The use of essential oils in medicine
The healing properties of essential oils have been known since ancient times, so the use of essential oils for medicinal purposes has a long tradition. Thus, the tradition of using aromatic substances with a high content of oils for fumigation of temples, which is found in any religion, is based on solid medical rationale. Most essential oils have antimicrobial effect, which means they are able to disinfect a room, which is especially important when there are a large crowd of people.
Remember the expression "afraid as the devil of incense"? In Christianity, and in most religions, it is believed that some malevolent demons are responsible for a person's illness, which are expelled by fumigation, in particular, incense. And in this case, you should not smile at the naivety of people of the past, because if you replace the old term "demons" with the more familiar term "infection" for us, everything will fall into place.
The essential oil of pine, tea tree, eucalyptus, the same frankincense, which is the resin of frankincense, mandarin oil, cedar resin and many others, has a pronounced antimicrobial effect. If at work you communicate with a large number of people, then essential oils in the form of a few drops of your favorite scent in an aroma lamp at the workplace will significantly reduce the chance of catching a viral infection during epidemics. But the use of essential oils in medicine does not end with the antimicrobial effect.
Essential oils have long been used as powerful medicines to treat a variety of diseases. This art was practically forgotten in Europe, but in the east it never ceased to play an important role. The use of essential oils in traditional oriental medicine has a wide spectrum: nervous diseases, metabolic disorders, borderline states, mental disorders, headache of varying intensity, up to migraine and much more.
Remember the "smelling salts" from the old novels, which let the languid young ladies breathe, now and then striving to "faint" or suffering from migraines? This is one of the options for using essential oils as an ambulance. The concentrated aroma stimulates the olfactory receptors, triggering a reaction that tones the vessels, thereby normalizing blood circulation.
The use of essential oils for some conditions is much more justified than the use of potent drugs. It is a pity that we often forget about this ancient, but proven and practically unsuitable medical device.
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