荷索博士专栏 | 抑郁、焦虑、压力的芳疗解决方案（中）

作者：Dr. Malte Hozzel

2015年夏天，我们参加普罗旺斯国际研讨会的一行人集体外出，路上，后车有位女士不太舒服，由于狭窄的山路无法长时间停车，我们约到城镇停车场汇合。我们到时那位女士几乎晕了过去，我慢慢的扶她下车。她含糊不清的讲，当时她脑子里闪现出和前任一起时的痛苦经历，我感觉刚刚她似乎看到了“另一个世界”，“身体与灵魂剥离……”

我拿出柠檬马鞭草精油让她吸闻，很快她就清醒了。柠檬马鞭草进入了她的潜意识并清理了创伤，把她拉回现实。她开始清楚描述整个过程，我们在这个中世纪美丽的街道上走了15分钟直到她完全康复。

除了自我调节，精油也可在抗抑郁方面助我们一臂之力。精油充满了生命能量，有助于增强活力。而我们，只需尽情享受它所带来的美妙。

适用精油

下列精油能有效调节情绪，减少抑郁及焦虑倾向，它们可单独使用，或选几款调配成复方。

*佛手柑

佛手柑的心理疗效极佳，能抗压、抗抑郁，也是万用的情绪调节剂。它能安抚焦虑、恐惧，并可滋养肌肤，也具镇静、修复等效果，改善失眠及倦怠综合征。

*橙花

橙花对于缓解疲劳、过度紧张及沮丧导致的抑郁尤其有益，是应对绝望、无意识、情感压抑等的急救精油之一。在兴奋或震惊状态下，橙花精油也可让呼吸更流畅更自如，减缓心跳。迷人的花香可愉悦情绪，让人感到内心平静。偏头痛及头晕也能使用橙花精油。总之，橙花精油在情绪调理方面功效强大，并具出众的抗抑郁能力。

“橙花是极佳的抗创伤精油，很适合那些无法走出过往创伤的人，甚至是儿童。有了橙花，就能找到自己的安全港湾，自信开启新的生活。此外，橙花也可有效抗抑郁。”

*薰衣草

如果加上薰衣草对神经紊乱及失眠、焦虑、抑郁、头痛、偏头痛等的效果，就不难理解为什么薰衣草精油长期给人们留下了深刻印象并成为现代芳香疗法里的常用精油。人们对薰衣草的研究从未止步，目前已发现了精油中的上百种成分且这个数字还在增长。精神层面上，薰衣草激发了同理心及宽恕。

范德比尔特大学医院等许多传统医院也意识到精油的优点并用它处理焦虑、抑郁及感染。2009年的一项研究发现，手术前使用薰衣草精油的患者对手术的焦虑程度明显低于控制组。檀香、橙花等精油也用于缓解焦虑。

参看：http://draxe.com/essential-oils-guide/

*百里香

百里香自古就是欧洲重要的疗愈植物之一，以平稳神经的效用备受赞誉。沉香醇百里香有甜美的脂香气，可刺激肾上腺，促进荷尔蒙分泌，是极佳的神经及子宫滋补剂。百里香强大的身心能量可令人充满活力（肾功能），强化与外界的沟通（肺功能），让我们更乐观的面对人生。

*玫瑰

玫瑰清冷如水，可降低焦躁、愤怒、与能量阻滞等有关的心理问题，这些问题可导致肝脏充血、便秘、头痛等；精神层面，堪称“花中之后”的玫瑰能打开心灵、释放恐惧；情感层面，玫瑰精油对减轻压力非常有益，浓郁的香气具强大的疗愈力，对各种焦虑、失眠、倦怠等皆有益处。玫瑰精油可提升自尊、自信、希望及精神力量，对抗抑郁，缓解焦虑。

“最近，我接待了一位已离婚的女士。结婚已经15年，丈夫却突然说不再爱她。丈夫离开后，这位女士陷入了严重的忧郁中，工作又被解雇。她放弃了自己的生活开始绝食。一次紧张的家庭争吵后，她的姐姐把我推荐给了她。我拿出一瓶玫瑰精油让她吸闻，并稀释后做了斑贴测试确认安全，我在她手上滴了一滴，掌心温热后吸闻至少15秒，随后，我发现她的能量产生了变化。玫瑰是一支高频精油，她提升了自己的频率打开了心轮……交谈结束时，这位女士的声音也变得轻松，我知道，这也有玫瑰精油的部分功劳。”

