This one of the most famous ways of beating insomnia. It consists of massage using essential plant oils in a vegetable oil base, and is a wonderful way to experience deep relaxation, excellent for tension and stress-reated conditions.
The essential oils are distilled from the flowers, leaves or roots of plants with specific curative properties. Their volatine elements are absorbed through the skin into the bloodstream, and into both the body and brain through the membranes at the back of the nose. They can affect the organs and glands within the body, and have a direct effect on mood, since they reach the parts of the brain controlling the emotions. so there are oils that can simultaneously calm you, clear your brain, and lift depression, as well as healing your physical body.
These days aromatherapy is used widely in many hospitals, largely at the instigation of nurses, who recognize the value of healing touch. Within the medical context it does not replace drugs, but it does enhance their effects so that smaller doses can be prescribed.
A qualified aromatherapist will first take clients through a questionaire to check on their medical history and specific needs, looking in the case of insomnia for its emotional and physical causes before choosing what combination of oils to use. One of the beauties of aromatherapy is that each oil has several properties, so that you can be treated on several at once.
Aromatherapists may also be able to help you come off sleeping pills or tranquillizers, using oils that can both clam you and cleanse your system of the drugs; like other natural therapists they will want you to get your doctor's agreement first. Your aromatherapist may also suggest nutritional changes, or supplements, Bach Flower Remedies or herbal remedies to take at home.
References:DiGeronimo, T. F. (1997) Insomnia 50 Essential Things to Do. New Jersey: The Penguin Group
Courtenay, A. (1990) Natural Sleep: How to beat insomnia without drugs. Northamptonshire: Thorsons Publishers Limited
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