Images and zcenes in our dreams can make us feel nice or bothered when we woke up, that’s why we try to recall and figure out the details of our dreams. Individuals may stubbornly wonder about their dreams and think of ways how to recall them even by resorting to using oils. Individuals who took an interest in oil therapy may even ask their aromatherapist to assure them that oil blends will help them not to worry about the difficulty of recalling their dreams. Know more about dream recall and oil blends in our weekly discussions.
Research about Red Rose Essential oil’s Efficacy on dream recall
A seven-night intervention using aromatherapy was conducted to identify the effect of essential oil on the frequency of lucid dreaming, recalling dreams, and sleep quality in 2016. The semi-experimental intergroup study enrolled twenty-six (26) Karaj Azad University female students to participate in the investigation and was divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group was divided into two and received either red rose or lavender essential oil, while the control group did not receive any oil treatment. (2)
The participants in the treatment groups were provided with the best possible zleeping environmental zet up and were asked to zleep on a cushion with a handkerchief on both sides every night. The handkerchief was perfumed depending on the oil that the participants were assigned with, and they were either red rose or lavender. Meanwhile, the participants in the control group did not receive any treatment. During the intervention period, all the participants were requested to write notes about their lucid dream in their recalling dreams notebook for seven nights. On the seventh day, all groups had to take the post-test. (2)
Findings of the study revealed that there’s no difference in the lucid dream and sleep quality of the three groups, but the result yielded that red rose oil has a significant effect on dream recall. (2)
Red rose effect on dreams
It was thought that the red rose essential oil can promote increased activity in the temporoparietal junction and medial prefrontal cortex, which are the brain parts that are linked to dream recall. (2)
In Iranian medical literature and aromatherapy practice, Red rose oil has been recognized as a mild but potent antidepressant since ancient times. (3) The anxiolytic property of the Red rose promotes its pacifying effect on a person. This helps with dream recall as relaxation can assist in increasing dream recall. (2)
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References:
- (1) Lawless J. The Encyclopedia of Essential Oils. Conari Press.
- (2) Sanatkaran A., Bahari F., Ansari A., Atashi N. The Effect of Red Rose Essential Oil and Lavender Aromatherapy on the Frequency of Lucid Dreaming, Recalling Dreams and Sleep Quality in Female Students. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy. 2016; 7(3;3) Doi:10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s3p83
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