How to smell fragrance for health?
Herbal incense has been used since ancient times, and the ancients used it to purify the air, prevent disease and health, and improve beauty and health. So, what exactly are the health benefits of incense made of herbs? How can we play the role of medicinal incense in our daily life?
Since ancient times, herbal incense has been used by the ancients to purify the air, prevent disease and health care, and improve beauty and health. Nowadays, fashionable people also like to burn incense, reading books, chatting and sipping tea in the dazzling fragrance of medicine, which is a kind of enjoyment.
Medicinal incense is the use of pure natural medicine aromatic smell and healing ability, through the human olfactory organs or skin absorption, through the nerve and circulatory system to produce effects, so that the human body, mind and spirit to achieve balance and unity. The aromatic odor can stimulate the respiratory center of human, promote the intake of oxygen and the discharge of carbon dioxide, so that the brain can get sufficient oxygen supply, thus making people’s thinking clear and agile. At the same time, with the diffusion of the aroma, the cation in the air increases, which can further regulate the human nervous system, stimulate blood circulation to accelerate metabolism, enhance the immunity of the human body, and effectively prevent and control diseases.
Aromatherapy (Aromatherapy) is a kind of natural therapy that combines plant essential oils with physical therapy to make individuals physically and mentally healthy and enhance their spiritual strength, and the essential oils are mainly effective through massage and inhalation. Aromatherapy evolved from the use of natural plants for health care and disease treatment in ancient times, and after continuous exploration and improvement, aromatherapy is now widely used in the regulation of body and mind, daily health care and other aspects.
With the rapid development of modern civilization, people are under increased pressure from various aspects, and the chance of psychological problems has also increased, and aromatherapy, as a kind of natural therapy different from traditional treatment methods, reflects some advantages of non-drug therapy, such as: safe, convenient, less toxic side effects, etc. Aromatic oils are often extracted from herbs through distillation, pressing and other ways, with the advantages of pure nature, each aromatic oil contains a variety of complex components, different components often have different effects, such as: linalool and linalyl acetate in lavender essential oil can play the role of cholinergic inhibitors by changing the function of ion channels in the neuromuscular junction, and by working with GABA (γ- aminobutyric acid) neurotransmitter and dopaminergic system to act as a CNS depressant; limonene, a major component of neroli essential oil, has some anxiolytic effects; Rosa damascena essential oil can affect the CNS through both citronellol and phenylethyl alcohol to produce anxiolytic effects; alpha-piperine in Roman chamomile essential oil can relieve depression by causing an increase in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation of protein increases in the pathway to alleviate depression …… Thus, it is clear that the application of aromatherapy to psychological counseling and treatment is supported by sufficient scientific evidence. In this paper, we will summarize the research progress of aromatherapy at home and abroad in terms of improving sleep quality, relieving anxiety and depression, and improving cognitive function to further increase the understanding of the application of aromatherapy.