ʻO ka ʻatikala i kākau pū ʻia e Stéphanie Monnatte-Lassus Aromatologist, Plantar reflexologist and Relaxologist a me Catherine Gilette, Cosmetology trainer, Aromatologist and olfactotherapist.

Honi mākou, honi mākou, ʻaʻahu mākou iā ia, hauʻoli mākou iā ia… ʻo ka ʻaila meaʻai kahi waiwai o nā leʻaleʻa i mahalo nui ʻia e ko mākou mau ʻono e like me kā mākou epidermal cell. He aha kēia ʻano huna huna no ka nani, ke olakino a me ka ʻai ʻana i nā manaʻo? Ma hea e loaʻa ai i nā aila meaʻai ko lākou mau pono he nui? He aha ka mea ʻokoʻa iā lākou?

aila ʻO ia ka inoa i hāʻawi ʻia i kahi mea momona i loko o ke ʻano wai ma ka lumi wela, ʻoiai ʻo ka huaʻōlelo "momona" e kuhikuhi i ka mea momona i loko o ka semi-fluid i ke kūlana paʻa (butter, lard in particular). ʻO ka hapa nui o nā aila meaʻai a me nā momona mai nā mea kanu ʻaila (nā nati, nā ʻanoʻano a me nā huaʻai i loaʻa Nā lipopō), koe wale nō kekahi e like me ke ahiahi primrose a i ʻole ka ʻaila borage.

Mai huikau kaʻaila aila (mai kahi mea kanu) me mea pōhaku aila (mai ka aila: paraffin, silicone) a aila holoholona (e like me ka aila ate cod a i ʻole ka aila cetacean). ʻOiai hoʻohana maʻamau ʻia nā ʻaila mineral e ka ʻoihana hoʻonaninani (maʻamau ma lalo o ka inoa o wai paraffinum, a ʻO ka petrolatum wai), no ka mea maʻalahi loa, ʻaʻole naʻe lākou e hāʻawi i nā pono o nā aila mea kanu i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻole ʻia, ka hopena o ke kaomi anu. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole like ko lākou koʻikoʻi kaiaola! No laila, ke koho ʻana i kahi ʻaila ʻaila Pono ka makaala nui loa no ka mea pili ia i ke olakino o kou kino, kou ʻili a me kou honua!

• ʻO ka ʻaila macerate loaʻa ma ka maceration o nā mea kanu lāʻau i loko o kahi ʻaila puʻupaʻa i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he excipient. Eia naʻe, ʻike pinepine ʻia ka ʻaila macerate ma lalo o ka inoa okaʻaila aila. ʻO kēia ka hihia o calendula, St. John's wort, carrot, arnica.
• Pāpaʻa huaʻai paʻa ma ka lumi wela. ʻO ka pata i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻole ʻia, mai kahi kaomi anu mua a me ke kumu kūlohelohe, ʻoi aku ka mahalo i nā ʻano o ka mea kanu. Kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo “raw butter”.

E like me kā mākou e ʻike ai, aia nā ʻano ʻaila meaʻai like ʻole me nā mea hoʻohana a me nā pono like ʻole. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻaila meaʻai i ka kuke ʻana, nā mea hoʻonaninani, ka lomilomi, i hui pū ʻia me nui kāhinu,. ʻO ia kou hoa pili i kēlā me kēia lā e mālama, hoʻomaha, pale, ho'ōla.

E ʻike ana ʻoe i ke kumu, akā pehea hoʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā makana āna i hāʻawi mai ai iā mākou.

Ma ka ʻōlelo Latina, aila ou aila ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻaila, loaʻa mai olea (olive) ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka nui o ka ʻaila ʻoliva i hōʻailona ai i ko kākou lāhui. Hoʻopili maoli ʻia ia i ka mōʻaukala o ke kanaka, akā naʻe, liʻiliʻi nā ʻōlelo a me nā noiʻi e pili ana i ka ʻaila ma ke ʻano ākea, aia nō naʻe he mau ʻaila ʻoliva kahiko loa. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻāina Mediterranean a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia lā ma kahi o 12000 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ka mea i ʻae i ka hoʻonui lohi ʻana o ka lāʻau ʻoliva a me kāna home a puni -3800 BC. Ua wehe ka noiʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka aila ʻoliva i ka wā Neolithic. ʻO kāna kūʻai ʻana i nā lā i ka Bronze Age. ʻO nā kaomi waina kahiko loa i loaʻa mai Suria mai a hiki i ka -1700 makahiki. ʻO ka hoʻohana, i kēlā manawa, ka meaʻai nui. Eia naʻe, e hoʻohana ʻia ka ʻaila no nā hana hoʻolewa (ma ka manawa o ka embalming) a no ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana i nā luakini. Mai ka wā kahiko mai, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka aila ʻoliva i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hoʻonaninani a no kāna mau pono olakino. No laila, mālama ka ʻaila i ka ʻāʻī a me ke kahe koko.

Ma hope mai, ua ʻae ka honua i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā aila ʻike ʻole ʻole ʻia, e like me ka neem, baobab a i ʻole ka aila shea. I kēlā me kēia lā, ʻike ʻia nā waiwai hou a puni ka honua a hāʻawi ʻia i kahi anaina ʻike. Ua hiki i ka ʻepekema ke hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ka pono o ka aila a ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana i alakaʻi iā mākou e kāpae iā ia mai kā mākou ʻai ʻana, no ka mea, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ke kuleana no nā paona ʻē aʻe, ua ʻike mākou i kēia manawa ke komo nui nei i ko mākou olakino.

Hōʻike ʻo George O. Burr, i ka makahiki 1929, ʻo nā holoholona i hānai ʻia me ka momona ʻole ke hōʻike nei i nā pathologies koʻikoʻi ma muli o ka nele o ka linoleic acid. Ua hōʻike ʻo David Adriaan Van Dorp i ka makahiki 1964 i ka bioconversion o ka linoleic acid, i wehe i ke ala no ka noiʻi ʻana i nā precursors o ka metabolic regulation. ʻO kēia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hōʻike ʻepekema o ke ʻano meaʻai o nā aila a me ka nui o nā mea momona momona omega 3 a me 6.