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