Odori
I am back again bringing with me a reflection on the "six senses". Exactly six: as sight, touch, taste, hearing, smell, and interiority. With "inner" sixth sense is defined by:
ilse.disciplineolistiche @ gmail.com
Certre of holistic therapy, which organized this interesting exhibition entitled Six Senses at the fair, which I participated.
And then I want to open this series on the six starting smelling senses.
In this article I report some pieces caught from here:
http://www.profumo.it/aromaterapia
a site that I invite you to visit!
SMELL odors are perceived through the nose via a thin layer of cells called olfactory epithelium, located in the upper portion of the nasal cavity.
Also in the nasal mucosa, there are many
cells, as in all the mucous membranes, producing just a thin layer of mucus. The odorous molecules entering the nose, before reaching the receptors in the melt must mucus. This feature is important because different substances can reach the body via nose before inhalation, and this is what happens with the pheromones produced by other individuals of the same species, with some very small antigens such as pollens and some allergens, with some viruses (such as anger that in this way to go directly to the brain).
neurons are places where the olfactory receptors are extended upward through the cribriform plate dell'etmoide, and reach the olfactory bulbs, located a few millimeters above the olfactory epithelium and directly in contact with the lower portion of the brain .
Information are processed and manipulated by a rich network of reciprocal synaptic connections between the two olfactory bulbs. These connections are also subject to modulation from higher brain areas.
The peculiarity of the olfactory system is that the neurons are connected through different synapses directly with some areas of the cerebral cortex that are part of the limbic system.
These centers belong to the phylogenetically oldest portion of the brain, whose function is linked to the body's basic needs (hunger, thirst, temperature, sleep), those related to emotional survival (aggression, territoriality, reproductive behavior and maternal) .
This relationship is so important adaptive function in the olfactory system has evolved so that the smells from entering the head "in an almost direct.
Only a portion of the olfactory information, those that reach the olfactory tubercle, follows the typical path of sensory information. That goes to the thalamus, the main center for higher signal processing, and is then retransmitted to the orbitofrontal cortex, the place where conscious perception of odors and the integration of olfactory information.
Smell Pheromones Human pheromones and
Chemical communication (smell) has great importance as the behavior of the mind-body system: our body odor reflects our internal metabolic and physiological state, our diet, our sex and reproductive stage and the state of our health (there are diseases produce characteristic odors).
For the most part unconsciously, also rely on smell and a component for our choice of attending social and especially our reproductive choices (choice of partner).
The existence of an organ in the human secondary olfactory functioning, responsible for recognition of pheromones, the vomeronasal organ, is still not accepted by all scholars. However, the question in my opinion is irrelevant because There are many functions that act in a "scattered" through the use of different organs and tissues without being located in an ad hoc body. An example of this is given to us by the Chinese medicine recognizes that outsourced equipment including most notably the triple heater and the master of the heart.
olfactory preferences
In humans as in many other animals olfactory preferences are the result of personal experience but there are probably the result of innate predispositions olfactory genetic heritage. It can be seen by observing the facial expressions of infants to whom they smell different odors test.
also the health and state of mind people leads to changes in their appreciation of odors. The smell of heavy foods but will delight a hungry man suffering from a headache to nausea or fever.
human axillary odors, containing pheromones cause physiological effects on others, as it were visceral. In our modern society, has for centuries been made a sharp distinction between mind and body, mind and matter and a host of dualisms, including that of "clean and unclean."
A brief digression:
what the feeling of "disgust"? It 's a perception that a component contains a instinctive and conditioned by what they taught us how to feel lousy. But, going to the root of this feeling, we find the expression of a wise caution. We can compare to the feeling of fear as there is included. It 's a perception that (when it is unbalanced or excess as a lack of fear which then becomes a phobia) protects us from any danger. In fact a lot of things biological or otherwise, which suck in most cases, are potential carriers of infection or other damage to the body.
However, as I pointed out several times, the excess is dangerous to your health as much as the dirt extreme.
