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Research finds Aromatherapy improves alertness and concentration
Research continues to validate the use of
aromatherapy in a number of ways.
Keep watching these pages for more information as we will be up dating them
regularly. If there are areas you are particularly interested in let me know.
I will research it and post it here. (along with an email to you)
A study on brain activity and math task found that aromatherapy using either
lavender essential oil or
rosemary essential oil had
significant effect on brain activity and task completion. The study was
conducted by researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
Forty adults were given just three minutes of aromatherapy using two aromas,
lavender (considered a relaxing odor) or rosemary (considered a stimulating
odor).
The participants were given simple math computations before and after the
therapy. The people in the lavender group showed increased beta power,
suggesting increased drowsiness, they had less depressed moods, reported feeling
more relaxed and performed the math computations faster and more accurately
following aromatherapy.
The rosemary group, on the other hand, showed decreased frontal alpha and
beta power, suggesting increased alertness. They also had lower state anxiety
scores, reported feeling more relaxed and alert, and they were faster (although
not more accurate) at completing the math computations after the aromatherapy
session.
Read more about rosemary
Read more about lavender
Aromatherapy positively affects mood, EEG patterns of alertness and math
computations. Diego MA; Jones NA; Field T; et al; Int J Neurosci, 96:217-24,
1998 De
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