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How does aromatherapy affect immunity? Video
Aromatherapy is an excellent way to fight various diseases. With its help, you can eliminate pain, cope with infection, normalize the nervous system, and also increase the overall tone of the body. But aromatherapy is most effective in weakening the immune system. It is only important to choose the right essential oil and correctly carry out the treatment procedure.
Aromatherapy: strengthening the immune system
How to find essential oil for aromatherapy
Each aromatic oil has its own beneficial properties, and therefore has a completely different effect on health. There are stimulating and relaxing, antiviral and antibacterial, aromatic oils that enhance and dull appetite. There are also aromatic oils that have a number of contraindications. That is why, before starting aromatherapy, you should consult with a specialist, or at least familiarize yourself with the instructions for a particular aromatic oil.
Strengthening the body’s defenses is one of the priority tasks of aromatherapy. Indeed, it is often the work of the immune system that determines how healthy a person will be. The most beneficial for strengthening the immune system are essential oils:
- lemon
- oranges
- lavender
- ginger
- rosemary
- mandarin
- lemon balm
- cedar
- mint
- bergamot
- eucalyptus
When carrying out aromatherapy, you can combine and alternate oils with each other. However, to achieve maximum effect, it is best to stick to traditional treatment regimens and not improvise unnecessarily.
Most often, aromatherapy is performed at home. The procedure requires an aroma lamp or aroma medallion, oil, and distilled water. In the absence of the necessary equipment, aromatherapy can be replaced by inhalation
How to strengthen immunity with aromatherapy
Aromatherapy can be carried out both as a prophylaxis for colds and during illness and recovery. In all cases, the procedure has a general strengthening effect and has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the immune system.
An oil mixture of two drops of lavender, the same amount of mint, one drop of lemon, lemon balm and rosemary has a pleasant aroma and a good immunostimulating effect. Having mixed them with water from the bay into an aroma lamp, you need to take a comfortable position and inhale aromatic healing vapors for 10-15 minutes. You need to repeat the sessions daily. The course of strengthening the immune system lasts one and a half to two weeks. This composition also has a calming effect, and therefore the procedure carried out in the evening will be the most useful for the body.
Another useful for immunity is the following composition of aromatic oils: 2 drops of orange, the same amount of rosemary, 3 drops of ginger and a drop of bergamot. This mixture, on the contrary, invigorates, and therefore it is better to strengthen the immune system with its help in the morning.
General contraindications for aromatherapy
The procedure should not be carried out in a poorly ventilated area. Long-term inhalation of aromatic oils can cause dizziness, nausea, and sometimes even loss of consciousness.
Aromatherapy is contraindicated in the presence of allergies to certain aromatic oils, for children under the age of one and a half years, as well as for pregnant women.
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