But back to the concept first. Based on these dualities the common etiquette forbids us to speak these issues are closely body if not in the medical field, as it relegates the body to the ignoble role as part of the individual ... as if there were areas in each subject area and ignoble nobles, the nobles among the nervous system and mind that drive the car body. This mechanistic thinking greatly exceeded contemporary epistemology, and still somewhat rooted in ordinary people: I will continue to emphasize the importance of dismantling this point of view, especially when applicat man is in philosophy in medicine.
So, always with the background of a man thought that fragments into pieces and treat microbes and antigens as enemies to be defeated, in many families there is the paradox of making efforts to eradicate the dust mite and, on the other hand, gorge children with asthma medications transgenic and feeds them with food contaminated with poisons and / or carcinogens.
Since there is running water in homes and a chance to wash every day, we were capable of judging negatively affected body odors. In fact, we dedicate (as society at large, given that I disagree) special attention to eradicating any smell from our skin since puberty, the age at which the judgments of others becomes of prime importance for their own peace (love life and social life). On the other hand
well are the various scents that can enhance our fascination or at least get us a positive feedback from those around us
Effects of pheromones
E 'was proved in 1971 that women living in the group for several months, certain circumstances, the synchronize menstrual cycle under the influence of pheromones produced by glands under the arm.
These and other experiments have shown that odors produced by other processes have significant effects on human neuro-endocrine. These effects are called "first effect".
All glandular secretions are controlled by the endocrine system which is also influenced by the smells, thus responding to certain odors by ordering the production of other, giving rise to a conversation in an olfactory archetypal language. But this "first effect" of the odor does not differ from the others, which are always based on the stimulation of hormone production, which contain different structures in their aromatic molecule.
The smells of the human body
The sweat glands are distributed over the entire human body and produce three types of secretions, apocrine gland is responsible for the production of odors. The development of apocrine glands is a feature at the age of puberty and sex, giving rise to smells "adults."
But many of the human body odors are produced by bacteria and other microorganisms from just smelling secretions, such as those olocrine or sebaceous. The characteristic odor of the various parts of the body are the result of the interaction between these secretions and microorganisms that live there. The axillary secretions are the most studied by researchers because they are the exclusive property of primates and humans, but also because those of males and females are different and because they are perceived from a distance. All of the sebaceous glands, eccrine and apocrine with axillary hair and micro-organisms in the area are "Axillary body odor." Underarm hair removal dramatically reduces the ability body to produce its characteristic odor.
In fact, the apocrine secretions are very fragrant when produced, because fatty acids, proteins and steroids that make them up are complex and heavy, so volatile. E 'incubation with skin bacteria that "digest" splitting the molecules that make birds, and fragrance.
The main activity of the bacteria is to separate the acids from proteins to which they are connected at the time of their production. The axillary hair multiplying the surface density of the bacteria multiply and also the evaporation surface of the smell. The nature of the bacterial flora is dependent on the armpit level androgens of people and also affects the smell produced by secretions.
axillary secretions contain androstenol (also found in the urine) and androsterone (smell of truffle), but also a large amount of aliphatic acids, steroids and other odorous compounds that are the "olfactory signature" of each person and odors ingested with food or metabolic disorders (diseases).
female secretions contain 50 times less than the male androsterone.
Men and women produce for most of the same odorous molecules but their proportions change, for aliphatic acids, for example, are opposed. The axillary flora is quite different: for example, men have a much higher proportion of Corynebacterium.
It 's the extreme complexity of the production system which allows odor to each person to have their own smell, and this is matched by an equally sophisticated possibility of our perception of the olfactory organ.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERFUME
"The olfactory memories never leave, and their strength depends on the scale that had the situation where the odor was perceived in the learning process of people. Olfactory memories are the oldest, the deeper the emotions that awaken.
The rules of the olfactory psychology
intensity the smell is very important and the biggest mistake is to administer a dose too. Often the pleasantness of an odor varies inversely to its intensity. A concert of scents to begin with dilutions such that the fragrance you have to guess that the nose must seek out and explore for reassurance, before opening up to growing up. "
We can influence our mood and our mood by helping with the scents and essential oils that are known effects on psycho-emotional.
