Aromatherapy: lavandin essential oil to calm anxiety attacks

The incredible calming power of lavender essential oil. This could be the title of a book as this essential oil is a must in aromatherapy. Anxiolytic, sedative, calming, discover the virtues and uses of lavandin essential oil. 


Le lavandin, une espèce hybride

The lavandin or lavendula hybrida is a hybrid resulting from cross-pollination between the lavandin and lavendula hybrida. True Lavender lavandula angustifolia and the Lavender Aspic lavandula latifolia. This species of lavender is much more cultivated despite being sterile. In fact, its flowers produce far more essential oil than other lavenders. 

Finally, its camphorated scent is used in industrial perfumery. 


Propriétés pharmacologiques de l'HE de lavandin

  • Lavender essential oil Is negativistic. This means that it has the ability to calm the nervous system while having hypotensive properties. 

  • It is also antispasmodic and decontracting. 

  • In addition, it has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.

  • It has sedative virtues and is popular with those who suffer from sleep problems.

  • Anti-lice, lavandin essential oil enters the composition of many natural shampoos to fight against the infestation of these parasites. 


Dans quels cas utiliser l'HE de lavandin

Lavandin essential oilis useful for all stress-related issues. From simple stress episodes toanxiety attacks, difficulty falling asleep, and anxiety disorders, you can use Lavandin EO as an olfaction or friction. 

In addition, its non-toxicity at recommended doses makes it an interesting natural remedy for all ages of life except during the 1st trimester of pregnancy. 


Calmer une crise d'angoisse avec l'HE de lavandin

At the first signs of an anxiety attack, turn your attention to your feet . Feel the contact of your feet on the ground or in your shoes. This is called anchoring. By returning to stable bodily sensations, it helps to direct the mind from ruminations. 

Next, take and open your bottle of Lavandin EO and then hold it in your hands at chest level. Breathe deeply as you inhale the scent from your bottle, counting 4 on the inhale and 3 on the exhale. If you feel dizzy, sit down. 

Finally, apply 1 drop on each wrist and, if possible, 1 drop on the solar plexus. Massage while continuing to breathe deeply and paying attention to the body sensation and scent. 

This ritual can last as long as necessary until the crisis subsides. 


Le pouvoir de l'aromathérapie olfactive dans les crises d'angoisse 

INSERM is very interested in the connections between emotions and smell. Here is what they say: : "Olfaction and its determinants are an interesting avenue: physiologically, the olfactory system is a site of neurogenesis that interacts directly with the hippocampus, a region of the brain that plays an essential role in neurogenesis. Moreover, brain imaging shows a very strong link between the activation of brain structures involved in perception of emotion such as the amygdala and those related to olfaction."


Reprogrammer le cerveau avec l'HE de lavandin

As is well known, depending on the history of the person, scents and odors will trigger the reminiscence of certain memories that can be extremely precise. Indeed, the aromatic and biochemical compounds of the EO of lavandin stimulate different areas of the brain. At the time of olfaction, the chemical signal of the odor is converted into a nervous message that will then be transmitted to the limbic brain recognized as the seat of memory and emotions. 

Based on this conclusion, it is possible to create new neural pathways with essential oils whose scent activates this olfactory memory. This is called positive conditioning. Thus, the scent of Lavandin EO will be associated with relaxation, serenity and well-being. 

To do this, after a meditation session, a walk in nature, a bath, a session of cardiac coherence or any other pleasant experience, practice a few inhalations in consciousness to seal the present moment in the aromatic molecule...

Thus, after several programming, as soon as the first signs of a negative emotion appear, simply breathe in calmly lavandin essential oil. 

Alexia Bernard 21 September, 2021
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