Say bye bye to "Iron Legs"! The power of floral fragrance

Losing weight really requires one level of hard work! In order to lose weight, many office workers, in addition to controlling their diet, go to the gym every two days. Although their bodies become a little lighter, they often suffer from leg muscle soreness after exercise. If you want to quickly overcome your "iron legs", in addition to the common stretching and massage, you can also make good use of the fragrance of flowers and plants to relieve mental stress, which can also help relax muscles and say goodbye to muscle soreness.

What should I do if my feet don’t feel like my own after exercise?

Many people who want to lose weight often feel sore leg muscles when they first start running, pedaling a flywheel, doing aerobics, or weight training. It is as if their feet are not their own and they have difficulty walking. Generally speaking, to eliminate muscle soreness after exercise, adequate rest, mild stretching exercises, moderate nutritional supplements, massage and hot compresses are all common methods.

Say bye bye to "Iron Legs"! The power of floral fragrance

But if you want to get rid of the trouble of "iron legs" faster, you might as well make good use of the following 3 kinds of flowers and plants, make a cup of herbal tea, or prepare an aromatic bath to relax yourself, help the body synthesize the happy hormone "serotonin", eliminate irritability and stress, and reduce muscle tension. The body is relaxed and the aches and pains go bye bye!

Belonging to the Lamiaceae family, lavender is native to the dry, limestone terrains of the Mediterranean region and has healing qualities that bring peace and tranquility.

【Lavender】

Lavender, whose name comes from the Latin word "lavare", which means "cleanse", belongs to the Lamiaceae family and is native to the dry, limestone terrain of the Mediterranean region. The flower spikes taste slightly bitter and astringent, but have a unique aroma with honey.

Swiss aromatherapist Lydia Bosson mentioned in The Complete Book of Hydrosol Aromatherapy that lavender has the healing qualities of peace and tranquility, just like it can directly "cleanse" the nervous system and psychological obstacles, relieve nervous tension and irritability, help people calm anxiety and stress, bring harmony and balance, and improve fatigue and insomnia.

The healing property of lemon verbena is "change for the better", which helps to improve melancholy, nervous fatigue, depression, and insomnia.

【bergamot】

Bergamot belongs to the Rutaceae family. It is a fruit that looks like a small orange. The skin is smooth and thick, turns yellow when ripe, and the flesh is slightly sour and bitter. Lotia Bosson believes that bergamot has the healing quality of "awakening joy", which helps to fight stress, anxiety and calm the nerves, improve insomnia, stress, irritability, oversensitivity and impulsiveness, and inspire people to turn suffering into joy and thus get rid of pain.

In addition, bergamot also has a good soothing effect on symptoms such as metabolic disorders, gastrointestinal discomfort, constipation, eating disorders, headaches, acne, respiratory infections, etc.

Lemon Verbena

Lemon verbena grows in the Andes Mountains of South America at an altitude of 2,000 to 3,000 meters. The leaves have a light lemon taste and smell and are often used to make herbal teas, season dishes or essential oil fragrances.

Lotia Bosson said that the healing quality of lemon verbena is "change for the better". It can bring people energy like morning dew, cool but not too cold, soothing but not making people drowsy, and can help improve melancholy, nervous fatigue, depression, insomnia, anxiety and premenstrual syndrome. In particular, lemon verbena has a mild diuretic function and can improve women's problems of weight gain and edema before their menstrual period.