Aromatherapy in reducing stress and anxiety
DOES AROMATHERAPY HELP YOU TO REDUCE STRESS, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION?
What is Aromatherapy?
History in a nutshell:
The concept of aromatherapy and the use of essential oils in healing, altering mood and brain function is not new; aromatherapy has been used in medicine for over 6000 years. Essential oils have been used by Ancient Greeks, Romans, Chinese and Egyptians for healing and medicinal purposes since 4000 B.C. The first book describing essential oils and their use in healing was written by Dioscorides, a French chemist in his book De Materia Medica. The book was published in the first century. De Materia Medica described the healing properties and uses of many essential oils that are still in use in today’s alternative medicine.
What is Aromatherapy?
Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses plant materials, such as roots, leaves, blossoms, or seeds. Essential oils are extracted from the plants using different methods for the purpose of altering a person’s mind, mood, cognitive fuction and health. Numerous medical institutions recognize aromatherapy as an efficient alternative medicine. Mayo Clinic, for instance, recommends aromatherapy to be used in treating cancer patients to reduce nausea, pain, and stress caused by the illness and treatment. Among others, Mayo Clinic recommends aromatherapy for cardiovascular patients recovering from surgery. According to Mayo Clinic’s article, aromatherapy is used to promote healing, improves mood, and reduces stress after a surgery.
The uses of aromatherapy in the medical field are numerous. Aromatherapy has been shown to be effective in preventing disease, pain and reducing anxiety, energy enhancement, enhancement of memory, relaxation, focus, and reduction of errors.
How does aromatherapy work?
Even though research shows clearly that aromatherapy is effective in treating many conditions, such as depression, stress, anxiety among others, researchers are still not entirely clear how aromatherapy works. Research has shown that our sense of smell has the main role in aromatherapy. Researchers believe that the receptors in your nose communicate with certain parts of your brain that function to store emotions and memories. Especially the limbic system in your brain is affected through the olffactory system during aromatherapy treatment.
When you breath in the essential oil scent, the molecules stimulate the amygdala and hippocampus of your brain, and influence your physical, emotional, and mental health helping you to focus, concentrate, relax, reduce anxiety and reduce the amount of errors. A study by Toho University in Tokio found that the scent of Eucalyptus in an office reduced computer operator errors by 30%!
The uses for aromatherapy are numerous. Different plants and herbs used have different effects in your brain. Lavender is a good example – it stimulates the activity of your brain cells in the amygdala the same way some medications work.
Many clinical studies have shown positive effects, such as reduction of symptoms of anxiety, drowsiness, lack of energy, and increasing brainwaves, brain function and memory. Aromatherapy has never been shown to cure conditions – the essential oils rather help the body to find a natural way to cure itself, improve your own immune response and promote the healing process.
AROMATHERAPY WHILE DRIVING = SAFER DRIVER?
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Different essential oils have different effects in human brain
- Cinnamon is known to reduce irritability
- Lavender reduces stress and relaxes brainwaves
- Orange affects your mood, lowers blood pressure, and reduces anxiety
- Eucalyptus increases brainwave activity, increases energy level, and fights physical and mental fatique.
What better place to enjoy your daily aromatherapy moment than in your car?
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Drive safely and arrive refreshed!
About the Author
Bachelor in Science
Certified Educator in the State of Florida
Owner/Founder of Efar, LLC – researching, manufacturing and selling aromatherapy products since 2007. Passionate about natural, organic products that are recyclable, earth friendly and natural. We did not inherit this world from our parents. We are borrowing it from our children!
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