Aromatherapy for Anxiety and Stress
Aromatherapy applications using essential oils can also offer stress and anxiety-focused benefits. Essential oils obtained from carefully selected plants by steam distillation are widely used for their relaxing scents and health-focused benefits. Essential oils can be used for pain management, supporting digestion, increasing concentration, improving sleep quality, and are also widely preferred for aromatherapy applications for stress and aromatherapy applications for anxiety.
What is Stress?
Stress is a normal physical response that the body gives to establish its own balance against events that cause a sense of threat or pain in life. Every person experiences a certain amount of stress. What is important is the response to stress. When the stress response is not managed, it can create mental and physical problems such as anxiety, hyperarousal, emotional breakdown and tension. Anxiety is a feeling of worry, fear and restlessness that can occur as a response to stress or without any trigger.
If you think you have a stress and anxiety problem, it is important to consult a specialist and follow their instructions. You should remember that you can only use aromatherapy applications for stress and anxiety as a support and that these applications do not have a therapeutic feature.
Aromatherapy to Cope with Stress and Anxiety
The general mechanism of action of aromatherapy can be summarized as the odor molecules in essential oils stimulating the olfactory receptors when smelled, sending signals to the limbic system, which regulates mood, state of mind and memory, as a result of this stimulation and affecting the emotional state. Calming oils that operate this mechanism of action should not be used as an alternative to medical treatment, but can be preferred as a supplement.
