Aromatherapy For The Health Of Your Family: Myths And Truth

Victoria Aly Author: Victoria Aly Time for reading: ~5 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022
Aromatherapy For The Health Of Your Family: Myths And Truth

Essential oils are the immune system of plants, the juice of life. With the help of essential oils, plants protect themselves from aggressive environmental factors: they evolved a mechanism that humans later learned to use.

In the article we will tell:

  1. How essential oils work and how to get the best out of them.

Essential oils are the immune system of plants, the juice of life. With the help of essential oils, plants protect themselves from aggressive environmental factors: they evolved a mechanism that humans later learned to use.

How essential oils work and how to get the best out of them.

The effect of essential oils lies in the small size of the molecules of which they are composed, and the active substances - the "soul" of plants.

For example, to produce 15 ml of lavender essential oil, 3 large lavender bushes are needed, to produce 15 ml of lemon essential oil - 75 lemons.

 

This is why essential oils:

  1. They quickly penetrate our "mission control center" - the limbic part of the brain - through the respiratory center. The limbic system controls physical, psychological and emotional reactions, i.e. practically everything. Hormonal balance, sleep, vigor, pressure, cell function, excitation-inhibition - all these processes are controlled by the limbic system.
  2. They penetrate into blood cells even transdermally, from the surface of the skin, and begin to work at the cellular level in a matter of minutes: clean, tidy, have an anti-inflammatory effect - depending on the key active ingredient of the essential oil.

     

Thanks to these unique abilities, essential oils:

  1. Influence the psycho-emotional background. This is an assistant to get out of a depressive state and apathy, to reduce the level of anxiety, to improve mood. They will help a positive perception of reality, because. affect the production of serotonin and dopamine.
  2. affect the physical body.
    • help to resist bacteria and viruses at the cellular level;
    • contribute to an increase in energy levels;
    • help maintain youthfulness and beauty of the skin;
    • support detox at the cellular level;
    • With the help of oils, you can support digestion, neutralize a runny nose in a matter of hours, heal cuts... the list can be endless!⠀

The most important thing is to choose and use oils wisely.

 

Let's look at typical beliefs and figure out which ones are myth and which ones are true.

  1. All essential oils are the same.

    Myth. The purity of an essential oil is not empty words, because according to the independent agency APRC, more than 80% of essential oils in the world are contaminated, i.e. do not meet the quality of cleanliness.

    Certification of essential oils is a rather complicated and expensive process. doTerra, for example, takes up to 20 text measurements from the collection of raw materials to the final stage - bottling. The most reliable test, Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, shows the purity and active ingredients of a particular batch of oil. Each doTerra essential oil has a unique number on the bottom of the bottle, which allows you to check the certificate of that particular oil and its composition. It is currently the gold standard from the leading essential oil manufacturer.

  2. Essential oils (EOs) are just a scent, how can it penetrate the skin and act at the cellular level?

    Myth. In a matter of minutes, the oil applied to the skin enters the bloodstream and begins to work at the level of blood cells.

    But! if you have low quality oil, then the accompanying substances will also enter the bloodstream. Do you really need it?

  3. The more oil I use, the stronger the effect.

    Myth. Oils are the most economical resource: even 1 drop works very powerfully if the oil is genuine, tested quality. It is not for nothing that Ayurveda calls the essential oil the essence of life: the whole essence of the action is collected in a drop: “Power is in one drop” - the motto of doTerra.

  4. Essential oils should not be taken internally

    Myth. The French school of aromatherapy, the approach of which is used in many clinics of integrative medicine, is built on the ingestion of essential oils. Here, especially important points are 1) the presence of a food certificate, 2) understanding HOW and WHY to use oils for internal use, what point of application.

    We teach beginners of our club the basics of modern aromatherapy for free on the 2-week Aromastart course, from the very basics, rules for safe use, to studying the properties of essential oils, how to use them, recipes and life hacks.

  5. Essential oils are a help from viruses and pathogenic bacteria.

    Yes, in many cases this is true. There is a group of essential oils that, due to their natural components, perform this function. These oils include, for example: clove, tea tree, coniferous oils. Doterra's award-winning Onguard essential oil blend is synergistic and powerfully protective.

    Does this mean that oils are a panacea? No. But it helps to protect yourself and loved ones in situations of viral attacks and the activity of pathogenic bacteria.

    In the club chat of our Aromaclub, a protocol for maintaining immunity from doctors and nutritionists is available.

  6. Essential oils provoke allergic reactions.

    Myth. An allergy is a reaction to a protein component of food or the environment (dust, wool, pollen, etc.). High-quality essential oils do not contain protein components, so there can be no allergic reaction as such. However, there may be sensitivity to the components of essential oils, so we begin to use them consciously, with small amounts.

  7. Essential oils give a rejuvenating effect.

    Yes, if you choose the right oils and build them into the care regimen that is necessary and suitable for you. Many cosmetologists work with essential oils, well-known lines of skin care cosmetics use essential oils in their products.

    At the Aromastart course, a webinar on essential oils for skin care and maintaining youth and beauty is read by a cosmetologist with 20 years of experience.

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Aromatherapy is currently one of the rising trends in wellness and wellness, but at the same time, it contains the wisdom of centuries, because for many millennia our body has been familiar with essential oils: they have been used in ancient religious ceremonies, at the courts of emperors, healers and healers.

Now this knowledge is available to every person and helps to maintain emotional balance, health, youth and beauty, cleanliness in the house. The main thing is to learn the basics of safe and appropriate use of essential oils.

In our Aromaclub, doctors, nutritionists, psychologists and related specialists have built a system of training and daily support that will help you not only get acquainted with essential oils, but also quickly feel the effect of their use.

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