人生必修課

Me: About 7 to 8.

Because I do Aromatherapy yoga.(芳療瑜珈) Aromatherapy help me relax deeply.(幫助我深層放鬆)I do this twice a week.

Aromatherapy(芳療): What are the health benefits?(健康優點是什麼)

1. Reduce anxiety 減低焦慮

Several essential oils like orange and lavender have been shown to help people be a little less anxious.(有一些精油,像是橘子或薰衣草,可幫助減低焦慮)

2. Ease headache 降低頭痛

Some smaller studies have found that people reported less headache pain after they applied peppermint and lavender essential oil to their skin.(有些研究得知,人們覺得在皮膚上使用薄荷和薰衣草可以減低頭痛)

3. Reduce inflammation(減少發炎)

Some essential oils might help ward off(避開) inflammation.(有一些精油可以減少發炎) Lavender, thyme, and oregano may be good for this.(薰衣草、百里香和奧利岡可能對此有好處)

4. Sleep better(安眠)

Lavender, in particular, has been shown to boost(促進) the ability to get to sleep and wake up feeling awesome.(尤其是薰衣草，已被證明可以增強入睡和醒來時感覺棒極了的能力)

5. Give you energy boost(提升能量)

Coffee is great, but a little peppermint can also help stimulate(刺激) you.(咖啡很棒，但一點薄荷也可以幫助刺激你)

One small study found that men who used peppermint oil were able to perform better at the gym than those who didn't.(一項小型研究發現，使用薄荷油的男性比不使用薄荷油的男性在健身房表現更好)

6. Help your stomach issue(解決腸胃問題)

Lemon in particular is good for combating(對抗) things like nausea(sick because of headache) and vomiting(嘔吐).(檸檬尤其有助於對抗噁心和嘔吐等問題)

A study on pregnant women found that those who smelled lemon oil when they felt ill had significantly(顯著地) less nausea and vomiting in the days afterward than women who didn't.(一項針對孕婦的研究發現，那些在感到不適時聞到檸檬油的人在隨後幾天的噁心和嘔吐明顯少於沒有聞到的女性)

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單字

Anxious. (Adj.)焦慮的

Inflammation (N.) 發炎

Ward off (P.) 避開

Boost (V.)促進

Stimulate (V.)刺激

Significantly (Adv.)顯著地 sig-ni-fi-cantly

Essential oil 精油

headache 頭痛  念hea-di