Aromatherapy. This is a serious question. If you don't know, don't answer.?!


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Aromatherapy. This is a serious question. If you don't know, don't answer.?

Does aromatherapy still work if you can't smell? I mean, does it work through your brain's reaction to the smell, or is there a chemical reaction between your body and the substances used in the treatment?


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Aromatherapy is a form of pharmacology that got hijacked by Earth Muffins and social workers who hadn't a clue about human physiology. But, the principle is simple. There are several routes for substances to enter our body and impact on our chemistry. Oral (swallowing a pill), respiratory (inhaling a mist), rectal (suppository), tissue injection (shots), intravenous (directly into blood vessels), topical (lotions, creams, patches which are absorbed through the skin), sublingual (under the tongue like nitro pills), and others. Aromatherapy is a respiratory and somewhat topical routed pharmacology, albeit subtle. It also impacts chemically on sensory receptors through aroma and olfactory perception. An altered sense of smell would alter the impact of aroma in that regard, but not in its other chemical impact.




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