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Aromatherapy consists in the use of essential oils from aromatic plants in order to achieve a feeling of relaxation, reduce ailments, affect the psyche and well-being. It is also noteworthy that essential oils have been used for over 5,000 years in spiritual and religious practices around the world.
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The active substances contained in essential oils have a strong effect on the mental and physical sphere of man. Thanks to research using more and more advanced technologies, we learn more and more about the power of aromas. The smell stimulates specific areas of the brain and provokes a specific reaction of the body. Aromatherapy consists in the use of essential oils from aromatic plants in order to achieve a feeling of relaxation, reduce ailments, affect the psyche and well-being. Aromatherapy has great therapeutic potential in various types of health ailments.
Of particular interest is the effect of essential oils on the functions of the nervous system. They can be used to improve cognitive functions, such as memory or concentration. They also have a calming, mood-lifting, antidepressant and anxiolytic effect.
It is worth adding that fragrant plants and essential oils have long been used in spiritual and religious practices, many of them are also described in the Bible, it is worth mentioning frankincense (oil frankincense-olibanum) and myrrh (myrrh oil) or cedar used, for example, for embalming and disinfection over 5,000 years ago.
In the 1950s, the Russian pharmacologist and doctor of holistic medicine Breckhman founded his own school of adaptogens, explaining the secrets of eastern medicines (i.e. ginseng, citrine, rhodiola). He and his collaborator Dardymov developed the definition of an adaptogen. According to them, an adapotogen is a substance mainly of natural origin, which must be harmless and may cause minimal changes in the mental functions of the body, must act non-specifically and have normalizing properties. Currently, it is believed that adaptogenic plants are those that have a normalizing effect on the human system, but not overstimulating or blocking its normal functions, but rather acting as a tonic. Plant adaptogens strengthen the body’s ability to cope with stress by supporting the proper functions of the body from a biological and physiological point of view. The properties of adaptogens, i.e. immunomodulating, hepatoprotective, increasing energy, supporting the work of the brain and mental clarity, bring significant benefits to the body by maintaining proper homeostasis, which translates into the possibility of using adaptogens in the broadly understood prevention of civilization diseases.
The lecture “How Supplements and Adaptogens Affect the Brain and Mental Functions” will take place on Saturday, from 16:00 to 17:00.
dr Dorota Ackermann-Szulgit; neuropsychologist, social psychologist, assistant professor, trainer with many years of experience, co-author of publications in the field of neuropsychology, neurobiology, aromatherapy, psychosurgery. Her scientific and research interests include: neuropsychology, psychoaromatherapy, neurodietetics, neurodidactics, as well as social psychology and neuromarketing.
Currently, in addition to scientific, didactic and training work, he focuses on developing his ProAroma brand.
