A great many people have a very skewed perception of aromatherapy, so many in-fact that a critique of Aromatherapy is currently on the first page on Google. Somehow it got labeled as some "new age" foolishness, and that view pervades much of the country. At the same time, science has been validating the use of essential oils for quite some time for their many medical actions. However, the data showing that aroma's have effects is somewhat limited, and this is really what's needed to change the way people think about aromatherapy.
Fortunately, this is a very interesting study validating aromatherapy's aroma-therapeutic action. It gets directly to the heart of the matter, the brain, as its in the brain that a response occurs from smelling an scent. Our smell sense is the only one with the direct connection to the brain, while all the others have their signal travel through something to get there. And the smell sense is wired right to our most primitive centers, the ones that control emotions, among other things.
Italian researchers have just published a study shedding light on the neurological process that occurs when inhaling bergamot essential oil. By using brain wave data, behavioral response data and changes in messenger chemicals, they were able to deduce that the stress-reduction action is a result of not allowing to make certain neuron connections stronger, so stress does not increase from repeated exposure to it.
It's an interesting thing about stress, and very interesting when put in terms of neurons. Over time, the neurons in your memory centers associated with remembering a certain stress one is exposed to regularly is strengthened. The first time wasn't so bad, but after some period one really doesn't want to deal with the event again. The essential oil short circuits the process of remembering the stress as more stressful than it was the first time.
Bergamot essential oil is used for it's anti-stress effects, as well as it's ability to lessen the perceived intensity of pain. And the researchers note that because the mechanism is understood, bergamot it should be used in complementary medicine, alongside conventional medical techniques.
So what to do about the rest of aromatherapy? It'd be fantastic to see essential oils at all at your doctor's office, and the doctor would actually have a collection of good medicines on their hands.
There's so much data published on the great many medicinal actions of essential oils that they're likely catching the eye of some in the conventional medical community. It's not a reach at all for much of aromatherapy's more researched oils and actions to be given the same stamp of approval as bergamot.
Author Resource:
Organic, wildcrafted and pure essential oils are truly magic gifts from nature. Essential oils have been used as medicines for thousands of years. For more, visit The Ananda Apothecary Aromatherapy Research Blog .
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