Who doesn’t feel physically or mentally fit, which can be good for a personalized aromatherapy with essential Oils. This should be carried out by a qualified person. Such an expert naturopath and a certified aroma therapist, Marlise Schmid. She offers individual counseling in the foot Atlas of the natural healing practice in oberweningen ZH, and is one of a number of natural healers in Nature-First-therapy center in Zurich, Switzerland.
But even at home you can treat yourself using natural essential Oils as a complement to the in-house pharmacy, as Schmid explains in an interview with Vayamo. This will then be referred to not as a aromatherapy, but aromatherapy that could be applied by everyone. It is important to use only natural products: “Synthetic Oils must not be used as they can cause allergies and will have no effect on the body,” says the therapist. Carrier oils such as almond, sunflower, canola, or jojoba oil should be cold pressed and preferably of organic quality.
How exactly aromatherapy works?
Essential Oils have an holistic effect on the people, as Schmid performs. Both the aromatherapy, as well as the professional aroma therapy, the person is seen holistically on all levels of body, mind and soul.
According to the expert, through the sense of smell, the active ingredients of the fragrance Oils is passed through the nose into the limbic System, which is an old part of the brain where many memories are stored and emotions are. Unconsciously, from there, our mood, our motivation, the breathing, the circulation, digestion and reproduction are controlled, what scents are able to influence.
Because of their fat soluble property and a high diffusion ability to be included essential Oils easily through the skin or mucosa into the blood and throughout the body are distributed. “After an aromatherapy massage the essential Oils are within 20 to 60 minutes in the blood and the exhaled air is undetectable,” says aroma therapist.
a Variety of application forms
“Essential Oils are used for aroma massage, liniments, compresses, wraps, baths or partial baths, in body oils or Rollons, for fragrance applications in a diffuser, Nastuch or Riechstift and can be applied to a good home,” Schmid said. By using such applications, you have to strengthen yourself in the Hand, the increasing self-healing forces, the immune system and to promote the well-being.
Not every essence is suitable for all
In infants and small children you have to be careful in the application of essential Oils. It may only be low doses and not all the essences are suitable, warns Schmid. “Even those who have epilepsy, COPD (chronic respiratory disease) Diseased or high blood pressure-suffering people as well as pregnant and lactating women are not allowed to use certain scents.” As examples, the expert, pepper mint, eucalyptus radiata, fennel, rosemary verbenon, thyme thymol, clove is called buds, and cinnamon. You should be in these cases, in person by a qualified person to advise you.
you have essential Oils at home, they should well-closed container, protected from light and at moderate room temperature will be kept. So the oxidation slows down the process. Basically, essential Oils when properly stored, according to Schmid for a very long time, citrus oils, however, are only one to two years.
treatment options with essential Oils
Essential Oils can, among other things, for respiratory complaints, coughs and colds, muscle tension, discomfort around the cycle or menopausal symptoms, digestive or sleep problems, as well as psychological discomfort help, the aroma therapist. Also to promote blood circulation, for pain relief, relaxation or as an aphrodisiac there are appropriate scents. “Many essential Oils contain anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties,” says Schmid. And some would, in turn, stimulate, through antioxidant properties, the repair mechanism of the skin cells.
another tip from the expert is to Supplement meals with garden herbs: “The essential Oils of medicinal plants such as Basil, Oregano, Dill, chives, marjoram, parsley or coriander to stimulate digestion and self-healing powers in a natural way.”
5 recipes for aromatherapy for the home
There are various essential Oils such as …
… lemon… sweet Orange… Cajeput… pine… dwarf pine… fir
For the application are suitable to be mixed two to three drops of one or more of the essences and in an Aroma diffuser, or, alternatively, in a fragrance lamp, given. “This clears the air, acts as a disinfectant and relaxed,” says Schmid.
Five to ten milliliters of almond or sunflower oil used as a carrier oil and should be heated, and with one of the following essential Oils mixed:
thyme linalool eucalyptus globulus Cajeput
For children from five years and can be mixed with one to two drops in the carrier oils, for adults, three to six drops, depending on the physical Constitution. Then you should RUB the mixture on the chest area and upper back. Well to the rhythm and exhaling intensifies the effect. Particularly good is the Brustöl effect if you used it in the evening, and you put the RUB in with a hot water bottle on the chest to bed. “The effect is wonderfully relaxing, expectorant, and helps with coughs and colds,” says the expert.
Up to ten milliliters of warm canola oil can be mixed with one or more of the following essential Oils:
marjoram, caraway, anise Mandarin
For children from five years to use one to two drops of essential Oil, for adults, up to four drops. With the Oil mixture of the abdomen is massaged in a clockwise direction. It should be inhaled in the stomach in. Then a hot water bottle on top and a half an hour to relax.
For a relaxing bath are mixed for ten to 20 grams of sea salt, honey, or coffee cream, with a maximum of eight drops of any essential Oil well and the bath water after the Break-in was added. Relaxing and refreshing
rose, lavender, Palma act, for example: pink, rose geranium
Schmid says: “The bathroom has a balancing effect and helps with sleep disorders, Anger, or melancholy.”
“the kids love scents. A typical children’s fragrance is Mandarin,” says the expert. One to two drops on a Nastüchlein and to bed set, helps you to Sleep.
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