Massage helps in blood circulation, stimulates the nerves, which control the blood vessels, and aids in the relaxation of tense muscles and tight connective tissues, which could have a constricting effect. Although massage can be done with just simple massage oil, the use of essential oils, as in aromatherapy, has an additional benefit.
Essential oils are the pure volatile portion of aromatic plant products, normally extracted by distillation and encompass more than sixty kinds of herbal oils. Aromatherapy is the use of such essential oils for therapeutic or medical purposes. In addition to being used to ease aches, pains and injuries, aromatherapy also acts on the central nervous system, thereby decreasing anxiety and depression, reducing stress, inducing sedation, and restoring both physical and emotional well-being. Aromatherapy massage can also be beneficial to the immune system. Eight primary research studies on the effect of aromatherapy massage on anxiety in cancer patients revealed that seven of the studies showed a significant decrease in anxiety after aromatherapy massage.
Massage is also widely employed in Ayurveda. Special oils are used for this purpose. In ayurveda, specific types of massage (uzhichal and pizhichal) are used for different kinds of pains and other medical conditions or just as an energy booster.
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