What is aromatherapy (odor therapy)?

Aromatherapy is an alternative therapy, which uses pure essential oils of aromatic plants to assist medical work. More specifically, people extract essential oils with different smells and colors from different parts of various aromatic plants in nature, such as eucalyptus leaves, roses, bergamot peel and so on.

Aromatherapy can even stimulate the cerebral cortex through people's vision, touch and smell, enlighten thinking, provide spiritual comfort for human beings, eliminate all kinds of psychological and mental burdens and diseases, and make people establish a positive attitude towards life, which is also called "aromatic SPA" in a broad sense, so aromatherapy is also called "fifth sensory therapy".

The effective components of aromatic essential oil can enter the body in two ways. One is to transmit the "fragrance" information to the brain through nasal inhalation; Another method is to absorb directly from the skin.

From the nasal cavity to the brain-the aromatic molecules emitted in the air are absorbed by the nasal cavity and attached to the olfactory cells of the nasal cavity. When olfactory cells are excited, the chemical information of aromatic molecules will become signals and be transmitted to the limbic system (cerebral cortex). The limbic system of the brain is the core area that controls and regulates body movements, happiness, fear and other emotions. When the message of "fragrance" reaches here, the adjacent pituitary gland will react immediately, causing physical and mental changes, adjusting physical state and changing people's mood.

From skin to body-massage with essential oil can not only exert the curative effect of essential oil, but also promote the circulation of blood and lymph, relax the body and improve the absorption of effective components. Aromatherapy bath is an important therapy after massage. Water itself has the function of relaxing the body and relieving stress. Think about the feeling of soaking in hot water after a hard day's work. If you add essential oil to water, water and essential oil will increase each other's efficacy. Skin can easily absorb essential oil, which directly affects the body. According to different physiological conditions, essential oil can be used in hot compress, cold compress or mixed with essence, emulsion and emulsion to maintain skin, or treat pimples, promote health, and then maintain a beautiful and ruddy complexion.