The vagus nerve is the longest and most complex cranial nerve in your body that’s made up of thousands of sensory fibers.
It travels between your brain and almost every organ in your body and allows for vital back-and-forth communication.
It’s responsible for the regulation of internal organ function and tells the brain what’s happening in your vital organs, including your stomach, intestines, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, and kidneys.
If the vagus nerve isn’t functioning as it should, your body’s rest, cellular regeneration, and healing are compromised. At this point, you would start to experience health issues you can’t shake regardless of what you try.
Simply strengthening and stimulating this nerve is much like pushing a reset button.
Most of our patients need some at-home tools to stimulate the vagus nerve as well as relax and get them in the parasympathetic state. We have found this
essential oil blend is just really a wonderful tool to have in your toolkit.
Some Quick Information about the Sympathetic vs. Parasympathetic state:
Your Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) runs all of the involuntary mechanisms in your body that are not under your conscious control, such as your heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, respiration, cellular activity, and even body temperature. The two branches of your ANS include the Parasympathetic branch, known as the “Rest, Digest and Heal” state, and the Sympathetic “Fight, Flight or Freeze” state.
These two branches operate with a push-pull dynamic and activate very different physical and mental states of being. For example, your Sympathetic branch makes energy available for muscles to mobilize, fight or flee. Your Sympathetic state speeds up your heart while your Parasympathetic state slows it down.
Parasympathetic turns on your digestion, but when you feel anxiety, the sympathetic branch kicks in and turns off digestion.
There is a constant calibration between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic systems with one or the other playing a more active role at any given time.
And this constant state of balance between our sympathetic and parasympathetic systems is facilitated by your vagus nerve.
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are always operational, but there is a balance between them.
As we mentioned, incorporating at-home tools to support this important system is key.
Vibrant Blue Oils Parasympathetic Blend contains a very specific ratio of Clove oil, which is highly stimulatory, and Lime oil, which has super small molecules, in a base of fractionated coconut oil.
The combination of these two oils creates a blend that is extremely stimulatory, fat-soluble, and very easily accessible through the skin and olfactory channels.
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We hope you find this information helpful in supporting your wellness journey.