Aromamasla to calm the nervous system of children. Essential oils for sleep (from insomnia)

Common problems exist in many people. Someone lives in a noisy place, someone interfere with the neighbors or animals, someone cannot fall asleep due to the flow of their own thoughts. But, whatever the cause of problems with falling asleep, it is worth trying to solve them with the help of aromas.

But, whatever the cause of problems with falling asleep, it is worth trying to solve them with the help of aromas. Essential oils are used in the fight against insomnia for a long time. And their effectiveness can be considered proven by many generations.

There are several ways to use essential oils for better falling asleep. These are aroma lamps, and bathtubs with essential oils, and directly applying these oils on the skin.

The first thing to be remembered when using essential oils is their high concentration. Even pairs of droplets usually grabs in order to fill the aroma a large enough room.

Therefore, follow the following rule: Use no more than 4 drops of oil at a time.. Otherwise, the effect can be exactly the opposite to whom you wanted to achieve.

Essential oils for sleep: what to choose

Aromatic oils that will help immerse yourself in a strong healthy sleep:

• Lavender (the most famous oil for falling asleep. It calms down and relaxes)
• Chamomile (has a relaxing and soothing effect)
• Jasmine (has a relaxing and soothing effect, besides, a good antidepressant)
• Benzoin (has a soothing and relaxing effect)

If your problems with sleep are caused with voltage or anxiety, the following essential oils can help calm down, relax and remove stress, thereby helping you better fall asleep:

• Neroli
• Sandalwood
• Sweet Mayran.
• Ylang-Ylang.

Bath with aromatic oils against insomnia

To achieve the launch of the results when using a bath with aromamaslas for better falling asleep, follow these simple rules.

1. Bright light in the bathroom do not need. Mute the light or use candles without smell instead of electrical lighting. You can include soothing music, nature sounds or special compositions for falling asleep. This is an excellent way to prepare the body and mind to night sleep.
2. Choose a fragrance that you really like. Aromatic oils can act differently on different people. Therefore, from the above list, select Oil, the smell of which you, at least, is not annoying.
3. Instead of a hot bath, which most likely tones, what is relaxing, tryting a warm bath. While the bath is filled, add 2-3 drops of the selected oil into it, placing the container with it under the water stream. This will help evenly distribute it. Essential oils in water do not dissolve. But you can mix them with milk, cream, alcohol or honey before adding into the water. In this form, the oil is guaranteed not to cause skin irritation and burns.
4. Enjoy the bathroom with essential oil 5-10 minutes, and then rinse the water. If you want to use soap or shower gel, they should be odorless. The same applies to the cream you may want to take advantage of the bath. Remember that you do not need to mix the aromas of essential oils and detergents or cosmetics.
5. As soon as you finish, wait the dry towel. After the bath with aromatic oils, it is good to use a body talc. It adjusts the temperature well and does not give the body to overheat in a dream. In addition, Talc will help preserve the feeling of freshness overnight.

Essential oils applied to the skin helps to fall asleep

The second method of using essential oils from insomnia is applying them directly to the skin.

Apply 1-2 drops of selected essential oil on whiskey or wrist.In these places, blood is actively circulating, and the temperature is slightly higher than in other points of the body. Therefore, the aroma of oils will quickly spread, and you will quickly feel the result.

Instead of applying aromatic oils directly to the skin, You can try to apply a few drops of oil on a piece of cotton. It can be placed under the pillow, or glue to the palm of the leukoplasty.

Aromatic oils help and on awakening

If you need to quickly wake up, you can also resort to the help of essential oils. Moreover, in this case there is no need to take a bath or apply oil to the body. Just breathe a little mint oil of the pepper or your favorite citrus oil, and you will feel freshness and vigor!

Warnings

• Before using any essential oils, make sure you have no allergies on any of the active ingredients.
• If you first want to try aromatherapy as a means from insomnia, it is best to do it in the evening on Friday. After all, essential oils act on people in different ways. And it can happen that the oil you choose will absolutely not the effect you expected. And you do not sleep before work.
• If you are a novice in aromatherapy, use only one oil at once, do not try to immediately create complex mixtures. After all, you do not know how each of the components will affect you.
• Buying essential oil, make sure that it is clean oil, and not any aromatic mixture.
• Always be careful when applying essential oils on the skin. Often, clean oil can cause skin irritation and even burn. Always read the instructions carefully!

