Ngenkathi inketho B igcina iba ngokoqobo kimi, ngafunda nokuthi amafutha abalulekile asebenza lapho esetshenziswa kahle. (Futhi kunqunywe ukuthi angiwasebenzisi amafutha esihlahla setiye ekunakekeleni isikhumba ngendlela efanele.) Ngaphezu kwalokho, nakuba wonke uwoyela obalulekile ubizwa ngokuthi unikeza isileti sezinzuzo ezingaba khona, izinhlobo ezithile zinamandla asekelwa ucwaningo oluthile lwesayensi. Ngakho-ke ukuze uwasebenzise kahle kakhulu amafutha akho, kufanelekile ukuqaphela ukuthi yimaphi afundelwe izinjongo ezithile, ukuthi asebenza kanjani, nokuthi asebenza kanjani ngempumelelo kakhulu.
Unenhlanhla yakho, wonke lowo msebenzi wemilenze usuvele usuqedile. Ngezansi, hlola isifundo sokuphahlazeka kokuthi amafutha asebenza kanjani.
Amafutha abalulekile: Isivuseleli esijwayelekile
“Amafutha abalulekile ayizinto eziwuketshezi ezinephunga elimnandi ezikhishwa ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zezitshalo kusetshenziswa inqubo yokukhishwa kwesitimu,” kusho u-Amy Galper, i-aromatherapist.. "Lokho kusho ukuthi kuthatha isitshalo esiningi ukukhiqiza inani elincane lamafutha abalulekile, ngakho-ke amafutha abalulekile agxile kakhulu futhi anamandla. Akhiwe amakhulu ama- molecule ahlukahlukene anephunga elimnandi, futhi lapho sihogela futhi siwahogela, angaba nethonya elijulile emizwelweni yethu, ekusebenzeni kwengqondo, nasempilweni engokomzimba.”
Lokho, bangane, i-aromatherapy, futhi uGalper uthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokuvuna izinzuzo ezinuka kamnandi zamafutha abalulekile ukuhogela ngokufaka isikhumba (i-percutaneous absorption) noma ngokusabalalisa. "Zombili lezi zinhlelo zokusebenza zivumela ama-molecule amancane akha amafutha abalulekile ukuthi athinte umzimba nengqondo."
Futhi nakuba le nqubo nokwelashwa kungokwemvelo, ochwepheshe baxwayisa ngokuthi baqaphele ngoba “imvelo” ayihlali ifana nokuthi “iphephile.” "Imiphumela yokumuncwa kwe-percutaneous ijulile ku-aromatherapy, njengoba inqwaba yamafutha abalulekile equkethe izakhiwo zokwelapha nezokudambisa izimpawu," kusho udokotela wezifo zesikhumba u-Eric Zielinski, DC, umbhali weAmandla okuphulukisa amafutha abalulekilekanye ne-Essential Oils Diet."Izinhlolo eziningi zemitholampilo ziqinisekisa ukusebenza kwazo kokunciphisa ukuvuvukala nokuqeda ubuhlungu, kodwa ukuphepha kufanele kubhekwe njengento ebalulekile. Gcoba kuphela amafutha abalulekile uma ehlanjululwe kahle ngowoyela ophethe.” (Amafutha e-Carrier afaka amafutha omnqumo, amafutha kakhukhunathi, amafutha e-avocado, amafutha we-sunflower, amafutha e-sesame, namafutha e-almond.)
Futhi uma kuziwa ekudleni amafutha akho abalulekile,ngokuthi, ngokungeza amaconsi ambalwa emanzini akho acwebezelayo? Mhlawumbe ake ume kancane. Ngaphandle kokuthi kungenzeka kubhebhethekise umgudu wakho wokugaya ukudla, izinhlobo ezithile zingase zibe nobuthi obuningi ekusebenzeni. Engeza isihlahla setiye, i-eucalyptus, i-wintergreen, isinamoni, i-thyme, ne-oregano ohlwini lwakho "olungenakugwinywa".
Ngakho,doumsebenzi amafutha abalulekile? Iziphi engingayethemba, futhi ngaziphi izinjongo?
Ucwaningo lwesayensi mayelana nokusebenza kahle kwamafutha abalulekile lulinganiselwe kodwa kufanele luphawulwe. Nazi izinzuzo ezimbalwa ezivelele zamafutha ezinkanyezi, ngezilokotho zocwaningo luka-Galper e-New York Institute of Aromatherapy.
Amafutha e-Peppermint
Kukhona izinto ezimbalwa uwoyela peppermintngekeyenza (njengokugibela ibhayisikili noma ukugijimela umongameli). Nokho, lapho uwoyela we-peppermint ukhanya khona, yinoma yimuphi umkhakha ohlobene nokulawula ubuhlungu. Ucwaningo lukhomba ukuthi uwoyela we-peppermint uwusizo ekwelapheni ikhanda elibuhlungu, okunengqondo njengoba i-menthol, ingxenye eyinhloko kuwoyela we-peppermint, iphawuleka ngokudambisa imigraines..
Ngaphezu kwalokho, amafutha e-peppermint angaba namafutha awusizo ekwelapheni amazinyo. Kulolu hlelo lokusebenza, u-Galper weluleka ngokuwushintshanisa, isitayela sokugeza umlomo. Izici ezilwa namagciwane kanye ne-antimicrobial zingasiza ekwelapheni noma yikuphi ukutheleleka okungase kube khona, futhi umphumela wokupholisa ungasiza ukuqeda noma yini ekukhathazayo.
