Did you know that our sense of smell is the only sense directly tied to the limbic area of the brain, which is knows as the emotional control center? Inhaling essential oils stimulates more than 1,000 receptors in the nasal cavity, which transfer signals through the olfactory bulb to the limbic system. From there, they can affect the autonomic nervous, endocrine, and immune systems.
Most essential oils have therapeutic stimulating, calming, sedative, balancing properties. When we inhale an essential oil molecule, it passes through the nasal passage to a receptor neuron that carries it to the limbic brain, especially the hypothalamus. This allows essential oils to target your limbic center, making them a powerful tool in dealing with many health issues.
Essential oils such as frankincense, cedarwood, sandalwood and some more contain sesquiterpenes that can increase oxygenation around the pineal and pituitary glands. Many have found that sesquiterpenes have the ability to surpass the Blood Brain Barrier and enter the brain tissue.
Several studies performed at Vienna and Berlin Universities, found that sesquiterpenes, a natural compound found in essential oils of Vetiver, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Sandalwood and Frankincense, can increase levels of oxygen in the brain by up to 28 percent (Nasel, 1992).
Such an increase in brain oxygen can have dramatic effects on emotions, learning, attitude, and many physical processes of the body such as: hormone balance, immune function, and energy levels.
Essential oils are one of the substances that can cross the Blood Brain Barrier. Thus, when you use essential oils, you can affect your brain and both physical and psychological functions in the body. It is one reason why it is currently being researched for brain injury treatments.
ESSENTIAL OILS FOR EPILEPSY, SEIZURES, AND MORE
The human brain is the most complex organ within the body. Normally, most brain injuries are slow to heal, but a few powerful essential oils such as frankincense oil can significantly help in this process. Frankincense works by helping oxygenation of blood going to the brain. This, in turn, will help with oxygen absorption. When oxygen is absorbed effectively, it allows the brain to process and retain information, heal, and function correctly.
FRANKINCENSE IS THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF CHOICE FOR ANY KIND OF BRAIN DISORDER (EPILEPSY, SEIZURES, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND MORE
Frankincense contains powerful sesquiterpenes that are able to cross the blood/brain barrier. The therapeutic properties of Frankincense oil are antiseptic, astringent, carminative, emmenagogue, expectorant, sedative, tonic, uterine, cicatrisant, cytophylactic, digestive, diuretic, and expectorant.
To help deal and prevent brain injuries such as seizures, epilepsy, anxiety, depression, memory issues and more
- Apply 1 drop Frankincense, on the bottom of each Big Toe, or at the base of the neck and temples, each night.
- You can also place 1 drop Frankincense under the tongue every night.
When you feel a seizure coming on, inhale Frankincense, deeply.