People in ancient Rome often rubbed their bodies with oil in the public baths as a means of relieving stress, and the Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing [Classic of Roots and Herbs Discovered by Shen Nong], the oldest Chinese medical treatise, also describes treatments which are functionally the same as aromatherapy.
其實芳香療法由來已久，羅馬人在公共澡堂就常用精油舒緩壓力，中國的《神農本草經》亦有芳香療法的相關記載。