Stress management for better living » essential oils http://www.betterrestbetterliving.com/stress-management reducing your stress... Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:22:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Aromatherapy and stress reduction http://www.betterrestbetterliving.com/stress-management/aromatherapy-and-stress-reduction/ http://www.betterrestbetterliving.com/stress-management/aromatherapy-and-stress-reduction/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:18:42 +0000 David http://www.betterrestbetterliving.com/stress-management/?p=56 Certain scents or smells always bring out particular emotions in folks, whether it is something cooking in the morning or the smell of cologne or perfume. It makes you think of something as simple as you are hungry or it could remind you of a person or place you used to know. Of course it could also bring the opposite effect; certain smells may remind you of things that you would rather forget. The sense of smell is very powerful and can be used in a very positive way. Aromatherapy uses plant oil extracts or essential oils as a form of therapy to help with such things as reducing stress, depression and pain among other things.

 Plant oils have been used since the beginning of time for therapeutic treatments and aromatherapy has been used for about the century or so. The Greeks and Egyptians were early users of fragrances as well as the Romans. The French started to use essential oils not only for therapy but also for medicinal use at the beginning of the century.

 The two basic ways to use aromatherapy are by inhalation and by applying it to the skin. Putting a few drops of essential oils on a cloth or spraying them gently into the air will do the trick or by using lotions, body oils and other products with essential oils in them.

 Aromatherapy can be very useful in the reduction of stress and anxiety as well as muscle relaxation.

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