When stress and depression appears in a person's life, accompanied by insomnia, anxiety, despondency and longing, special essential oils, acting soothing and helping to return to the help of their own forces will come to the rescue.

The principle of operation of essential oils is different, as they contain elements, simultaneously acting as stimulating and soothing. And they are applied pushing out of the well-being and state of a person. A feature of essential oils is that they can adapt to the individual needs of people - such properties have no medical preparation. With regard to this feature there are aromatherapy such as oil- "adaptogens".

The use of soothing essential oils

The most common and convenient ways to use soothing essential oils are aromasemedalone and aroma lamp. Other methods - bath and massage.

Patchouli, Sage, Melissa, Ladan, Bergamot, Vetiver, Jasmine, Valerian, Cedar, Neroli, Gerana, Basil, Chamomile, Lavender, are considered perfect soothing essential oils. Citrus oils, having similar properties (mandarin, lemon, grapefruit) can be used among other soothing essential oils.

Bergamot oil also has a soothing effect. Methods of use: compresses, massage, inhalation, bath. Bergamot is combined with other soothing oils, for example, with chamomile, cypress, eucalyptus, geranium, jasmine, lavender, lemon, patchouli, etc.

Cedar essential oil acts soothing. In the course of research it was proved that cedar oil is good for children with hyperactivity. Use cedar essential oil for inhalations, and also applied on the back.

The daisy's essential oil copes with irritation, clarifies the mind and creates constancy in emotions. Chamomile oil is suitable for dry inhalation using an aromatic lamp and aromasemedalone. Another way aroma and massage will be.

Nice allies with daisy oils are gerain, spruce, immortals, melissa, mint, lavender.

Incense. It will help to clean the mind and calm the nervous system. Ladan's essential oil is able to reduce fear, decay, alarming feelings, fatigue and fight negative thoughts. Therefore, it has long been applied during meditation and prayers. Ladan oil is recommended to be used in joining with essential oils of Bergamot, Lemon, Lavender, Sage, Mirra, Orange and Pine.

Geranium contributes to the removal of tensions, getting rid of stress and bad thoughts, increases optimisticity. Ideal essential oils of roses, sage, lavender, Bergamot, Patchouli.

Lavender essential oil is a good antidepressant. As a result, lavender oil eliminates stresses, insomnia, migraine, tachyokard, high pressure.

Squeeze with anxiety, drowsiness, depressed moods, as well as improve mental activity and balance the emotional state will help the essential oil of patchouli. In large quantities, this oil works as a sedative tool that has a soothing effect. Applicable with ylang-ylang, lemon, neroli, rose.

To eliminate the alarm and lack of sleep, get rid of problems with the digestive system and nerves use Valerian. It is composed with lavender, pine and patchouli.

To weaken the depressive emotions and symptoms of anxiety applies to sage essential oil.

It helps to reduce irritability in people from 20 years and hyperactivity in children, as well as has a relaxing, soothing and sedative effect of mandarine oil. Perfectly suitable for a mixture of jasmine, neroli, lavender and chamomile.

Melissa. Wins irritability, stress and internal tension. Also oil is a sedative and sleeping pills. All this can help reduce pressure, normalization of the functioning of the heart and give clarity to consciousness.

Vetiver. Helps to calm emotions, fighting with a hyperactive load on the brain, helps to cope with the lack of sleep and increases self-esteem. This essential oil helps overcome stress and contributes to recovery after shock situations.

Basil has properties to refresh and stimulate, it is recommended for removing mental exhaustion. Used oil when overwork, alarm, nervousness.

The peaceful effect is famous for jasmine, it is used in insomnia and headaches.

Additional means to essential oils with soothing effect

Music. In the event of stress (long-term - especially) will help such a good tool as musical sounds.

If you have a melancholic mood, sad, then it is recommended to listen to P.G. Sheflfler, ODU "To the joy" L. Beethoven. If pronounced depressive moods are observed, "King of Gnomes" F. Schubert will help, works by V. Mozart, the noise of the sea, trees, rain, bird singing.

Soothing the melodic and quiet music, loud and joyful sounds - tone.

After a labor day and returning in a bad mood, specialists are recommended to take a warm aromatic bath, which contributes to improving well-being, the emergence of a sense of security, also positively affects the redistribution of blood flow.

Colors. Color culture of a person is a factor capable of influencing the mood. In this case, each color causes various reactions.

