Facts About Aromatherapy Treatments

Aromatherapy is the practice of using different scents to trigger emotions and relieve stress throughout the body without doing any hard, physical treatments. Aromatherapy is an interesting chemistry that does not always work the same on everyone. Here are some of the facts about aromatherapy.

• Aromatherapy treatments use essential oils as well as scented incense and candles to create feelings of calm and help relieve stress. 


• Many patients with cancer have benefited from the effects of aromatherapy. It creates a calming effect that helps them to deal with the stress of cancer as well as get rid of some of the nausea from the radiation and chemotherapy treatments.


• Not everybody's brain processes scents the same way. One person that might do well with beach scents might not do well with scents like fresh linen or sandalwood. 


• Aromatherapy is most commonly used for relieving stress. When using essential oils in aromatherapy treatments, the nutrients of the soil where the plants come from can be significantly altered based on where they are grown. 


• Lavender aromatherapy treatments have been proven by studies to reduce anxiety and help a person sleep better than any other plant or herb. 


• Aromatherapy treatments have proven to help improve the memory in elderly patients with dementia. 


• Sometimes using more or less of the same essential oils in aromatherapy treatments can cause varying effects even though it is the same oil or scent. 


• Aromatherapy treatments pared with other treatments such as massage have proven to cure many more ailments than either one can by themselves.