How Do Essential Oils Work?
Essential oils have been used for thousands of years to provide the body with healing benefits.
This can come from taking them internally, applying them to the skin, or using them for aromatherapy. But once you’ve applied them, how do they work?
When you apply essential oils to your skin they become absorbed quickly.
Your skin can actually take in substances and deliver them straight to your bloodstream.
That’s one reason it’s important to make sure that you don’t put toxins close to your skin.
Some areas of your skin are more absorbent than others – especially those that have more sweat glands.
You’ll probably notice that a lot of essential oil directions include using them on the soles of the feet. That’s an area that has a lot of sweat glands.
Your skin is covered with an oily substance that keeps it water resistant.
Essential oils can go directly through that barrier because they are also made of oil.
Then they can travel through your capillaries into your bloodstream.
Once they’re in your bloodstream, essential oils can travel throughout your body and perform whatever function they naturally perform.
When it comes to aromatherapy, inhaling essential oils produces the desired effect.
When you inhale the oils through your nose, the molecules that you inhale are delivered to your sinuses and to your lungs.
From your lungs they can travel to your bloodstream and throughout your body.
This type of delivery system isn’t as concentrated, but can still be very effective.
The essential oils can travel through your limbic system as well.
This is the pathway that helps to change the way you feel emotionally.
It can help you to have a reduction in stress, lifted depression, and can even help your hormones to become stabilized.
You can also ingest essential oils and they travel to your bloodstream through the digestive system.
When you take them internally, it’s important to be supervised by a professional.
Some essential oils can be toxic when you take them internally and others aren’t as effective because of the digestive process.
The best ways to use essential oils are inhalation and through your skin.
You may be skeptical about using essential oils and their effectiveness. But once you begin using them you’ll find that they can have very quick and powerful effects.
They can help you to feel better when you’re ill or injured and they can help you to stay well and have energy.
- See more at: Aromatherapy Benefits directory page with heaps of fascinating and useful tips for using aromatherapy and oils for your herbal therapy!
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