To reduce voltage, the white color is needed. Gray soothes well. Red acts exciting, inspires, but some people can annoy. Also excites and causes joyful hopes yellow. Causes a sense of protected brown color. Green and blue - reduce the frequency of respiration, soothe, reduce pressure. Blue is a color of serenity, and purple - activates.

Essential oils for sleep helps quickly and safely get rid of insomnia, anxiety, eliminate the manifestations of nervousness and stress. There are many soothing aromamasel, but the leaders are lavender oil, ylang-ylang, roses and incense. When using oil extracts, you must remember the precautionary measures.

What benefits

Problems with sleep periodically arise from each adult, and even in children. But taking sedative and sleeping pills without appointing a doctor dangerous.

Soothing essential oils - a safe method for eliminating sleep disorders, is suitable for pregnant and nursing women, children. For conducting aromatherapy sessions, the doctor's permission is not required.

Inhalation of aromas causes strong emotional reactions, has a beneficial effect on the work of the brain. Most aromamacels have a complex action - soothe, normalize the work of the nervous system, purify and aromatize the air indoors.

Some funds contribute to the strengthening of the immune system, which often suffers from.

Types of oils and methods of their use

Esters of various herbs and plants to normalize sleep are used for aromaseans, massage, water procedures.

Terms of application

Type of procedure	rules
Water treatments	Add 5-6 drops of ether, for children and the elderly - 2 times less. Duration - 5-20 minutes. Water temperature - 34-36 degrees.
Massage	With strong nervous voltage, overworking sessions 2-3 times a day, be sure to sleep. Add to 15 ml of the basic massage agent 5 drops of aromaasla. After massage to lie down for at least half an hour.
Inhalation	Cold method - 2-3 drops of essential equipment on a towel or paper napkin. Hot method - in the water temperature 50 degrees Add 7-10 drops of aromaasla. To breathe in pairs of 10-12 minutes.
Aromatization of air	To air the room for 20-30 minutes. You can use the diffuser, the lamp, or laying the sachet or aromacine bed.

So that the ethers are well dissolved in water, they must be pre-mixed with salt, gel for the shower, cream or milk.

With a local application of 2-5 drops of aromamasla, you need to mix with 15-20 ml olive oil, almond, jojoba, avocado.

Which aromamasal soothes the nervous system:

• lavender;
• sage and Bergamot;
• incense, juniper, sandalwood;
• rose flower;
• vetiver;
• ilang Ylang;
• orange, Mandarin;
• melissa, mint;
• fir, cypress.

To improve sleep in children, a daisy, dill, lavender ester can be used.

Lavender

Lavender for sleep is the best tool, suitable for children older than 2 weeks. The ether has a pronounced relaxing and soothing effect, leads to a state of equilibrium inner world.

With regular aromatherapy sessions, anxiety, panic attacks, irritability, nervous excitement disappears.

How to use lavender aroma for sleep:

1. Mix for relaxation, voltage elimination. In 5 ml of coconut oil or almond add 3 drops of essential lavender oil. Blend on the neck along the hair growth line, on the wrist, launched with light massage movements. This composition can be used for foot evening baths.
2. Cream. Mix 5 drops of lavender oil and incense, add 5 ml of organic coconut and 3 ml of olive oil. Coconut oil product melt - contain capacity in water with a temperature of 40-45 degrees. Mix all components. Blend apply before bedtime on whiskey, forehead, neck, feet.
3. Aromatization of the pillow. Lavender oil ether leaves no fat traces, so you can simply apply a few drops on the pillow.
4. Reception inside. In the absence of allergies, we put 3-5 drops of ether on a piece of raffinade, slowly dissolve until complete dissolution. Take an hour before sleep.

Inhalation of lavender fragrance restores heart rate, quickly reduces the level of anxiety and stress.

Ylang-Ilang.

It has a soothing effect, helps to cope with anxiety and night fears. But it is better to mix it with coniferous or citrus esters to slightly reduce the sharpness of the fragrance.

A good mixture to normalize sleep and psycho-emotional state is 2 parts of Ylang-Ilang and Lemongrass, 3 parts of the lavender.

The composition is used for lamps and spacing.

rose flower

Rose oil is perfect for women. The fragrance helps to cope with anxiety, excessive emotionality during the PMS.

Essential combinations

Incense

Ladan - Aromamaslo from insomnia, anxiety and depression. The oil creates a relaxing atmosphere, which allows you to bring the mind and soul into balance.

Options for relaxing and mixtures

To carry out a relaxing massage you need to prepare a mixture of equal amounts of incense oil and bergamot.