*快乐鼠尾草

快乐鼠尾草具愉悦、放松特质，是对抗神经疲劳及抑郁的首选精油之一。它可缓解神经紧张、眩晕、过度兴奋的状态，增强自信，增加对生活的热情。

*橙

橙精油可刺激循环，令人放松并带来幸福感，它传达了欢乐及乐观的态度，中和阻塞和压力引起的应激和消极，释放被阻滞的能量。

*莱姆

心理层面，莱姆可缓解歇斯底里、抑郁、神经性休克及焦虑，放松情绪，令身心灵恢复活力。

*葡萄柚

葡萄柚可增加内分泌系统的功能，促进荷尔蒙和酶的分泌，从而有助于新陈代谢。它也能活化大脑功能，平衡神经系统，提升行动力和注意力，缓解抑郁，减轻压力及恐惧。此外，葡萄柚的溶脂特性也可减少脂肪堆积。

（注：译文仅供学术交流，健康问题请咨询专业医师）

英文原文：

In Summer 2015 we were on a group outing from our international Seminar Center in High Provence… a whole “caravan” of several cars and minibuses. We suddenly got a call in our front car from one of the minibus drivers behind that a lady participant was not feeling well at all and that they had to stop for a moment on the mountain road. I quickly drove our car back to join the minibus for a moment and try to appease the lady. But since we could not stop on the narrow mountain road for long, I asked the driver to better join us quickly on a parking place in the nearby town. When we arrived the lady had nearly fainted. I slowly helped her out of the minibus and tried to find out from her what had happened. She had a strong flashback into a very traumatic experience with a former partner. She could hardly speak but what I understood was that she had seen the “other side” as she said, “the light at the end of the tunnel”, meaning: she was about to leave her body…

I just had the right oil in my bag… It was a small bottle of Lemon Verbena, and I asked her to hold it under her nose and inhale deeply for a few minutes. That brought her back within a few moments. The oil just entered into the right channels of her sub-consciousness, cleared the trauma and made her come back to reality. She started to speak more clearly and then slowly explained the whole process she had gone through. Quite amazing. I made a 15 minutes walk with her through the beautiful streets of the ancient medieval town until she was completely all right again.

Apart from our own inner responsability to enhance positive thoughts and feelings in order to defend ourselves against depressive moods and the like, the essential oils can give us strong support for the “happiness factors” of our daily routine. …They are filled with life force or “Prana” and contain the most amazing „living molecules“ for enhancing vital energies in man. We just have to „dance“ to the beauty of their music…

Let’s go a little deeper and look at a number of essential oils

These essential oils can be taken by themselves or as a synergy. Each of them has been found to be effective for mood-enhancement, fortifying the psychology and reducing tendencies of depression and anxieties.

BERGAMOT is a premier oil for psychological benefits: An effective anti-stress remedy and anti-depressant and an all-purpose mood enhancer. It calms anxiety, relieves us from fear, and works also as a vital tonic for the skin. It is sedating, tonifying, revitalizing, and helps against insomnia and burn-out syndrom.

NEROLI a miraculous neuro-tonic and powerful helper against depression caused by fatigue or unreleased tensions and frustrations. Neroli belongs to the group of “rescue oils” used in case of despair and unconcious, repressed emotions. In case of excitement or shock, Neroli is famous for making the breath to flow easily and freely again, and calming the heart beat. Its amazing floral depth makes the emotions rejoice with softening impulses of inner peace. Attacks of migraine also may find relief through application of this essential oil as well as vertigo. All in all, Neroli oil can be called a strong emotional stimulant proving wonderful anti-depressant capabilities. Memories from heaven – fragrant purity of the soul.

“Neroli is a fantastic anti-trauma essential oil, It is often used in children and adults who are still prevented from ‘resuming’ the right thread of life by trauma, even long ago. Surely you know all people to whom it applies. With Neroli you can pick up on your own ‘safe’ world and start your life again with confidence. In addition to (as mentioned above) many other great topics, it is also a great anti-depressant.”

