Cognitive Focus

An inability to focus and think clearly can give rise to all manner of difficulties in life, as well as mental distress and frustration. A lack of cognitive focus affects productivity, as you will be more prone to distraction and unable to concentrate for prolonged periods, making it difficult to complete more complex or mentally demanding tasks. Focus also affects brain power, memory and accuracy, which are all important to productivity, so a lack of cognitive focus can have very detrimental and frustrating results in the workplace, and in individual creative or intellectual pursuits. As many essential oils are known to directly affect the brain, they can be effectively used to improve focus and mental cognition, for short and more sustained periods, by creating optimal conditions for mental clarity.

There are five essential oils that are favored for helping with mental clarity. Rosemary oil boosts brain power, during research, both speed and accuracy were improved. The research was carefully designed to eliminate any effect of expectation.

Peppermint oil helps with memory performance and has been widely used on patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s. In the early stages of dementia, peppermint oil helped most patients when they were tested on 10 pictures. Most could recall at least 8 of the 10 items. Basil oil is used as an aroma-therapeutic power and most herbalists suggest using a couple of drops in a pot of steaming water and walking through the house with it. It’s easy and basically very affordable. This oil is known to clear the mind, so you can focus. Juniper Berry oil is used to treat attention deficit disorders and has had very promising results in doing so. Sage or Clary Sage oil has been used for hundreds of years to make your brain quick and clear.