How essential oils work (part1)

How Essential Oils Work (part 1)
In order for essential oils to have any effect they need to be absorbed by the body. The safe way of doing this is either by inhalation or absorbtion.

Inhalation
Smells can often stimualte us in some way, the smell of freshly baked bread, coffee or even a smell that may send us back to our childhood. The fact that this happens shows just how powerful aroma can be.
Aromas work by stimulating the olfactory nerves at the back of the nose which then send messages to the olfactoy bulb that is situated in the third ventricle are of the brain - the limbric system. This is the part of the brain that is responsible for our primative drives of sex, hunger and thirst.