I-athikili ibhalwe ngokuhlanganyela ngu-Stéphanie Monnatte-Lassus Aromatologist, i-Plantar reflexologist kanye ne-Relaxologist kanye no-Catherine Gilette, umqeqeshi we-Cosmetology, I-Aromatologist kanye ne-olfactotherapist.

Siyayihogela, siyayinukela, siyayigcoba, siyazijabulisa ngayo… amafutha emifino amelela ingcebo yobumnandi leyo izinzwa zethu zokunambitha ziyazisa njengamaseli ethu e-epidermal. Ithini le fomula eyimfihlo yobuhle, impilo kanye nokulangazelela izinzwa ezenziwe ngayo? Amafutha emifino azitholaphi izinzuzo zawo eziningi? Yini eyenza bahluke?

amafutha igama elinikezwe into enamafutha esesimweni esiwuketshezi ezingeni lokushisa elilingana negumbi, kuyilapho igama elithi “amafutha” lichaza into enamafutha ku-semi-fluid ibe isimo esiqinile (ibhotela, isinqumelo ikakhulukazi). Amafutha amaningi emifino kanye namafutha kukhona kusuka ezitshalweni zembewu yamafutha (amantongomane, imbewu noma izithelo eziqukethe lipids), ngaphandle kwamanye anjenge-evening primrose noma uwoyela we-borage.

Ungahlanganisi amafutha yemifino (esitshalweni) nge amafutha amaminerali (kusuka ku-petroleum: upharafini, i-silicone) kanye amafutha ezilwane (njengamafutha esibindi se-cod noma amafutha e-cetacean). Ngenkathi uwoyela wamaminerali evame ukusetshenziswa yimboni yezimonyo (ngokuvamile ngaphansi kwegama elithi I-Parafini liquid, noma I-liquid petrolatum), ngenxa yokuthi ezishibhile kakhulu, azinikezi nokho izimfanelo zamafutha emifino angahlanjululwanga, okubangelwa ukucindezela okubandayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukubaluleka kwawo kwemvelo akufani! Ngakho-ke, ukukhetha kwamafutha emifino kudinga ukuqapha okukhulu kakhulu ngoba kuthinta impilo yomzimba wakho, isikhumba sakho kanye neplanethi yakho!

• I-macerate enamafutha itholakala ngokuxutshwa kwezitshalo zokwelapha emafutheni amsulwa asetshenziswa njenge-excipient. Kodwa-ke, i-macerate enamafutha ivame ukutholakala ngaphansi kwegama elithiamafutha yemifino. Lokhu ikakhulukazi icala le-calendula, i-St. John's wort, isanqante, i-arnica.
• Ibhotela lemifino iqinile ezingeni lokushisa legumbi. Ibhotela elingahlanjululwanga, kusukela ekucindezelweni kokuqala okubandayo kanye nemvelaphi ephilayo, ihlonipha kakhulu izimfanelo zesitshalo. Kubizwa “ibhotela elingahluziwe.”

Njengoba sizothola, kunezinhlobo ezahlukene zamafutha emifino asetshenziswa kaningi futhi ahlukahlukene kanye nezinzuzo. Amafutha emifino angasetshenziswa ukupheka, izimonyo, massage, kuhlanganiswe amafutha abalulekile. Ungumngane wakho wansuku zonke wokwelapha, ukukhulula, ukuvimbela, ukuphulukisa.

Uzothola ukuthi kungani, kodwa nokuthi uzisebenzisa kanjani izipho asinikeza zona ngokufudumele.

NgesiLatini, amafutha ou amafutha kusho amafutha, asuselwa ulala (umnqumo) ukusho ukuthi mangakanani amafutha omnqumo aphawule impucuko yethu. Ihlobene ngokuqondile nomlando womuntu, nokho izikhombo nokucwaninga okumbalwa okukhona kumafutha ngomqondo obanzi, nokho kuneminonjana yakudala kakhulu yamafutha omnqumo. Isimo sezulu saseMedithera esazi namuhla sasungulwa cishe eminyakeni eyi-12000 edlule, esavumela ukwanda kancane kancane kwesihlahla somnqumo kanye nokufuywa kwaso cishe -3800 BC. Ucwaningo lwembula ukusetshenziswa kwamafutha omnqumo ngesikhathi se-Neolithic. Ukumaketha kwayo kubuyela emuva ku-Bronze Age. Izikhamo zewayini ezindala kunazo zonke ezitholakele zivela eSyria futhi zihlehlela emuva eminyakeni engu-1700. Ukusetshenziswa, ngaleso sikhathi, ngokuyinhloko ukudla. Kodwa-ke, amafutha azophinde asetshenziselwe imikhosi yomngcwabo (ngesikhathi sokugqumisa) kanye nokukhanyisa amathempeli. Kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, amafutha omnqumo abesetshenziswa ekwenzeni izimonyo kanye nezinzuzo zawo zempilo. Ngakho, amafutha elapha amajaqamba nokopha izinsini.

Ngokulandelayo, ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kwavumela ukuthengiswa kwamafutha angaziwa kuze kube manje, afana ne-neem, i-baobab noma amafutha e-shea. Nsuku zonke, kutholwa amagugu amasha emhlabeni wonke futhi anikezwe izethameli eziba nolwazi olukhulayo. Isayensi isisize ukuba siqonde kangcono izithakazelo zokudla okunomsoco kawoyela futhi nakuba ukusetshenziswa kuye kwaholela ekubeni sikuxoshe ekudleni kwethu, ngoba kubhekwa njengesibopho samakhilogremu engeziwe, manje sesiyazi ukuthi uhlanganyela ngenkuthalo empilweni yethu.

UGeorge O. Burr, ngo-1929, ubonisa ukuthi izilwane ezidliwa ngaphandle kwamafutha zinikeza izifo ezinzima ikakhulukazi ezibangelwa ukungabikho kwe-linoleic acid. UDavid Adriaan Van Dorp, ngakolunye uhlangothi, wabonisa ngo-1964 i-bioconversion ye-linoleic acid, eyavula indlela yocwaningo mayelana nezandulela zokulawulwa kwe-metabolic. Lokhu kuzoba isiqalo sobufakazi besayensi bokudla okunomsoco kwamafutha futhi ikakhulukazi amafutha abalulekile e-omega 3 kanye ne-6.