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The Power Of Smell : Its Importance In Aromatherapy

by Kerrana McAvoy on Jan 31, 2011

In order to experience the full power of aromatherapy, we need the ability to detect smell. The main organ used within aromatherapy is the nose. This article discusses how the sense of smell assists in the healing process of aromatherapy.

Essential oils are inhaled which can help stress an anxiety without the side effects of artificial drugs. It is not just based on smell. These essential oils maintain well-being in body, mind health and beauty. Essential oils are absorbed through the skin, which stimulates the brain and the pituitary gland from their scents - the effects of body and mind by scent and touch, working on physical, psychic and emotional disorders.

Seventy to seventy five percent of taste comes from our sense of smell. It comes from the odour molecules that enter the passage between the nose and the mouth that give taste sensation. Whether the smell is pleasant (flowers) or foul (rotting garbage) behaviour responses occur when an aroma is...Read More >>



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