Precautions

Essential oils are very concentrated, they need to be used carefully.

Safety regulations:

• it is impossible to take the essential oils without observing the doctor;
• do not apply on the skin of aromamasla at an undiluted form - it can cause strong burning, redness;
• when applying oils, it is necessary to strictly follow the dosage and instructions;
• buy only natural agents, and not synthetic analogues.

Essential oils often cause allergic reactions, each fragrance must be checked on individual tolerability.

Be sure to consider the combinability of oils. Fragrances of Sage and Muscat in use against the background of alcoholic intoxication can cause nonsense, nightmares.

The duration of treatment of sleep disorders with relaxing aromaslas is not more than 14 days.

Oils have a cumulative effect, which reduces their therapeutic effect. It is necessary to take interruptions in therapy, periodically change the essential means.

Aromatherapy is often used to relieve stress, but its arsenal is enough tools and for the treatment of sleep disorders.

Traditional medicine and aromatherapy methods in the treatment of insomnia

Sleep disorders are one of the most common problems of a modern person, and, as a rule, sleeping pills are traditionally used to combat insomnia. The use of essential oils as auxiliary means in the treatment of insomnia is becoming increasingly popular in modern Western medicine.

Aromatherapy is a holistic approach, considering a person as a unified system, combining biological, mental, social aspects, and in which psychological measurements play a central role. Esters are able to stimulate the brain areas that control the limbic system responsible for the emotional sphere of man. And therefore With the help of essential oils, it is possible to successfully cope with insomnia, which appeared as a result of stress, emotional overvoltage, psycho-emotional overloads.

The main advantage of aromatherapy in the treatment of sleep disorders is a soft and holistic impact on the patient without side effects, which is especially important if we are talking about people with weakened health.

Clinical studies of aromatherapy opportunities for the treatment of sleep disorders

In 2009, Iranian researchers were held a clinical experiment, which was attended by 64 patients (men and women) suffering from ischemia. Full sleep is especially important for people with cardiovascular problems, and ensure it is not easy to provide it in the clinic. It is for this reason that the doctors turned to aromatherapy means capable of significantly improving the quality of patients's sleep.

During the study, patients were divided into 2 groups. For participants in the first group for three nights (9 hours, every night) was influenced using aromatherapy products based on lavender essential oil, the participants of the second group were not exposed to any effects. The state of participants in both groups was estimated at 11 points used to assess sleep quality before and after the effects of aromatherapy.

Two drops of lavender essential oil were applied to a cotton fabric, placed in a small open box near the patient's pillow (at a distance of about 20 cm). No special requirements or wishes for the patient presented. Aromatherapy session for the control group lasted from 9 pm to 6 am for 3 nights. At the end of the experiment, repeated survey was conducted. Analysis of the data obtained according to the results showed a significant improvement in the quality of the first group's sleep.

There are several serious research that studies the impact of aromatherapy for sleep quality. Thus, South Korean researchers who studied the impact of aromatherapy methods in the treatment of sleep disorders and depression among students, recorded a significant improvement in the patient (LEE IS, Lee GJ. Effects of Lavender Aromatherapy On Insomnia and Depression in Women College Students. Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi. 2006 ; 36 (1): 136-43.). Lewit, Godfrey and Prescott studies clearly demonstrated that aromatherapy methods using lavender essential oil are capable of significantly improving sleep quality in the treatment of chronic insomnia. (Lewith GT, Godfrey AD, Prescott P. A Single-Blinded, Randomized Pilot Study Evaluating The Aroma of Lavandula Augustifolia As A Treatment for Mild Insomnia. J Altern Compleden Med. 2005; 11 (4): 631-7).

Essential oils used to treat insomnia

To restore a full sleep, essential oils can be used both individually and in combination. The main condition - the essential oil should be natural and high-quality: Low-quality ethers and synthetic aromatic oils do not possess therapeutic properties and are able to cause undesirable side effects: allergies, irritations, etc.

Essential oils, with a proven relaxing effect, helping to improve sleep: NARD, Roman chamomile, sage muscat, lavender, Lavendern, Ylang-Ylang, Fragonia. And the essential oil of pink wood will help increase the duration of the full sleep.

