Many medicines have been discovered and still researches are going on to cure a person from several physical disorders and health related issues. Many dreadful diseases which can be seen and felt are cured by different medicines. Every thing is fine in physical issues, but what about medicine for psychological problems? Is there any medicine to relieve from stress and to get out of depression? All such kinds of problems will be cured by counseling the affected persons. No medicine is made for those problems. But still if I say that there exists a treatment to relieve us from psychological problems, then that would definitely refer to Aromatherapy.
The main important thing in aromatherapy is the relaxation of all the senses. The essential oils used and the type of applications used in the therapy are all giving a soothing effect to our mind and soul. This factor helps us a lot in relaxing and rejuvenating. It is also used to relieve certain physical conditions like stimulating the nervous system, immune system and the circulatory system. Here are some more health benefits of aromatherapy.
- The essential oils are used to treat mental conditions like anxiety, depression, stress, fatigue, irritability and so on.
- Some health problems like Urinary tract infections, headaches and earaches, panic attacks, skin allergies, chicken pox, arthritis are proved to be cured by aromatherapy.
- A study published during the year 2005, in a journal named Chronobiology International found that lavender essential oil acts as a mild sedative and promotes deep sleep.
- According to the study conducted by University of Manchester, these oils are found effective in killing some kind of infections like MRSA( staph infection), E coil, and other bacteria and fungi with in two minutes of contact.
- Aromatherapy services are found to produce beneficial results for childbirth.
- A study on group of patients of shingles out break proved that the use of essential oils reduces the shingles pain and also helps in healing the shingle pustules.
- Essential oils like Eucalyptus and wintergreen are used for relieving congestion.
- Citrus oils, lime lemon and orange are used to increase mental alertness.
These are some of the health benefits of aromatherapy.