LAVENDER If we add the manifold actions of Lavender oil on nervous disorders or psychological problems like insomnia, anxieties, depression, headache, migraine etc., we are not surprised why this oil has impressed man since long and why it has become one of the most used oils in modern aromatherapy. Lavender is a never ending discovery. Hundreds of bio-chemical compounds have been identified so far, and the picture keeps developing. Its spiritual depth inspires empathy, forgiveness, detachment, purity. In the pink and white, purple and blue blossoms of this perennial wonder of nature lie secrets hard to encompass in a lifetime.

“Many traditional hospitals like Vanderbilt University Hospital are catching on to the benefits of essential oils and are using them in the treatment of anxiety, depression and infections in hospitalized patients. A 2009 study found that pre-operative patients who received aromatherapy with lavender oil were significantly less anxious about their surgery than control groups. Other oils such as Sandalwood, Neroli oil…..have also been used in traditional medicine to help patients better manage anxiety.”http://draxe.com/essential-oils-guide/

THYME has been used since ages as one of the major healing plants of Europe, praised for its ability to enliven the spirit and to fight nervous disorders. THYME LINALOOL with its dominating floral alcohol of a sweet balsamic fragrance has a stimulating effect on the adrenal glands and increases hormonal output. It is an excellent energizer, neuro-tonic and utero-tonic. Its strong, “psycho-somatic” energy charges the batteries of our life (kidney function) and revitalizes our exchange with the world (lung function) – giving us a more optimistic, less anxious outlook on ourselves and on life.

ROSE is cooling like water and is indicated to reduce irritability, anger, and psychological problems linked to stagnant, blocked energies that result in liver congestion, constipation, headache etc. Spiritually the “Queen of the flowers” opens the energies of the heart and frees from fear. Emotionally, Rose Oil is very helpful during times of stress: Its rich fragrant profile unfolds powerful curative properties and appeases those who suffer from varying levels of anxiety, insomnia or burn-out. Rose Oil boosts self esteem, confidence, hope and mental strength and efficiently fights depression. The oil also relieves anxiety. Patients of acute depression who are undergoing rehabilitation can be given a regular doses of this essential oil to bring hope into their lives.

“Recently I had a session with a woman whose husband left her. They had been married for over fifteen years, and he told her he was not in love with her anymore. After he left, she fell into a very deep depression and ended up getting let go from her job. She also stopped eating and was giving up on her life. During a very intense family intervention, she was referred to me by her sister… And that is when I got out the rose essential oil. ….She smelled it first, and we did a patch test, diluted. Everything was fine, so I put one drop in her hand and told her to rub her hands together and then to inhale the fragrance for at least 15 seconds. She did it, and, after she finished, I saw an instant change in her energy. Because rose oil is such a high frequency oil, she literally raised her own frequency… She was opening up her heart chakra… By the end of the session, there was relief in her voice. She was transformed, and I know the rose essential oil was part of the reason this happened.”

CLARY SAGE has a highly euphorizing, neuro-tonic-relaxing nature and makes it a choice oil against nervous fatigue and depression. Clary Sage essential oil tranquilizes nervous tensions and unrest as well as vertigo and stress-excited states. The oil is able to strengthen self-confidence, harmonize the mental excitement and promote new zest for life.

ORANGE oil stimulates liquid circulation in the tissues, giving rise to relaxation and feeling of wellbeing. Its expansive character conveys happiness and the freedom of an optimistic view of events. In liberating blocked body energies, it neutralizes symptoms of irritation and negativity which are caused by blockages and stress.

LIME On the psychic level Lime has proven its potential by giving relief in case of hysteria, depression, nervous shocks or anxieties. It is able to lighten the mood and rejuvenate and revitalize mind, body and soul.

GRAPEFRUIT promotes the functioning of the endocrinal system, helps with the proper secretion of hormones and enzymes thus being beneficial for the complete metabolic system. It activates the brain functioning and harmonizes the nervous system thereby stimulating activity and attention. It also relieves depressions through uplifting and calming the mind and reduces stress and fears. Furthermore, it can be said that Grapefruit has a unique ‘fat dissolving’ characteristic and is able to substantially reduce cellulite.