Incenses how does
Aromatherapy work ?
Incenses how does Aromatherapy work ?
Just about everyone has felt the powerful nudge
of "smell memory" whenever they sense a favorite food.
Perhaps it's freshly baked cookies that evoke childhood memories
of baking with your mom or grandma. Or a turkey roasting in the
oven could remind you of a happy family gathering. Similarly, we're
all repulsed by certain other odors; some can even make us tense.
How does smell affect our memories, feelings,
and even blood pressure? Smell is the most acute of the five senses.
As volatile essential oils are inhaled, they activate receptors
in the olfactory bulb at the top of the nasal cavity.
These, in turn, induce nerve impulses, which travel
rapidly to the brain, where they trigger responses in areas involving
heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, memory, emotions, stress
levels, and sexual arousal. Research is directed toward fully explaining
how different smells cause different psychological and immunological
reactions.
Each essential oil contains as much as 100 chemical
components, which together exert a strong effect on the whole person.
Depending on which component is predominating in an oil, the oils
act differently. For example, some oils are relaxing, some soothes
you down, some relieves your pain, etc.
Then there are oils such as lemon and lavender,
which adapt to what your body needs, and adapt to that situation.
(These are called "adaptogenic"). The mechanism in which
these essential oils act on us is not very well understood. What
is understood is that they affect our mind and emotions. They leave
no harmful residues. They enter into the body either by absorption
or inhalation.
Incenses how does Aromatherapy work ? Oils
stimulates your sense
Essential oils stimulates the powerful sense of
smell. It is known that odors we smell have a significant impact
on how we feel. In dealing with patients who have lost the sense
of smell, doctors have found that a life without fragrance can lead
to high incidence of psychiatric problems such as anxiety and depression.
We have the capability to distinguish 10,000 different
smells. It is believed that smells enter through cilia (the fine
hairs lining the nose) to the limbic system, the part of the brain
that controls our moods, emotions, memory and learning.
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