Ayurveda uses several levels of treatment. At the most basic of these patients can be treated independently. Such treatments can take aromatherapy treatment or essential oils. However, prior to treatment, to understand the types of essential oils and to determine the impact of each oil on the human body.
The main tools of aromatherapy are essential oils. Now it is proved that the essential oil components can be formed in different parts of the plant; to a large extent, they accumulate in certain tissues, dissolved or emulsified.
Aromatherapy – is the use of scents and aromas for recovery and treatment. It is believed that the use of aromatherapy gives excellent results in the treatment of people of all ages who suffer from serious diseases and ailments to normal. Aromatherapy can bring relief to people suffering from prolonged or relapsing disease that do not respond to traditional methods of treatment. Sometimes drugs cause unpleasant side effects, in such cases aromatherapy can also help restore health. Some oils have proven to be effective antiseptics, while others, such as lavender, tea tree and geranium, good effect against infections caused by viruses, bacteria or fungi.
Aromatherapy can bring quick relief to a person exposed to stress, depression or anger, and heal insomnia and headaches. Essential oils have a calming or stimulating effect of a soft, improve health.
The main methods of aromatherapy
aromatherapy massage perfectly affects the central nervous system, the circulatory system and respiratory system. The essential oil is blended with a base or massage cream, and this becomes a homogeneous mass of massage;
compresses with essential oils designed to act on a specific part of the body or organ. For this essential oil is added to the hot (or cold) water, and then wetted fabric is applied to the desired region of 10-30 minutes;
aromatic baths usually take courses. Essential oil or mixture of oils are added at the last moment, so it does not evaporate. Action oils in baths based on the fact that they are instantly absorbed into the skin and penetrate only a few seconds during the internal organs: kidneys, lungs, liver;
inhalation with essential oils – oil burner (a warm water added oil droplets ignite the candle, to heat water), hot inhalation (when it is necessary to breathe the hot steam with oil, covered with a towel) and cold inhalation (oil dripping onto the fabric and sniff for five minutes ).
Treatment of some diseases aromatherapy
Colds : inhalations and massages with essential oils of fir, sage, eucalyptus, bergamot, clove, ginger, lavender, peppermint, tea tree, chamomile.
Cardiovascular disease : some essential oils such as hyssop, can have a tonic or regulatory effect on blood circulation. “Hot” essential oils, stimulate circulation, is heated, increase of body temperature (benzoin, camphor, cinnamon bark, juniper, sage, thyme). “Cooling” oils help to reduce arterial blood pressure (lavender, rose geranium). Like melissa and neroli essential oil, ylang ylang has a calming effect on the heart trims palpitations, removes cardiac spasm.
Diseases of the genitourinary system : cystitis take a bath with the addition of pine, chamomile, birch, sandalwood, lavender, eucalyptus, thyme, urolithiasis – chamomile, lemon, juniper, pine, thyme, cypress, cedar, rosewood.
Gynecological diseases : the menopause, PIP, menstrual irregularities aromatic baths used ester oils of geranium, iris, cypress, mimosa, chamomile, Ylang Ylang, sage, anise, jasmine, rose, verbena, juniper, lemon balm, vanilla, rosemary; inflammatory diseases of the essential oils used female genitals: birch, chamomile, lavender, tea tree, sandalwood, sage, basil, hyssop, cypress, rose, geranium, pine, thyme, eucalyptus.
Nervous system disorders : in depression makes inhalation and oil burner with essential oils of bergamot, geranium, lavender, mimosa, verbena, ylang-ylang, hyssop, cedar and thyme; in neurasthenia – fir oil, geranium, lavender, peppermint, rosemary, sage, lemon; when depressed – essential oils of basil, pine, lavender, mimosa, muskatnika, orange, oregano, vanilla and lemon, tarragon, sage and lemon thyme.
Fragrances for meditation
For meditation and relaxation ideal scents of sandalwood, vanilla, frankincense and valerian. It is appropriate to use as scents of ylang-ylang, patchouli. If you experience a lack of vitality, that you want to fill in, experiment with flavors, adding a little vanilla lemon or lime. For morning meditation is good to use oil with orange aroma.
In specialty stores now sell special incense for meditation. They can be a good substitute aromalampe. You can use scented candles. With this you will not only enjoy the desired flavor, but also add to the intimacy of the room lighting.
