I loved getting to share with a bunch of moms and dads at Dr. Bain's Healthy Kids Pediatrics office in Frisco today! Dr. Bain has been an amazing help to our family over the past 8 years.
We talked about the benefits of Essential Oils and Brain Health. Please feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or want to learn more.
Here are some of the studies that have been done on these oils:
Essential
Oil & Brain Health Studies
Sleep
& Anxiety
-Lavender & Roman Chamomile: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476690 Outcome measures patients' state anxiety,
sleeping quality, and BP. An aromatherapy group showed significantly low
anxiety (t = 5.99, P < .001) and improving sleep
quality (t = -3.65, P = .001) compared with conventional nursing intervention.
Mental
Fatigue & Concentration
- Research indicates that
peppermint aroma, inhaled during mental tasks, may help attention, performance,
and focus. (Barker, et al., 2003)
-Terry Friedmann, MD, found in preliminary clinical
tests that Vetiver may be successful in the treatment of ADD and ADHD in
children. (Friedmann 2002)
Memory
& Accuracy
-Dr. Dember conducted a study at the University of
Cincinnati in 1994 showing that inhaling Peppermint increased mental accuracy
by 28 percent.
- In a study done
by Dember, et al., 1995, Cardamom (found in Clarity) was found to enhance
performance accuracy.
-University of Miami scientists found that inhaling
Rosemary boosted alertness, eased anxiety, and amplified analytic and mental
ability.
Attention
& Focus
-Between 1999-2001, Terry Friedmann, MD, conducted a
case study with children between the ages of 6-12 years old. Twenty children
not diagnosed with ADHD or ADD were the control group, while twenty children
with a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD or ADD were in the study group.
Essential oils were administered by inhalation three times a day for 30
days. In addition, an inhalation device to administer continuous inhalation of
oils at night. Each subject was tested on a single oil for 30 days and then
reevaluated, until all oils of the study had been tested. Oily combinations
were also used – again for a 30-day period.
The results were amazing. Dr. Friedmann found that inhalation of
Vetiver
improved the performance of children with ADHD or ADD by 100%.
Lavender
improved performance by 53%, and
Cedarwood improved
performance by 83%.
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-Research indicates that peppermint aroma, inhaled
during mental tasks, may help attention, performance, an d focus (Barker, et
al., 2003)
-University of Miami researchers found that
inhalation of lavender oil increased beta waves in the brain, suggesting
heightened relaxation. It also reduced
depression and improved cognitive performance.
(Diego MA, et al., 1998).
-A 2001 Osaka Kyoiku University study found that
lavender reduced stress and increases alertness (Montomura, 2001).
-Research indicates that peppermint aroma, inhaled during
mental tasks, may help attention, performance, and focus (Barker, et al., 2003)
Blood/Brain
Barrier
The overall results showed that compound 1 displayed
a dose-dependent inhibition of BACE-1 in cellular and mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and is
therefore capable of passing through cellular membranes and the blood-brain
barrier.
