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Fragrance can have a profound effect on your mood and state of mind. Scent molecules are registered by olfactory receptors in your nose, which connect directly to your brain’s emotion-controlling limbic system. Aromatherapy Moods Aromatherapy can perk us up when we’re feeling down, calm our nerves when we’re feeling tense, perhaps before an important meeting … Read moreAromatherapy: Oils to Enhance Your Mood
Many people’s first experiences with aromatherapy are for relaxation, using bath oils or scented candles. You’ll soon realise that as well as easing tension, aromatherapy can help to prevent stress from building up in the first place. Choosing the right oils In order to relax fully with aromatherapy, it’s important to pick the right oils … Read moreAromatherapy: Using Oils for Relaxation
One of the most useful ways of benefiting from essential oils is to use them to cope with situations involving anxiety and stress. Many of the flowery and woody oils have calming and pain-relieving effects that help ease tension and worry. Instant de-stressor Calming oils encourage the body to relax, which is essential as your … Read moreAromatherapy: Understanding Calming Oils
The skin is highly sensitive to temperature, being like a physiological thermometer. It reacts to cold by erecting hair to trap warmth and shivers to increase blood circulation. Aromatherapy oils can produce feelings of warmth and reduce the need for goose bumps. Oils made from resins, such as benzoin, frankincense and myrrh, and spicy oils, … Read moreAromatherapy: Understanding Warming Oils
Relaxation is probably one of the main things that you associate with aromatherapy. Many oils have relaxing properties, though not all of them affect you in the same way. Some oils relax your muscles, relieving tension, others relax your mind, dispelling fear, anger and worry that may be causing sleepless night. Others can have a … Read moreAromatherapy: Understanding Relaxing Oils
One of the simplest uses of aromatherapy oils is to give you a boost when you feel the need to be stimulated into action. Essential oils produce effects on the central nervous system, stimulating the body’s own systems to help it focus on areas that need attention, facilitating positive mood changes and healing. Happy and … Read moreAromatherapy: Understanding Invigorating Oils
A small selection of essential oils as a basic first aid kit can help you deal with most of the little accidents and emergencies that life throws up and will take up little space in a cupboard at home. Accidents do happen, so being prepared can save you a lot of pain and inconvenience and, … Read moreAromatherapy: Understanding Healing Oils
Most essential oils have natural antiseptic properties because the plants from which they are extracted produce them to protect themselves from invading micro-organisms. Tea tree is one of the best known and most versatile essential oils with powerful antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal properties, yet it’s gentle enough to treat children. Treating infections Antibacterial oils can … Read moreAromatherapy: Understanding Antiseptic Oils
Many people use scents to make their living or working space more inviting, both to themselves and to visitors. Long-term additions, such as flowers or pot pourri, are always worth considering, while oil burners and room sprays can provide handy short-term fixes if you are entertaining or need to banish a bad smell. Incense and … Read moreAromatherapy: Making Room Fresheners
Inhaling therapeutic oils from a vapour rub is one of the most effective ways of relieving the symptoms of colds and flu and tackling minor respiratory infections. A blend of warming, expectorant essential oils in petroleum jelly, ointment or in a vegetable carrier oil will help to ease congestion. The addition of antiseptic oils such … Read moreAromatherapy: Making Vapour Rubs