Amafutha e-lavender
"I-lavender yaziwa kakhulu njenge-anti-inflammatory, kanye nokupholisa amanxeba nokuthulisa isimiso sezinzwa esimaphakathi," kusho uGalper.
Ezingeni lomuntu siqu, uwoyela we-lavender uyithuluzi elihle lokususa ingcindezi, ukuthulisa, nokukulungiselela ukulala ngaphandle kokukuphoqa ukuthi ulale. Futhi, awudingi ukuthatha izwi lami futhi izwi lami kuphela ngalo: Ucwaningo lwakamuva oluhlaziya imiphumela ye-aromatherapy kubantu abanezinkinga zokukhathazeka.waphetha ngokuthi i-lavender “yaba nomphumela wokuzola ngaphandle kokudambisa” okwesikhashana. Olunye ucwaningo oluncane lwabesifazane abangu-158 bangemva kokubeletha lwabonisa ukuthi ukuhogela uwoyela we-lavender kuthuthukisa izinga labo lokulala, okuhlanganisa ukubambezeleka nobude besikhathi.
Kanjalo, uwoyela we-lavender usetshenziswa kangcono nge-diffuser, noma nini lapho unenkinga encane yokugoqa noma ukozela.
Amafutha Esihlahla Setiye
Amafutha esihlahla setiye, naphezu kwezinkinga zami ezigcwele izinduna, i-dermatological godsend. Iyaziwa ngezimfanelo zokulwa nefungal kanye ne-antimicrobial,okwenza kube yindlela eya enkingeni yesikhumba eminingi. Ingase futhi ibe nekhono ekwelapheni ukulunywa yizimbungulu, njengoba ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi inezici ze-antihistamine ezingaba khona..
Nokho, ukuze welaphe amabala, qaphela. Uma unesikhumba esingazweli noma esinamafutha, ungakwazi ukubeka ibala lamafutha esihlahla setiye ngqo eqhumeni elilahlekile, kusho uGalper. Kodwa, uyanezela, uma unesikhumba esizwela kakhulu, kungcono kakhulu ukuxutshwa namafutha e-Palmarosa namafutha e-geranium. Futhi, njengenjwayelo, uma kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lokungabaza, thintana nodokotela wakho wesikhumba.
Amafutha Eucalyptus
Amafutha e-eucalyptus, isithako esiyinhloko se-Vicks Vaporub, ingenye ozofuna ukuyisebenzisa ngesikhathi esibandayo. Olunye ucwaningo lwango-2013 lwabonisa ukuhogela uwoyela we-eucalyptus ukuthi uphumelele ekudambiseni izifo zesistimu yokuphefumula njenge-bronchitis., engase ibe ne-rhinosinusitis, i-Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), kanye nesifuba somoya. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ine-immune-stimulatoryI-anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, analgesic, kanye ne-spasmolytic properties.
"I-eucalyptus yaziwa kakhulu njenge-mucolytic agent - ehlanza futhi inciphise amafinyila - futhi njenge-expectorant - esisiza ukuthi sikhiphe amafinyila - futhi njenge-antimicrobial ezungezile," kusho uGalper.
Ngakho-ke, phefumula uwoyela we-eucalyptus uma uqala ukuzwa ukukitaza emphinjeni, kodwa yiya kudokotela uma iqala ukuklwebheka kakhulu ukuthi ungayithwala.
Cabanga nge-aromatherapy njengendlela yokuqinisa impilo yakho
Ngakho, futhi, ingabe amafutha abalulekile ayasebenza? Lapho zingasetshenziswa ngokunganaki, futhi nolwazi lokulinganiselwa kwazo? Nakanjani. U-Galper uyashesha ukuveza ukuthi i-aromatherapy ayilona “ikhambi” elicacile lanoma yikuphi okukuphethe, nakuba amanye ama-molecule eyisibulala-magciwane, eqeda ukuvuvukala, eqeda ukuvuvukala, esidambisa ubuhlungu, futhi esilalisa ubuhlungu. Amafutha anezindawo zokuphulukisa, kunjalo! Kodwa uma amafutha abalulekile ezosebenza, kufanele wenze umsebenzi wakho wesikole kuqala ukuze uthole uwoyela ofanele wokuthobisa, ukusiza, ukukhulula, nokuzola.
“Isici esinamandla kakhulu samafutha abalulekile ukusekela ikhono lomzimba lokuziphilisa,” kusho uGalper. “Kumayelana nokusiza ukulinganisa umzimba nengqondo nokweseka impilo yethu. Sonke siyazi ukuthi izingcindezi zokuphila kwansuku zonke zingathinta impilo yethu, futhi ukusebenzisa amafutha abalulekile kungasisiza ukuthi silawule indlela esisabela ngayo nesisabela ngayo ukuze singazigulisi.”
Ngakho-ke, cabanga nge-aromatherapy njengekhambi elincane futhi...kahle, ukwelashwa. Yenziwe ngezifiso kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi futhi mhlawumbe isebenza kangcono ngemva kokubonisana nochwepheshe. Lokho kusho, kufanelekile ukushaywa.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-11-2023