The Health Benefits Of Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy is the practice where essential oils are used to improve your mood or your health. This is a kind of alternative medicine that has been practiced by many for relaxation and in making you feel good. Indeed, there are many other known health benefits of aromatherapy of aside from ‘feeling good,’ but how does the smell of these essential oils affect your mind and your emotions?
Benefits of aromatherapy
Eases pain
Once you are exposed to the aroma of the essential oils, the scent will travel from your nose to the part of the brain that controls your emotions, your moods, and your memories. That part of the brain is known as the limbic system, and when this is stimulated, it releases chemicals that will help you feel calm, relaxed and healed. One of the chemicals released when this part of the brain is stimulated is the endorphin known to have properties that ease the pain.
Due to this, aromatherapy has been used to help relieve pain in some conditions like fibromyalgia, which is characterized my achy and painful muscles that are often accompanied by stiffness.
Better sleep
Researchers also conducted studies on the possible benefits of aromatherapy to promote better sleep and overcome insomnia. In a study among aging people who have complained about the difficulty in sleeping, the lavender aroma helped them put to sleep. Of course, our body needs a good sleep to help maintain proper functioning as well as helping it to rest.