Essential Oil Diffusing With an Electric
Nebulizer: 3 Health Benefits
By:
Amie @Aromatherapy
Encyclopedia
What Is an Electric Nebulizer and How Does It Work?
An electric nebulizing diffuser is a small device that
has a motor housing and a glass nebulizer. The motor housing and
glass nebulizer piece are often connected by a small length of
rubber tubing. One or more essential oils are dispensed into an
opening near the base of the glass piece. When the diffuser is
turned on, the essential oils are aspirated toward the top of the
glass nebulizer, where a small stream of air micronizes the
essential oils into extremely fine droplets. This fine mist is
expelled out the top of the glass nebulizer into the room.
Why Is Nebulizer Diffusion More Effective Than Other Types of
Diffusion?
Other methods of essential oil diffusion include using lamp rings,
a candle to heat the oil, or passive diffusion with an aromatherapy
stone or a cotton ball. Heat diffusion is less desirable because
alters the molecular constituents of the essential oil. Passive
diffusion is typically very slow, particularly with less volatile
essential oils, providing inferior therapeutic benefit.
With a nebulizing diffuser, no heat is used, so the molecular make
up of the essential oils remains in tact. In most cases, all
molecular components of the essential oil are expelled into the
air, as opposed to passive diffusion where the smallest molecules
evaporate first, with heavier molecules evaporating more slowly or
not at all.
3 Health Benefits of Essential Oil Diffusing With a
Nebulizer
1. Therapeutic Effects of Essential Oil Inhalation
Because the nebulizer produces such a fine essential oil mist, oils
are easily absorbed via the lungs through inhalation. Nebulizing
essential oils that affect the breathing passages – nose, sinuses,
throat, and lungs – can have dramatic therapeutic benefits, and may
help alleviate conditions such as asthma, bronchitis, and
sinusitis.
2. Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antiviral Effects
Essential oils are known to be effective against bacteria, molds,
and viruses, and diffusion of essential oils has been shown to
reduce surface and air microbes. This may be especially helpful for
those with mold allergies. Electric nebulizers disperse essential
oils into the room in such a way that can not be achieved by other
diffusion methods.
3. Enhanced Emotional and Mood Effects of Aromatherapy
Specific essential oils are recognized for mood lifting, calming,
relaxing, or mind focusing effects. With a more concentrated and
complete dispersion of essential oils into the room, electric
diffusion with a nebulizer enhances these effects.
Don’t forget to rotate the essential oils you use, to help avoid
sensitization, and only diffuse for a few minutes at a time, with
at least a half hour break in between.
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