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Essential Oil Recipes For The Elderly
Many of the memory enhancing drugs currently used in the treatment of Alzheimer’s
disease are designed to inhibit the enzyme cholinesterase. It is responsible for breaking
down acetylcholine in the body.
Acetylcholine is key to the central nervous system as it acts as a neuromodulator, and
when there is damage to the cholinergic (acetylcholine-producing) system it affects
memory, REM sleep, attention, and sensory perceptions.
Several Essential Oils such as Lemon, Rosemary, and Spanish Sage have been shown to
act in a similar way as conventional drugs inhibiting cholinesterase, but without negative
side effects.
It has also been shown that using these Essential Oils in their natural state vs. isolating
chemical constituents has a greater effect on preventing the breakdown of acetylcholine.
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Memory
Mix the following Essential Oils in a cobalt blue glass bottle with orifce reducer.
Label as Memory Blend for Elderly.
• 10 drops Lemon
• 10 drops of Rosemary ct. 1,8 cineole
• 1 drop of Basil, sweet
Supporting Blend
Focus Blend can also be used in
place of the above recipe.
Applications
Bath, Inhalation, Diffusion, Light
Massage, Misting
Infants Children Elderly
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