The Modern Science of Aromatherapy

All-natural treatments are attractive. However, intellectuals do not want to trust a subject that has no science or reliability.

Fortunately, more than a century of evidence shows that aromatherapy essential oils can help treat everything from the immune system to arthritis and migraines.

What is aromatherapy?

A treatment that uses essential oils to treat physical (and emotional) problems. This oil can be inhaled or massaged into the skin. Additionally, aromatherapy requires balance of physical health. Disease occurs when poor lifestyle choices or pollution disrupts the balance. Essential oils (juices extracted from the flowers, leaves, bark, and roots of plants) can promote balance and good health.

How “inhalation” aromatherapy works

Understanding how essential oils penetrate and affect your body is part of the science behind aromatherapy.

First of all, remember that essential oils are volatile. This means they create vapours that float in the air. When you deliberately inhale oil, vapour molecules enter your lungs. From there they enter your bloodstream.

Additionally, when you breathe in, fat molecules come into contact with tiny olfactory nerve receptors in your nose. These receptors bring molecules directly to your limbic system, the part of the brain that regulates metabolism, regulates stress, and regulates mood.

How long has aromatherapy been used?

Essential oils have been used for approximately 6,000 years. For example, in ancient Egypt, doctors would place small amounts of herbs in a cone under their patients’ heads. As the cones gradually melt, the healing oils are absorbed by the scalp.

In pre-Colombian Mexico, patients often visited hospitals with indoor thermal springs. Healers place flowers, leaves and herbs on the broken stones in these pools. Therefore, as the vapours enter the plants, their vapours are absorbed. As the viscous oil of the plant accumulates on the stone, it is applied to the patient’s body by massaging.

Today, many large studies prove the science behind aromatherapy. They say the combination and use of essential oils can reduce pain, improve mood, and promote relaxation. Here are some of the findings:

When qualified doctors and therapists use rose, lavender and frankincense essential oils, pregnant women worry less about childbirth and do not use birth control pills.
Additionally, massage therapy with essential oils can prevent depression.
Many studies have shown that aromatherapy can reduce pain. One study found that people with arthritis used less painkillers when using aromatherapy.
Finally, a recent study found that lavender, rose, and peppermint essential oils reduce migraine pain better than some prescription medications.