Main methods of aromatherapy to improve sleep

Methods of using essential oils for the treatment of sleep disorders is quite a lot. Try adding a few drops of essential oil (pre-dissolved in an organic solubilizer) in warm water of the bath, taken before bedtime. Or apply a few drops on a special diffuser in the bedroom next to the bed to spread the aroma of the room. You can also take advantage of special aromamine, which is enough to apply 2-3 drops of oil and put near the pillow.

Another effective way to use essential oils for the treatment of insomnia is a relaxing massage with fragrant massage oil, which added essential oils. It is enough 2-3 drops of ether dissolved in a teaspoon of base oil (for example, almond oils, sesame, grape seeds). Attention! Do not apply essential oil at the undiluted form directly to the skin if you have not done this before and do not know how your skin reacts to a particular ether.

An example of aromatherapy bath mixture

1. Organic solubilizer 1 h. Spoon
2. Ether Salfa Muscat 6K
3. Roman daisy ether 4K

Dissolve ethers in a solubilizer, and then in a warm bath. Take a bath for 10 minutes before bedtime.

An example of a mixture for aroma

1. NARDA essential oil 3 to
2. Lavender essential oil 2 to

Welcome to the aroma of an hour before sleep. Before bedtime, do not forget to put out the aroma!

Example Massage Mix

1. Almond oil 1h. the spoon
2. Fragony essential oil 3 to
3. ILANG-ILANGA 1 Essential oil 1 to

Aromatic sleeping cushion

But the simplest and usual aromatherapy agent for sleep normalization is an aromatic pad filled with dry herbs. It is not necessary to do so big to replace it with an ordinary pillow. Enough if the aromatic pad with herbs will be located not far from your head. It is very simple to make it, here is one of the proven formulations that promote sleep normalization:

4 pieces of dried lavender leaves
. 2 pieces of dried bumps hop
. 2 pieces of rose petals
. 1 part of the dried chamomile
. 1 piece of dried grass Melissa

Such an aromatic pad will serve you during the year, after which the herbs should be replaced. Two or three times a week, enhance the fragrance of your pillow, warm it in your hands, pre-pin it with 3-4 drops of relaxing essential oil.

A typical way to cope with stress and depression Reception of sedatives. However, such medicines are sometimes dangerous, as they affect the brain functions and can even be addictive. More secure ways to get rid of nervous voltage offers aromatherapy. Applying soothing essential oils you can cope with stress, depression, insomnia, to overcome the feeling of anxiety, sadness, despair, acquire confidence and believe with your own strength.

Essential oils work in different ways because they contain components that are simultaneously soothing and stimulating. In fact, the researchers discovered that, depending on the state of a person, essential oils can be either stimulating or soothing. Essential oils have a unique property to adapt to the needs of a certain person - no medical preparation has such a ability. In aromatherapy, such oils are called "adaptogens".

The best soothing essential oils: Bergamot, Cedar, Chamomile, Ladan, Gerana, Lavender, Patchouli, Valerian, Melissa, Sage, Neroli, Vetiver, Basil, Jasmine.

This is not a complete list of soothing essential oils. You can also use a series of citrus oils, such as lemon, grapefruit and mandarin, since they also have a soothing effect.

Bergamot essential oil. Bergamot has a soothing effect. Bergamot oil can be used for massage, baths, compresses or inhalations, add to food and water.

The sage oil is combined with essential oils of Bergamot, cedar, cypress, lavender, incense.

Mandarin essential oil it has a relaxing, soothing and sedative property, therefore it helps to reduce irritability in adults and hyperactivity in children.

Combination with other essential oils. It combines with essential oils: jasmine, neroli, cypress, rosewood, basil, coriander, lavender, mayoran, palmarozha, chamomile, black pepper and all citrus.

Melissa essential oil Used in aromatherapy for the suppression of nervousness, tension, stress, insomnia, and as an antidepressant, sedative, sleeping remedy. It helps reduce high pressure, reassure the mind and stabilize the work of the cardiovascular system.

Melissa essential oil is very well combined with lavender, neroli, rose, Roman chamomile, bergamot, cedar, geranium, jasmine, lemon, mayoran, ylang ylang.

Essential oil neroli. Improves mood, removes depression, stress and tension.

1 drop of lavender essential oil

2 drops of daisy essential oil

2 drops of lavender essential oil

1 drop of vetiver essential oil

3 drops of Bergamot essential oil

1 drop of geranium essential oil

1 drop of essential oil incense

1 drop of jasmine essential oil

How to use soothing essential oils?

Soothing essential oils and mixtures of them can be used for adoption, with the help of aromalamps and aromasemedalone.