Essential oils are used to stimulate either right hemisphere (peppermint, eucaliptus, lemon scent ) or left brain ( e.g. lavender, orange, etc.) We use the olfactory therapy protocol as part of the brain balancing home programme.
The olfactory sense is very important for development of non verbal communication, reading people's intentions, emotional regulation and social communication. It's one of the seven senses. It is very common that the sense of smell is not developed properly in children with special needs what it's crucial in harmonic brain communication - with all senses tuned well as the musical instruments in one orchestra.