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The healing through Aromatherapy involves "psychoneuroimmunology"; the belief that mental and physical health are intimately linked. Feeling relaxed and unstressed is important to maintaining the health status of the immune system, which in turn is important in maintaining physical health.
How your sense of smell works
Your sense of smell is governed by the olfactory nerve which starts high in the nasal passages. This nerve leads transmits an aroma to the olfactory bulb of the cranial nerve then leads directly into the limbic system of the brain. The chemoreceptors contained within this system differentiate each aroma, sending electrical stimulus to the memory center of the brain. Each of these aromas may trigger a long-forgotten memory and/or promote healing in the various body systems.
Essential Oils
- contain the DNA of the plant or herb they are extracted from.
- have an individual combination of constituents or properties which interact with the body's chemistry affecting certain organs or systems.
- contain 100 components such as terpenes, alcohols, esters, aldehydes, ketones, phenols.
- contain aromatic chemicals which are derived from pherylpropane--the precursors of amino acids which link to make the proteins which provide the building blocks for just about everything in the human body from the smallest enzyme to the skeleton.
- grown in different areas of the world will produce different chemical makeups and therapeutic properties.
- enter and then leave the body through a different route of the elimination system--colon, urine, lungs, and skin with great efficiency, leaving no toxins behind.
- one drop is equal to one teaspoon of powdered herb.
- are absorbed by the body 200 times faster than water.
- raise one's sacred atmosphere (aura) so illness cannot survive.
- assist in the production of hormones, vitamins and energy.
- do not interfere with the body's electromagnetic field.
- bring oxygen and nutrients to the tissues.
- help to dispose of cell metabolism waste such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid.
- increase blood flow and decrease blood viscosity--increasing the efficiency of the immune system.
- are anti-bacterial.
- are biotic--strengthening living tissue while killing germs.
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