Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) with Essential Oils
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls many of the functions your body manages automatically—heart rate, digestion, breathing, and stress responses.
It has two primary branches:
Sympathetic nervous system – the fight-or-flight response
Parasympathetic nervous system – the rest-and-digest response
For optimal health—especially digestive health and emotional balance—we want these two systems working in harmony. Essential oils can be one way to support this regulation, but the oils used should match the current state of the nervous system.
