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Health feed - News BreaK Wednesday, October 5, 2022 2:27 PM Asked to rate the severity of six specific mental health concerns, Americans put the opioid epidemic near the top. |
Health feed - News BreaK Wednesday, October 5, 2022 2:19 PM Congo Square Theatre and artist Brandon Breaux reach out through art to help the Black community heal from racialized violence. |
Health feed - News BreaK Wednesday, October 5, 2022 1:29 PM Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill barring the OU Health system from providing certain transgender health care in order to receive Covid relief funds. |
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Health feed - News BreaK Wednesday, October 5, 2022 1:15 PM The Mobile Mammography Motor Coach provides breast cancer screenings to underserved communities. |
Health feed - News BreaK Wednesday, October 5, 2022 1:15 PM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that American life expectancy had taken a nosedive during the pandemic, with the biggest drop occurring among... |
Mark's Daily Apple Wednesday, October 5, 2022 11:00 AM One of my favorite places on earth is the Ali'i Kula Lavender farm on Maui. I went there on a lark, not even expecting to enjoy it. My wife dragged me there on a trip years ago—she's a huge essential oils fan and particularly lavender oil fan—and I fell in love. It's acre upon acre of rolling hills covered in lavender fields, Buddhist shrines, meandering trails, and great views of the ocean. And always, in the background and foreground, is the fragrant scent of lavender. Any stress melts away (not that the stress is much an issue in Hawaii) and you're perfectly content just wandering calmly through the fields. Every time you brush against a plant the scent intensifies and follows you for a bit. The stress-melting effects couldn't have just been from the lavender—the walking, the fresh air, the fact that I was on vacation in Hawaii all played a large role—but the lavender was also a factor. But how? Are there ways to get those same benefits without visiting a lavender farm in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? Yes. Lavender oil, or lavender essential oil, contains the essence of the lavender plant—all the aromatic constituents that provide the pharmacological effects we see from the whole plant. The Benefits of Lavender Oil Lavender Oil Reduces Anxiety Lavender oil aromatherapy is one of the most common treatments for surgery or medical treatment-related anxiety. In dental patients nervous about treatment, lavender oil aromatherapy reduces anxiety. This is also effective in children with anxiety undergoing dental treatment. Other studies confirm this effect. Not all studies are positive. The pre-surgery lavender oil inhalation for general anxiety sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, but the balance of evidence shows that it probably helps. One interesting study found that lavender oil aromatherapy before a medical procedure reduced anxiety, stress, and pain levels while improving oxygen saturation. Oral lavender oil can also work. Oral lavender oil seems just as effective (without the side effects, like drowsiness and extreme addiction) as Xanax at reducing general anxiety. In Germany, oral lavender oil is considered to be a legitimate treatment for anxiety disorders.a It's mixed, then, but I think the evidence is fairly strong that lavender oil can reduce anxiety in people. Lavender Oil Lowers Stress It seems that reduction in stress I felt wasn't just placebo or a result of me being on vacation in Hawaii. The bulk of published research finds that lavender has real effects on biomarkers and subjective sensations of stress. In one study, smelling either lavender or rosemary essential oils for 5 minutes lowered cortisol levels in human subjects. Lavender was far more potent than rosemary, with a 1000x dilution of lavender being just as effective as a 10x dilution of rosemary. In another study, lavender essential oil inhalation was also effective at reducing math test-induced rises in a biological stress marker. In subjects undergoing needle insertion, those who wore an oxygen mask with lavender oil aroma pumped through it experienced less subjective stress. Furthermore, the pain of getting … Continue reading "Health Benefits of Lavender Oil and How to Use It" The post Health Benefits of Lavender Oil and How to Use It appeared first on Mark's Daily Apple. |
