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Can any tell me what the best flower essence for stress relief is?

also one good for conception and pregnancy.

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Feeling stressed? Then try savoring the scent of lemon, mango, & lavender .


This isnt about flowers , or scents .
but put some blue in your life when you want:

calm and relaxation to counteract chaos or agitation
to open the flow of communication
to broaden your perspective in learning new information
solitude and peace you want to reduce stress . try blue pajamas .

Flowers = lavender

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• I can't really help you on conception and pregnancy - I have seen no proof or even compellint anecdotal evidence that any flower essences help in that regard and such essences promoted for those uses may only have placebo benefits at best.
  
  On the other hand, herbs and fragrant flowers for stress has recently been elevated from conjecture and anecdote to proven science.
  
  We've all heard the old adage that we should take breaks and "stop and smell the roses" to relieve stress. Now, scientists in Japan have reported the first scientific evidence that inhaling certain fragrances doe indeed alter gene activity and blood chemistry in ways that can reduce stress levels.
  
  The study, which appears in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, exposed lab rats to stressful conditions while inhaling and not inhaling linalool, which is a fragrance found naturally in lavender, mint, coriander, bergamot, lemon, mango and many other fragrant plants. After inhaling linalool, the rats which were exposed to stressful conditions had stress-elevated levels of neutrophils and lymphocytes return to near normal levels (both neutrophils and lymphcytes are key parts of the immune system).
  
  The scientists also found that inhaling linalool reduced the activity of more than 100 genes that are normally significantly elevated in stressful situations. The findings could form the basis of new blood tests for identifying fragrances that can soothe stress, the researchers say. While linalool has been one of the most widely used substances to ease tension and emotional stress, until the new study the ways in which linalook effected the body have been an unsolved puzzle to scientists.
  
  Aromatherapists have long believed in the power of fragrance to lower stress levels - and aromatherapy for stress relief has been popular for ages, although until the Japanese study there's been little scientific evidence to support it. Now it appears that just like the advice our mothers and grandmothers gave us to "eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away", the advice "stop and smell the roses" from time to time may be yet another popular bit of old time wisdom that rings true.

  Source(s):

• - try lavender and chamomile- taste or smell
  - ...also-- not flowers but
  - cucumber- put on skin, and scent
  - mint oil are good as well (the mint= for soothing muscles)
  - rose oil
  - eucalyptus
  
  hope this helped a bit
• Lavender or eucalptus and spearmint
• lavender and chammoile are both safe for pregnancy... and great stress relievers
• the essence of rose