When the holidays come and the call of Santa Claus is on the agenda, the house is filled with worries about how to decorate it beautifully. Not the last place is given to pleasant smells. There is a whole science — aromatherapy, and we’ll talk about it below.
Surely you have already heard that aromas can affect our body, having a beneficial effect on the nervous system. Thus, it is possible to harmonize the energy of the body, promote wound healing, normalize sleep and mood. Aromatherapy at home will give you all this.
How to use the aroma lamp
To start using fragrances at home, it is enough to buy an aroma lamp, today there are enough of them in specialized stores. Choose the shape and color that you like and will please the eye. Pour a few drops of water into the cooked aroma lamp and add aromatic oil (we will talk about its choice later). At the bottom of the aroma lamp there is always a niche for a candle, which is lit and it, in turn, heats the oil, from which pleasant notes of one or another aroma appear in the atmosphere of the room.
How many drops to add to the aroma lamp
The amount of aromatic oil depends on the size of the room. If it is a small room (up to 10 sq.m.), then no more than 3 drops, in a larger apartment you can add 5 drops.
By the way, you can carry out aromatherapy at home without an aroma lamp. To do this, you just need to put a few drops of oil on an electric lamp in your room.
Which aroma oil to choose
Now let’s talk about which aromatic oil to choose for an aromatherapy session. Attention! During pregnancy, aromatherapy should be carried out with extreme caution, so consult a doctor before the session.
To relieve nervous tension, severe stress, get rid of anxiety, you need an orange. To cheer up, the basil will suit. Bergamot will give courage and stamina, and cloves will relieve physical or mental overwork.
Use geranium to improve well-being, and hyacinth will help get rid of insomnia.
Grapefruit will drive away sad thoughts and depression, and jasmine will help you concentrate on the task at hand.
Ylang-ylang will relieve emotional stress, while iris will create the necessary feeling of comfort.
Lavender will relieve drowsiness, and lotus will relieve apathy. Mandarin will make you cheerful, melissa, on the contrary, will calm you down more, however, like mint.
Summing up, it is worth noting that most aromas are designed to normalize the nervous system and calm. Citrus fruits, on the contrary, are aimed at invigorating a person. In any case, before buying this or that fragrance, carefully read what is written on the packaging. Usually, manufacturers describe exactly how this or that aroma affects.
By the way, you can combine fragrances with each other if you need to enhance the effect.
How to use aromatherapy at home. Stay always cheerful, energetic and well rested. Only in this state can youth and beauty be preserved.