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Encourage Sleep

Sleep disorders affect nearly 70 million Americans every year, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Common treatments for sleep disorders like insomnia include cognitive behavioral therapy, a prescription sleep aid, or a combination of the two, per the Mayo Clinic. Adding a relaxing Essential Oil to your nighttime routine may also help.

Lavender Oil, for example, contains many beneficial compounds, including the aforementioned linalool and linalyl acetate. These two compounds work to depress the central nervous system activity, with linalool exhibiting sedative effects and linalyl acetate showing narcotic actions, according to a review. (Merriam-Webster defines “narcotic” as a drug that dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces profound sleep in moderate doses.)

Research suggests that inhaling lavender oil may help lull you to sleep. In a study of 60 patients in a cardiac intensive care unit, those who inhaled Lavender Essential Oil for 15 days saw significant improvements in sleep quality and anxiety compared with patients who did not inhale the oil.

Similarly, findings from another study in 31 young adults, ages 18 to 30, revealed that taking a whiff of lavender essential oil prior to bed may have helped improve sleep quality. Subjects reported feeling “higher vigor” the next morning. Researchers attributed this to a potential increase in slow- and deep-wave sleep patterns, compared with a control night during which participants didn’t sniff lavender.

In a review, researchers examined 15 studies, 11 of which were randomized, controlled trials, to evaluate the hypnotic effects of the inhalation of essential oils on sleep quality. While most studies suggested a positive effect of essential oils on potentially decreasing mild sleep disturbances, the reviewers concluded that further studies with larger participant sample sizes are vital to substantiate these findings.