Essential oils can enter the human body through skin, breathing, bathing, and other parts of the body. It is a very healthy product. Now let’s see what benefits the essential oils have for the body.
1, Benefits to the digestive system
The fragrance of essential oils can promote the secretion of digestive juice and help relieve gastric cramps and flatulence. Many essential oils also slow the smooth muscle spasm. Taking thyme essential oil, for example, appropriate use can play an anti adrenaline spasm, and lilac essential oil can be balanced by the acid base of the gastric juice to balance the stomach acid.
2, Benefits to the cardiovascular system
The aromatic components of many essential oils make the blood vessels inflate or shrink, regulate blood pressure, and increase or decrease blood pressure. This effect is mainly through the autonomic nervous system. For example, camphor oil is often used to stimulate the heart, to constrict blood vessels and to increase blood pressure; the essential oil of hyssop has a nourishing effect, which usually increases blood pressure first, and then reduces blood pressure. The use of essential oils in the treatment of poor cardiovascular system can be done by wet compressing the heart or strengthening spinal massage,aromatic essential oil bathing and so on.
3, Benefits to the respiratory system
In the respiratory system,essential oils are most often used for antibacterial, anti-caries and anti-caries effects. Taking antibacterial properties as an example, bergamot, eucalyptus, and cinnamon essential oils can be used to treat various types of respiratory infections; bergamot essential oils and garlic essential oils are most effective for the prevention of diphtheria bacilli; cinnamon, eucalyptus, black pepper Essential oils can alleviate the symptoms of influenza; eucalyptus essential oils can effectively alleviate infectious diseases caused by pneumococci.
4, Benefits to the endocrine system
Essential oil in the function of conditioning endocrine system, there are generally two basic methods, first of all, essential oil can stimulate some glands, and then promote the secretion of hormones, and make the secretion of hormone normalization. Secondly, many aromatic essential oils can be used as a hormone like agent to regulate endocrine system.
5, Benefits to the urinary system
Juniper essential oil,sage essential oil, sandalwood essential oil and thyme essential oil can effectively prevent urinary tract infections. These essential oils plus eucalyptus essential oil are a good diuretic, juniper essential oil increases the filtration of the glomeruli, increases the amount of potassium and sodium, and releases chlorine ions; sandalwood essential oil is helpful in the treatment of blood urine caused by renal failure; and some essential oils, such as Chamomile and geranium, can effectively dissolve urinary stones.
6, Benefits to the nervous system
Essential oils have a great influence on the human nervous system and are often used as “stimulants” or “sedatives”. It is traditionally used to alleviate depression, burnout, and low mood, especially rosemary essential oil, and also has the effect of increasing memory and reducing mental decay; Salvia essential oil has a significant positive effect on the treatment of nervous system disorders such as insomnia and neuroticism.
Although essential oils have many functions, not everyone is suitable for using essential oils, The taboos are as follows:
1, Essential oils can speed up blood circulation, so menstruation, pregnant women, breastfeeding should not be used.
2, Single essential oil is pure essential oil with high concentration. It is not suitable to directly smear the skin, especially the wound. The essential oil must be diluted with base oil. The famous base oil is olive oil and almond oil, because it is extracted from the seed and is as mild as the peanut oil, so it can be used as a dilute single essential oil. So when SPA is used for general use, the lubricating oil of essential oil massage is ninety-nine percent of the base oil, and the curative effect is the high concentration of essential oil.
3, Most of the essential oil is photosensitive, which is sensitive to the sunlight, light, sunlight, the essential oil will burn the skin, make the skin become black carbon head, even cause skin cancer, and this burn is permanent, so it is difficult to come back. Especially the essential oils extracted from petals and citrus essential oil , such as orange, orange, lemon and pomelo, therefore the essential oil bottle is brown and can avoid light.
4, Some people are allergic to some essential oils, just like pollen allergy.
Essential oil is not omnipotent, but if used correctly, it will definitely become a good helper for your good life.