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Aromatherapy and Its Role in Boosting your Immune System
from: Get A Better Life TodayAromatherapy is a safe, natural, proven way to help boost your immune system. For thousands of years people have been using essential oils for this purpose. There are many essential oils to choose from that will help protect your immune system.
Stress is a major culprit in the breakdown of the immune system. Who doesn’t have stress in their lives? A little stress can be good, however, when it gets to be too much, your body will warm you.
So how does stress break down your immune system? When you experience stress, your body secretes a hormone called cortisol, which is helpful in small doses because it helps you to react in dangerous situations. However, the system is set up so that once the danger is gone, this hormone can help your body restore homeostasis. If there's prolonged stress, the cortisol level doesn't have a chance reduce it's level.
Too much cortisol in your blood for an extended period of time will lower the immunity responses in your body. The first step in using aromatherapy to boost your immune system is to help yourself relax. Essential oils known for their ability to decrease stress and promote relaxation are: tea tree oil, chamomile and lavender. You can heat the oils to fill the room with the vapors, put them into the bath and soak, or you can use the oil for massage.
Using essential oils for massage will benefit you three different ways. Massage is excellent for your circulation and will help you relax. When you inhale the vapors of the essential oils you'll feel your anxiety drift away, and your skin will get nourished as well.
Skin is the first and most important barrier that keeps infection out of the bloodstream. Take care of it because it you don't you may have a break down of your body's first line of defense. Tea tree oil is a common essential oil used for skin care, but there are so many out there to choose from that you should be able to find which one will work best for your skin type. Use the oil to steam, massage, or wash your face; soak in a bath; or use as a spritzer and it'll help strengthen your skin’s defense.
Popular for its reputation as being the most powerful natural antiseptic, is tea tree oil. It can be used to treat acne, warts, boils, burns, athlete's foot and vaginal infections. Due to weakening of the immune system, many people who are positive for HIV develop thrush (a yeast infection in the mouth and throat). A lot of times the thrush is resistant to the antibiotics. However, because tea tree oil is often able to kill these resistant fungi and bacteria many patience have been able to use it as an alternative medication.
Frankincense is another essential oil known for its ability to protect against bacteria. Back in ancient cultures frankincense was often burning in temples or churches. With so many people so close to one another infections and viruses can spread quickly. Frankincense was used because of its ability to fight against viruses and bacteria and support the people's immune systems.
When your immune system has taken a crash and you've gotten a cold, cough, sore throat, upset stomach, laryngitis or flu there are essential oils that can help you get rid of the ailment. Tea tree oil is proven to work for each of these ailments. Peppermint essential oil will help you get rid of your upset stomach.
Aromatherapy can help boost your immune system in more than one way. You can use is as preventative medicine at all times or when you get sick or feel like you're getting sick, get out the essential oils. Any way you choose to practice aromatherapy, be safe and remember the role stress plays in the weakening of your immune system.
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