Aromatherapy for Anxiety and Chronic Inflammation

are you a busy working mom struggling to balance family life and work has anybody told you that you're an empath you're a great friend you understand other people's feeling and your caring but at the same time because you can feel other people's emotions you tend to pick up their negative emotions this often raises your own stress level if that's you you might be in the right place what if there's a way to utilize natural essential oils to reduce your stress and anxiety level at work my name is Dr um I'm a rheumatologist who practices in netive medicine Hawaii today we're going to talk about the benefits of essential oils for our health in Asia when people are diagnosed with terminal conditions like a metastatic cancer it's not rare for them to go into a forest and connect with nature and somehow some people heal it's called shinin Yoku in Japanese or Forest bathing in English people generally feel happier and less anxious when they connect with the forest Japanese researchers conduct did a study on the effect of forest bathing they collected blood samples before and after spending 3 days in Hino forest in Nagano Japan and compare them to the normal population surprisingly enk C activity and numbers increased significantly with Forest bathing enk cells are our main character in detecting and killing cancer cells in our body connecting with nature somehow boosts our immune system's ability to combat cancer the level of enzymes including granulin perforin and grenzy that enk cells use to kill cancer cells all went up with for bathing there are so many different ways that nature provides for us including the sounds of birds and comforting green color in our visual field that heals our mind after the initial study to isolate the effect of the forest Aroma they designed a subsequent study they placed 12 medical students in a hotel rather than putting them through actual fre bathing they used hinoi essential oils in a humidifier for 3 Days inside a hotel room after the 3 days of essential oil treatment their blood showed the same result increased enk cell activity also their urine showed a lower concentration of adrenaline which is a fighter flight hormone in our body suggesting a reduction in stress using this approach how did it happen in our previous talk on anti-inflammatory diet with discussed that there are many health benefits coming from phytochemicals in plant pigmentations phyto here means plant in Greek phon side is a form of phytochemical that creates the aroma we smell in Forest its original function is to protect plants from competing plants or other animals as we saw in the Japanese study fonite the aroma in the forest had health benefits it boost immune function the enk activity against cancer and we can create a similar effect on our immune system using essential oil made from Plants how do we make essential oils by the way there are multiple different ways to create essential oils from plants you can distill them which involves steaming plants or collect the essence using cold pressing in these ways you can get the concentrated essence of plant that contains phenide how can you explain the effect of fyon side on our immune system and lower stress hormones level in our body our old factory nerve is a special one unlike other nerves such as the ocular nerve for vision or auditory nerve for hearing which requires specialized sophisticated receptors for light and sound waves the old factory nerve literally detect chemicals that touch the receptor it is the most primitive form of sensation and it evolved with our brain through Evolution it has d direct access to our lyic brain which includes amydala the center of emotion and the hippocampus the center of memory formation have you ever jammed your foot so hard on furniture that you set a lot of cuss words in strong emotion after the event every time you walk past the furniture you remember that traic event and Don't Go Near it creating strong emotion against anything that threatens our life and building memory to avoid the same behavior that's the function of our lyic brain many any patients that I see have PTSD from military service anytime they smell gasoline or gunpowder it triggers their PTSD it triggers their Firefly response make their heart pump quicker make them breathe quicker many suffer from bad nightmares reliving the war in their dreams over and over I got into essential oils to help them find a way to have more comfortable sleep if we can elicit negative emotion using certain smell like gasoline can we also El is a positive motion using smell yes we can compared to drug trials studies are very limited for studies of aroma therapy but there are some good notable ones I want to discuss what we have for the top three most commonly used essential oils first lavender was found to have an anxi letic effect it reduces anxiety as found in 2012 Thai study also there was another study in 2016 where they studied 100 40 postpartum women lavender was found to reduce their stress level most studies reported no serious side effects next is orange this is an interesting study the study included a questionnaire from 200 patients waiting in a dental office when lavender or orange oil was used for fragrance in the waiting room patients reported less anxiety in the dental office waiting room next is frankincense it is suggested to have anti- inventory property it was found to have positive effect