VIEWS Allopathy
From the point of view allopathic
the 'interaction between the bacterial flora and the substances contained in apocrine sweat and sebum leading to the so-called "Bad smell".
Everything is worsened by circulating sex hormones, and this justifies the deterioration that occurs at puberty and the absence of strong body odor in childhood.
In one site, by clicking here and there, I read that a doctor advised the patient who complained of bad odor issue, contact your dermatologist. My comment is that I'm not okay. If a person gives off smells the questions to ask are:
(1) if you take drugs or other substances luxuries;
(2) what is your type of power and correct it if necessary;
(3) investigate the causes and not internistic skin. Very often a bad smell, unusual for the subject, can be wake-up call to hormonal imbalances, several organic diseases, as well as the presence of cancer.
short, from a holistic point of view we must analyze the whole person and of course it is simplistic to deal with one aspect of dermatology.
In homeopathy, there are several remedies particularly "Reeks" These are, for example :-)
Sulphur, Hepar sulfur, Mercury in all forms, Sepia, Thuya and many others. So if the subject falls based on its characteristic symptoms in one of the remedies can rebalance by taking the remedy already customized. If you do not fall, this will be one more reason for further investigation.
In all cases I recommend
(1) to correct the power
(2) to purify himself from taking essential oils or fragrant plants and diaphoretic effect (that are eliminated through sweat. For example, the garlic is fragrant but not diaphoretic. Conversely, the fennel does both functions. It can swallow whole fennel seeds 6-10 every day for a couple of weeks and then stop to see if the smell is corrected permanently.
(3) In addition the Board 'use of perfumes and essential oils applied on the dorsal areas, where they do not irritate, rather than under the armpits. For instance, apply the perfume on her arms in the area of \u200b\u200bthe deltoid muscle allows us to get a good coating effect underarm odor. The scents can then spray on a less well defined that it includes the long hair and clothes
DEODORANTS
use of underarm deodorant are totally against and I'd like to carry out a retrospective on the great amount of patients who have had breast cancer: how many of them have used and will probably continue to use deodorant every day?
I do not want to say that deodorants cause cancer at all, but that could (especially antiperspirants) be a factor. Indeed
sweat glands promote a transit of liquid from the inside out and deodorants that block this output are harmful to the body as much as occlusive creams and steroid use in dermatitis, which (it is always stressed in homeopathy) block the release of toxins and end up producing the metastasis that is the change in location of the lesion .
The action of a deodorant can be completed at various levels:
(1) = glandular secretion astringents, antiperspirants, antiperspirant, were mostly made of Al or Zn salts, acting directly on the glandular orifices, causing a reduction or even blocking secretion. Occlusive action of this kind tends to prevent normal perspiration and would cause of strong local inflammation with the risk of infectious processes.
(2) On the microbial skin flora = bactericidal and bacteriostatic, in which case the action may be bactericidal or bacteriostatic. The bactericidal deodorants tend to destroy, in whole or part of the bacterial colonies affected thereby avoiding the degradation of secretion and release of odors. These include alcohol, phenols, aldehydes, mercurial derivatives, quaternary ammonium salts, biguanides etc.. The bacteriostatic action, however, prevents the development of excessive microbial growth with consequent reduction of malodorous waste. In this group, as well as synthetic products such as esters of citric acid, tartaric or lactic acid, belong to a large number of natural derivatives represented mainly by OE. In particular, lavender, thyme, rose, eucalyptus, cloves, cinnamon, lemon, rosemary, sandalwood, etc.. However, OE does not always avoid the risk of sensitization or allergic reactions. These problems are greatly reduced if the phytocomplexes to use are strictly controlled and terpeneless before being tested in the laboratory.
(3) On = body odor absorbents and complexing. The substance most commonly used is the ricinoleate zinc. I do not interfere complexing activity of the bacterial flora, and hence does not, on sweat secretion. Obviously when you can not avoid using deodorants, deodorants should be given preference to groups 2 and 3, provided they are short-lived and harmless as possible. STOP
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