Has anyone used rosemary oil for anxiety?

Posted by charcat @charcat, Jun 18 8:48am

Reading many articles on rosemary and rosemary oil and its benefits.
If anyone has used, has it helped.

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shmerdloff | @shmerdloff | Jun 18 10:13am

I used to believe "aromatherapy" was New Age hocus-pocus. I later found that certain fragrances (baking bread or cake, coffee, nag champa, patchouli) have a calming effect.
Maybe why they use incense in meditation.
I read that the olfactories are very close to the brain, so smells can trigger memories and moods. Baking smells take me back to Grandma's warm kitchen😊. Pine and peppermint smells make it Christmas🎄.
For Proust, a madeleine dipped in tea gave him a rush of chilhood memories.
In Search of Lost Time.
Hope you find yours.