As we all know, aromatherapy is a subject with both physical and mental effects. Its beauty lies in that it can use different aromatic smells to guide emotions. Among them, it is necessary for us to review the contents of the Nobel Prize in Medical Physiology in 2004: there are olfactory cells in the nose, and there are cilia on the surface of olfactory cells to grab odor molecules, and then a series of changes in the internal environment of olfactory cells produce nerve impulses, which are transmitted to the limbic system of hypothalamus along the olfactory nerve, where people's emotions and memories are stored and corresponding physiological and physiological reactions are triggered. 3% of human genes are related to odor recognition, and different coding patterns correspond to different flavors. People can recognize about 65,438+00,000 different flavors, and different flavors open different memories for different people.

With the help of aromatherapy and some changes in daily life habits, these unbalanced nervous systems can be gradually adjusted, which can naturally improve the problem of poor sleep quality.

(1) Insomnia caused by environment?

1. sound

Most people are used to sleeping in a quiet environment, so noise has become the chief culprit that disturbs people's dreams; However, some people are not used to quiet environment. They can calm their brain waves and relax their nerves through music with slow lyrics or monotonous melody, which can slowly arouse people's drowsiness.

Step 2 be smart

Light is the biggest culprit affecting sleep, and the intensity of indoor light can also lead to insomnia. Some people need complete darkness; Some people need low light to feel safe, so the brightness of the indoor environment will change according to personal needs. Finding the right indoor light is helpful to improve the quality of sleep.

3. Temperature

During sleep, the body temperature will drop slightly and reach the lowest temperature at three or four o'clock in the morning, so moderate warmth will make the sleep quality better. Too hot or too wet environment will make people sleep badly, resulting in sleep interruption. Keeping the indoor temperature around 24 degrees is most suitable for sleeping. Keeping your hands and feet warm will naturally lead to sweet dreams.

(2) Insomnia caused by emotional psychology?

1. Fear and anxiety

People are usually more alert to unfamiliar or unfamiliar environments. In order to avoid danger at any time, it is easy to be in a shallow sleep state. This seems to be an instinct of animals. They can wake up whenever they feel dangerous. But if you are in an uneasy situation for a long time, you can't even sleep peacefully, and the harm to your body is increasing day by day. At this time, you can ignite some essential oil smells in the space to help you relax and increase your sense of security, so that the whole room is surrounded by charming fragrance, and you will feel relaxed and happy, and naturally feel sleepy.

Suggested essential oils: lavender, jasmine?

2. neurasthenia

Recently, oil prices have risen and prices have soared, which is believed to make many people feel pressure. There are all kinds of pressures in life that often make people breathless, and some people can moderately relieve the pressure. Some people are always worried, even worrying about small things all the time, which can easily lead to brain neurasthenia. Such people often complain that life is always unsatisfactory and life can't go on. They can't let go of their troubles day and night. They bring anxiety to bed and think about unpleasant things over and over again, which will naturally affect their sleep at night.

In the suggestion of using oil, root essential oil or nerve-strengthening essential oil can be used more.

Suggested essential oils: sandalwood and vetiver?

3. Melancholy and irritability

Melancholy or irritability is a term for mental illness. People who are prone to depression are prone to depression, listlessness and decreased thinking ability because the serotonin content in their brains is lower than that of ordinary people. I can't sleep at night because of depression, and I am even more depressed. Ylang Ylang can regulate the content of serotonin in the brain, which can be used to make this type of people adjust their mood at night, so that they can sleep peacefully without thinking.

On the contrary, it is easy to be in an excited state, and the sympathetic nerve can't relax during the day and night, which can also cause insomnia. It is suggested to use essential oil with antispasmodic effect to stimulate parasympathetic nerve, so that everyone will not sleep alone at night.

Suggested essential oils: bergamot, Roman chamomile, ylang ylang?

(3) Insomnia caused by personality factors?

1. Self-demand is too high

People who want everything to be perfect always want to do everything best. Although this type of people often ignore the fact that people are not perfect, demanding too much will cause too many restrictions and regulations, but it will cause too stubborn and harsh illusions to others, fail to reach their own ideals, easily lead to physical rigidity and psychological tension, and sometimes have inexplicable headaches. Essential oils containing phenyl esters can be used to help the body and mind to be soft and stiff.

Suggested oil: jasmine?

be scanty of words

People who are prone to silence are unwilling to communicate with the outside world and are prone to depression. But some emotions, sometimes scared, scared, or hurt, make people feel that even if they say it, things will not change, so they choose to bear it silently. This depressed mood can easily ferment into negative thoughts or extreme behaviors in the mind, and these thoughts can't linger in the mind, making people unable to sleep.

It is suggested that you can use low-dose incense or bath to help your mind solve problems.

Suggested oil: citronella?

Emotional

People who are easily emotional sometimes tend to keep some emotions in their hearts, and these emotions are often vented to unbearable anger. I usually hurt others and myself, so I want to suppress my anger. This repetitive emotional state is often classified as a person who can't control his emotions because he can't understand it. You can use some cool essential oils to reduce liver fire, massage or take a bath, so that you won't accumulate too much anger, and at the same time, you won't affect your sleep because of too much liver fire.

Suggested oil: Roman chamomile, permanent flower?

(4) Insomnia due to illness?

1. Symptoms of the disease

Physiological diseases sometimes cause insomnia, such as cough, stuffy nose, fever, etc., which can make people feel uncomfortable and cause sleep problems. Finding oil suitable for diseases, alleviating these symptoms that interfere with sleep, can also improve natural insomnia.

2. Cardiovascular problems

People with high blood pressure, in addition to often feeling headache and irritability, will also cause persistent insomnia, because when they go to sleep, their blood pressure will also drop, so for people with high blood pressure, to effectively improve the situation of insomnia at night, you can choose essential oils that can lower blood pressure, such as lavender and ylang ylang. Good results can be achieved by using low-dose incense or bathing.

3. Brain nerve problems

The brain is not only in charge of the operation of various functions of our body, but also closely related to sleep. If it is brain dysfunction caused by trauma, illness or other living habits, it is prone to dreaminess, insomnia, easy to wake up and so on. Sleep disorders caused by trauma or illness can be improved by seeking the help of doctors and aromatherapy. Brain disorders caused by living habits usually reduce insomnia after improving work and rest, such as reducing the intake of tea and coffee, avoiding too many audio-visual movies or games two hours before going to bed, and not drinking alcoholic drinks before going to bed.

In daily life, some diets have a calming effect, and proper intake can also improve the quality of sleep. For example, Ziziphus jujuba seeds, lilies and longan can all work hard to soothe the nerves. Eating more onions on weekdays, supplementing calcium or drinking honey water before going to bed can also help you sleep. Even taking a teaspoon of cold-pressed vegetable oil orally before going to bed can help stabilize the brain, repair cells and reduce insomnia.

When you smoke incense indoors, you can pay more attention to the feeling brought by the fragrance instead of worrying about sleeping all the time. When you focus on the feeling of smell, it is easy to play its calming role and reach a deep sleep.

You have a scent, and the scent is coming!

The plant itself exudes its own aesthetic feeling, but its aesthetic feeling can give people spiritual satisfaction and make us feel happy and comfortable when we yearn for freedom, like nature and get along with flowers and plants.

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