against yeast and fungus in a 2007 study how do we use essential oils essential oils have been around for many many years the Egyptians documented the use of tree oil in 2070 BC that's more than 2,000 years ago there are multiple different ways of using it depending on the culture it includes inhalation topical ingestion oral ingestion many of audiences here have autoimmune diseases given that I'm a rheumatologist I'm going to recommend a conservative approach the first approach is to put four or five drops of essential oil on a tissue and put it on your desk while you're sitting I put it next to my computer and enjoy the subtle thent Aroma it doesn't really affect other people in my office the second approach is what I use for folks with PTSD related nightmares for their sleep use a cotton ball or paper towel for this nicely use two to four drops of lavender on it and pin to the color of your pajama around your neck just like this so that the essential oil doesn't directly touch your skin lastly you could also dilute it in a carrier oil and use it topically like perfume around your neck or wrist the essential oils are very concentrated if you use them as is without dilution it can create irritation on your skin so whichever product you purchase the bottle will have instruction on how to use and how to dilute the product I'm currently using contains multiple ingredients including frankincense and lemon which is a cousin of orange in aroma therapy it recommends 10 drops in 1 oz of carer oil and you can simply use it just like perfumes around my neck and wrist it depends on your preference and your current medical condition if you have psoriasis avoid the area with psoriasis what can you use for Carrier oil vegetable oils pressed from Nal seeds such as Olive coconut almonds hoba oil can be used how to Source quality product unlike medications essential oils are not rigorously regulated by FDA it can be categorized as Cosmetics not drugs depending on how you Market it there are so many different companies try to choose organic products also read the label thoroughly and make sure it's not filled with preservatives or synthetic materials in terms of how much to use more is not necessarily better start with a low number number of drops and see how you feel start with 1 to two hours exposure first then go up to 6 to 8 hours as tolerated our goal here is to ease your stress at work by helping you connect with nature rather than negative emotions from other people we want to cool down anxiety response in the amydala traumatic memory formation in the hippocampus by hitting that old factory nerve that has direct connection to your lyic brain the region that governs stress response when we run in chronic stress stress hormone cortisol inflammatory signal molecule I6 get secreted creating inflammation your body there is a strong Mind Body Connection sense up smell might help you with work related stress and also day-to-day stressors it does help me and I use it routinely some safety highlights here again make sure you dilute essential oils if you're going to use it on your skin for some Citrus oils like orange or if you use them on your skin without dilution and are exposed to the sun immediate after it can irritate your skin so make sure you dilute them if you have sensitive skin you may want to avoid application of them before going out into the sun Keep Out Of Reach of children essential oil has been studied in the Pediatric population for example one study studied lavender essential oil in pain in kids associate with blood draws it had a positive effect but don't let them drink it I learned about aroma from the University of Arizona integr medicine fellowship program be aware that some essential oil have an effect on your estrogen hormone system for pregnancy some experts recommends reserving the use of essential oil for after the first trimester and limiting use of floral oils like lavender chamomile Rose Citrus oils orange or frankincense in case you're wondering for your kids lavender Sweet Orange lemon peppermint and spe have been studied in children for the scope of this talk I recommend trying essential oil for yourself first do more studying before helping other people there are so many different essential oils out there it's a lot to learn to safely use them the more I study the more I feel like I find how connecting with nature helps us heal we previously talked about benefits of earthing lowering body pain chronic inflammation and we also talked about benefits of 70% veget diet reducing inflammation we don't exactly have the full picture on how fight inside from PL Aroma helps our immunity and improves our anxiety stress level from the Japanese study the concentration of the stress hormone adrenaline was lowered with essential oil relaxation and peace of mind do improve your immune system I often see patient on more than 10 medications medications are a highly concentrated forms of chemicals adding one more on top of 10 should be considered a big deal if we eat healthy exercise and perhaps use essential oil here and there to optimize our health and stress level you may be able to avoid your next medication I do believe that when lifestyle modification combines with medications create synergistic effect I hope you enjoy this video please share this video with anyone that you think could find it helpful thank you

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Published: Tue May 07 2024