Since the centuries bay leaf is considered as a valuable and medicinal herb, Today, we use bay lief to spice up the cooking, but years and years ago these leaves had much valuable usage. But what will happen if you burn a bay leaf in your home?

As we usually burn cones or sticks of incense now, bay leaves were once burned in homes and places of worship. Mainly of religious reasons, some were even amazing, but others usages were based on the scientific fact that bay leaves hold a hodgepodge of chemicals that provide health benefits to the body.

1. Relieves Anxiety

Burning a bay leaf is a traditional method used for stress relief for many years. The chemical linalool in the bay leaf creates smoke when inhaled, relaxes the mind and body. Burning bay leaves regularly, and the smoke puts you in a “psychedelic state,” which doesn’t make you feel tired. Also, the smoke simultaneously will perk you up and calm your body.

2. Reduce Inflammation

Some of the healing properties of bay leaves include lowering inflammation in the body, especially within your joints. This medicinal effect comes from the chemical Eugenol, also found in bay leaves and has natural anti-inflammatory characteristics.

3. Boost Immune System

In addition, Eugenol also has anti-oxidant characteristics, and bay leaf is packed with other minerals and vitamins needed for a hipper function of our bodies. Therefore ingesting and burning bay leaf has the ability to boost the immune system.

4. Fights with Diabetes Type II

For this matter, experts advice consuming 1-3 grams of bay leaves daily for best results. Consuming such amount of bay leaves for 30 days improves the insulin levels more significant than before the examination. It leads the researchers to believe that the anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant characteristics will help relieve some signs of Type II diabetes.

5. Improves Body Alertness

In fact, if you burn a bay leaf often, it will combat chronic weakness! Some of the chemicals in bay leaves like cineol, pinene and elemicin fight feelings of fatigue and provide an energy boost to those who inhale the bay leaf smoke.

6. Heals Your Respiratory System

If you burn a Bay leaf, it will help in treating clogged, backed up lungs and respiratory passages. It naturally removes and breaks up the phlegm and mucus. This time soak fresh leaves in some hot water pot and create steamy vapor. Then use it as a humidifier for breath in and heal respiratory issues, allergies, and asthma.

7. Levels Up Mindfulness

When using the leaf as incense while on meditation is proven to be really effective. There is no medical proof research on this matter. Anyway, regular consumers do link bay leaf smoke with a more mindful meditation method. If you like our article please share it with your friends and family on Pinterest, so they can take advantage of bay leaf healing properties.