. The tidy meaning is the massage; the loose meaning is anything done with those oils.

Though actually不過事實上，shops and everyday talk often stretch the word店家和日常說法常常把這個字用得更廣：people also call it aromatherapy when they only put those oils in the air with a little machine, with no massage at all有些人只是用小機器把那些精油散在空氣裡、完全沒有按摩，也照樣叫它aromatherapy。The tidy meaning is the massage嚴謹的意思是按摩；the loose meaning is anything done with those oils鬆散的意思則是任何用到那些精油的做法。