Led to Sleep by the Nose

Executive stress, anxiety, overtiredness, all can lead to sleeplessness and a dysfunction in sleep patterns. HolisticOnline.com offers some great tips to combat sleeplessness and lead you to sleep through your nose.

Aromatherapy, used for more than 6000 years throughout all cultures, is a perfect alternative to conventional over-the-counter sleep aids. Inhaling essential plant oils stimulates or relaxes the nervous system through the olfactory sense. Often underestimated, the olfactory sense is 10,000 times more sensitive than any other sensory organ in the human body.

Lavender, Lemon Balm and Roman Chamomile are among the most popular essential oils suggested to overcome insomnia. Always make sure you are buying “pure essential oils."

The dose typically prescribed is about 10 drops in a warm bath before bedtime. One might also try to use a few drops of Benzoin, which has an aroma similar to vanilla, is a very mild sedative and combines nicely with Lavendar.

But if your goal is to relax with someone, then you might try Jasmine, a relaxing and soothing aphrodisiac.

Sweet dreams…