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Aromatherapy For Pets – Improving Your Pets Health

Aromatherapy for pets is a growing alternative healing method to heal and cure various emotional and health related issues with pets. I once thought that my dog had it easy. After the end of a very stressful day I often have wished that I had the life of my dog. It seems very simple and not overly complicated. Yet the more I learned about my dog I was quickly learning that they have good days and bad days just like I do. Often the emotions I carry with me in time become the emotions of my dog. Dogs are very dependent on their owners for just about everything. Whether it is food or just wanting attention they are dependent on us. Dogs do experience happiness, fear, anger, and love.

A greater number of dogs are living indoors more and more and are losing their primal abilities. Dogs that roam outside freely can appear much happier not just because they got to run around all day. They spend the day smelling all sorts of things, smelling everything natural. Aromatherapy for pets is increasingly a growing and proven alternative means of healing for both physical diseases and emotional disorders. I want to share with you one quick example of a recipe that will work wonders with your beloved dog.

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Aromatherapy in Dementia

In a consensus statement recently published by the British Association for Psychopharmacology,1 the use of aromatherapy as an adjunct to the pharmacological treatment of dementia is supported by one of the highest level of scientific evidence – evidence from randomized controlled trials.

A number of recent, controlled studies have shown that aromatherapy (the therapeutic use of pure plant essential oils) can be useful in the management of patients with dementia lavender (Lavandula angustifolia or Lavandula officinalis) and lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) are two essential oils of particular interest in this area. The aim of the article by Holmes & Ballard,2 summarized here, was to review published reports of the efficacy of aromatherapy for the treatment of behavioural problems in people with dementia.

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