Aromatherapy refers to the use of aroma (essential oil) extracted from aromatic plants to achieve the purpose of restoring health. It is not only a holistic therapy, but also a natural therapy. It is currently used as an adjuvant therapy in most countries.
Every essential oil has its special healing power, and its efficacy is often not single.
For example, lavender essential oil can stop bleeding, relieve pain, soothe the nerves, help sleep, diminish inflammation and acne, fade scars, balance mental state and relieve depressive symptoms.
Generally speaking, essential oils can help us at three levels:
First, pharmacology, the operation of essential oil in blood circulation.
The molecules of essential oil are very small. It can enter our blood circulation through skin absorption and inhalation and participate in our normal metabolism.
When attending an aromatherapy class or salon, we usually do such a test to verify its absorption and running speed.
Drop a drop of peppermint essential oil on the soles of your feet or ankles. Generally, within 1-2 minutes, we can feel the cool breath of mint coming from the throat or nasal cavity. The specific time, according to personal physical condition, will be different.
2. Physiologically, the effects of essential oil on various systems of human body.
As mentioned earlier, lavender essential oil has hemostatic and analgesic effects, and I also have personal feelings about it.
Once, when I was cleaning a cup, I accidentally broke the cup and scratched my finger by debris, and blood immediately flowed out. I quickly dropped a drop of lavender essential oil on the wound, and the bleeding stopped immediately, and the wound didn't feel any pain.
Many aromatherapy experts strongly recommend that women keep lavender essential oil at home, which is very effective for careless cuts, cuts and burns when doing housework, and will not leave scars on the skin after wound healing.
Thirdly, psychologically, essential oil enters the brain through olfactory nerve, arousing our emotions and memories.
Essential oil can transport aromatic molecules to the limbic system of the brain through olfactory nerve, open our buried memories and emotions, stimulate the brain to release neurochemicals or hormones, and affect emotions and thoughts.
In an aromatherapy class, everyone smelled incense one by one. When they smelled olibanum oil, one student just said, "I really want to cry." . When we turned to look at her, tears were already in our eyes.
There is a reason behind this seemingly incredible thing.
Olibanum oil can relieve deep-seated pain and release related memories and emotions.
This is also the most direct expression of essential oil's psychological effect on us.
Different essential oils have different effects, but in general, the effects of essential oils on our human body are mainly concentrated in pharmacological, physiological and psychological aspects.
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