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Scent of Flowers, Stress Therapy Effective


Stress Therapy
Arm yourself with the scent of flower therapy when faced with crowded and stressful activity. The reason, a study conducted by researchers from Japan discovered, fragrant flowers can help you relieve stress. In his study, the researchers found, linalool, fragrant scent of flowers found on the various types of plants such as citrus, grape, lemon, basil and lavender, can suppress chemical substances and changes in stress-causing genes.

Inhaling linalool, Demand researcher, will lead to decreased levels of immune cells in the bloodstream causes of stress. In addition, this scent also reduces the activity of more than 100 genes that move more quickly when stressed.
Inhaling the scent of plants, further research has been carried out since ancient centuries to reduce stress, fight inflammation and depression, as well as stimulate a deep sleep. This study is the first scientific evidence to support claims about the benefits of this scent in combating stress.

In a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers conducted experiments on mice in laboratories. A group of rats exposed to the scent of linalool in stressful situations. The researchers monitored changes in blood chemicals and gene activity. Furthermore, rats in this group compared with mice that also under conditions of stress but without being linalool and the rats are not exposed to stress without linalool.

The study found, although the levels of stress hormones ACTH and corticosterone rise in rats given stress and linalool, linalool but this provision could restore the activity of immune cells associated with stress to near normal. The results in this case is much better than mice given stress without linalool.

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