Stephanie Lane
General Botany
Dr. Sthultz
Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Plants have been used in medicine for thousands of years. Well before the time of modern treatment, we, humans, began to experiment with the vegetation that was around us. Instinctively, it seemed, we knew that plants were good for something other than just food or drink. We learned from watching animals consume certain types of flora, from our own exploration, and as we discovered the benefits of each new herb or flower we took note. From these studies humans learned to extract the oils that are naturally found in plants, the essential oils. These oils have a distinct, strong, odor. We began to learn that the oils taken from different plants had medicinal properties …show more content…
In the article “Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Potentials of Essential Oils and Their Individual Volatile Constituents: A Review” Mr. Edris addresses several medical benefits to the use of essential oils in aromatherapy as well as massage therapy. In the section within his article on inhalation of certain essential oils I found, even in the smaller section, a vast amount of information. Edris reviews the experiments that were conducted on rats in a lab. The rodents were exposed to certain volatile essential oils and their neural and physical activities were monitored then …show more content…
When rodents were, for example, exposed to the smell of chamomile it reduced the amount of an adrenocorticotrophic hormone, a stress hormone that is produced from the pituitary glands. Rats with the same stress hormone were injected with the medication diazepam and the same effect and amount of sedation was achieved. Another example in the research of the effects of aromatherapy was the influence of peppermint oil in combination with multidrug therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. The results showed that the essential oil from peppermint helped combat the bacterial infection. This is contributed to peppermints naturally occurring antimicrobial properties (Edris).
This information is just a fraction of what Edris speaks about in his paper. He goes on to speak about the benefits of essential oils but the few mentioned here from his inhalant excerpt are notable. The knowledge that peppermint oil has a bacterial fighting capability when inhaled opens a great possibility for those who may suffer from chronic respiratory infections or related illnesses. The sedative power of chamomile is already widely known but now, with science to back it, it should be expected that people may start to utilize it more
General Botany
Dr. Sthultz
Essential Oils and Aromatherapy Plants have been used in medicine for thousands of years. Well before the time of modern treatment, we, humans, began to experiment with the vegetation that was around us. Instinctively, it seemed, we knew that plants were good for something other than just food or drink. We learned from watching animals consume certain types of flora, from our own exploration, and as we discovered the benefits of each new herb or flower we took note. From these studies humans learned to extract the oils that are naturally found in plants, the essential oils. These oils have a distinct, strong, odor. We began to learn that the oils taken from different plants had medicinal properties …show more content…
In the article “Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Potentials of Essential Oils and Their Individual Volatile Constituents: A Review” Mr. Edris addresses several medical benefits to the use of essential oils in aromatherapy as well as massage therapy. In the section within his article on inhalation of certain essential oils I found, even in the smaller section, a vast amount of information. Edris reviews the experiments that were conducted on rats in a lab. The rodents were exposed to certain volatile essential oils and their neural and physical activities were monitored then …show more content…
When rodents were, for example, exposed to the smell of chamomile it reduced the amount of an adrenocorticotrophic hormone, a stress hormone that is produced from the pituitary glands. Rats with the same stress hormone were injected with the medication diazepam and the same effect and amount of sedation was achieved. Another example in the research of the effects of aromatherapy was the influence of peppermint oil in combination with multidrug therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. The results showed that the essential oil from peppermint helped combat the bacterial infection. This is contributed to peppermints naturally occurring antimicrobial properties (Edris).
This information is just a fraction of what Edris speaks about in his paper. He goes on to speak about the benefits of essential oils but the few mentioned here from his inhalant excerpt are notable. The knowledge that peppermint oil has a bacterial fighting capability when inhaled opens a great possibility for those who may suffer from chronic respiratory infections or related illnesses. The sedative power of chamomile is already widely known but now, with science to back it, it should be expected that people may start to utilize it more