Aromatic oils are one of the
hottest crazes in alternative treatments right now. Therapeutic scented oils are flying off the
shelf these days and there’s a good reason why…they make good scents. And, they make great sense too!
“Aromatherapy essential oils
not only smell wonderful, they are very therapeutic,” stated Natural Science scholar
Lydia Collier, owner of the Health and Beauty Company, La Beauty Pure.
“As more and more people are steering away from traditional medicine,
they are gravitating towards alternative measures for healing such as essential
oils. It is amazing how essential oils
really work but then again, they always have.”
With deep roots that dug in centuries ago, it was discovered that the
oils of plants and flowers could be extracted to render a concentrated oil
which is now referred to as essential oil.
Since the ancients already depended heavily on plants and flowers for
healing, they were delighted to have found a more potent version that could
provide even better medicinal values.
In the book, “Essential Oils
for Healing”, the healing
properties of essential oils are discussed in depth. The book lists a number of benefits that
various aromatherapy
oils provide such as lavender is good for relief of stress, peppermint
increases energy and rosemary promotes focus. In addition, it tells what
individual diseases individual aromatherapy
oils are helpful for like frankincense is said to be conducive for
prevention and treatment of cancer cells.
Aromatic oils used in aromatherapy enter the body through
inhalation. This can happen via mist,
diffusing, vaporizing, steam distribution, direct inhalation and other methods
as well. Not only does the inhalation of
essential oils provide medicinal relief for conditions such as congestion,
stress and headaches, they also offer very pleasant scents, or most do at
least.
“The brain is an amazing organ,” Collier explained. “Just a smell can
trigger what is called the “old brain” to recall a memory like happens when the
scent of apple take you back to happy times in your childhood when you and your
Grandmother baked apple pies. That’s
basically what happens when you inhale essential oils for treating what ails
you.”
“Essential Oils
for Healing” gives an in
depth look at how scented
oils work on the brain when inhaled.
It explains how a scent is first sensed in an organ called the
hypothalamus which is located in the brain and is responsible for regulating
functions like emotions, hunger, sleep and growth. The hypothalamus then sends a message to the
hippocampus which is an area of the brain that is associated with memory. That’s when the magic happens, according to
the information in the book. A process
called neuro-associative conditioning springs into action which initiates such
things as memories to be triggered and healing to take place.
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