Aromatherapy: Your Summer Garden On A Winter Day

It is a known fact that fragrances have a huge influence on our nervous system and mood. According to Dr. G. Dodd, unfamiliar, unpleasant and aggressive fragrances are among the leading reasons of depressions (including winter depressions), irritability, anxiety, headaches and so on. That is why aromatherapy is a great tool which can help us create an amazing scented summer garden in a depressive pessimistic winter day. Fragrances of meadow grasses, wild flowers, fruit and berries can create a beautiful atmosphere and surrounding in your house, and you will forget about winter depressions or cold winter weather, and start feeling warm and positive.

Every woman should know that in aromatherapy, every particular scent can calm down symptoms of certain psychological problems and ailments. Below, you can check out a list of the most common psychological disorders and disturbances, which can be cured with the help of regular aromatherapy seances using the following scents and essential oils.

• Excessive negative emotions: basil, bergamot, grapefruit, lemon, cinnamon, Melissa, muscatel, juniper.
• Tardiness and overfatigue:  orange, bergamot, verbena, pine-tree, lavender, marjoram, myrrh, mint, rosemary, eucalyptus.
• Nervous tension and migraines: basil, cardamon, lavender, lemon, mint, chamomile, pine-tree, eucalyptus.
• Insomnia: vanilla, jasmine, anise, myrrh, sandal, chamomile.
• Overpressure: bergamot, verbena, mint, rose, brotherwort, eucalyptus.
• Forgetfulness, apathy, weakness: cardamon, basil, Melissa.
• Increased irritability: anise, vanilla, marjoram, lavender, pine-tree, rose.
• Anxiety: anise, orange, rose, sandal.
• Winter depressions: orange, ylang-ylang, cinnamon, lavender, rose, sage.
• Nightmares and fobias: anise, ylang-ylang, orange, rose, sandal, olibanum.

Author Info: Hi! My name is Carla and I am a 5th year medical student at HYMS. I am interested in alternative medicine and I have done months researching the topic of herbal medicine. Besides, I like interviewing people and learning more about their experiences with one or another type of herbal treatments. I am willing to contribute to this site with my knowledge, and I would be happy to help you out to the best of my ability with any specific questions or problems related to alternative medicine.

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