Scientific basis behind traditional practice of application of “shoe-smell” in controlling epileptic seizures in the eastern countries.
“Epilepsy has been known for thousands of years and has been subjected to various forms of conventional and non-conventional therapies including a non-pharmacological conservative treatment known as aromatherapy, ever since. One commonly practiced form of aromatherapy that persists as an immediate first-aid measure even today in some parts of developing countries in the East is the application of “shoe-smell” during an epileptic attack… …The neurophysiology of olfactory stimulation from “shoe-smell” reveals a sound and scientific reasoning for its remedial efficacy in epilepsy; olfactory stimuli in this study have been found to possess significantly effective anti-epileptic influence which could have formed the basis for the use of application of “shoe-smell” in earlier times and also for its persistence even today in those parts of developing regions.”
August 13th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
If I had known that last year, jajajajajaa
August 13th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I must be a mutant – every time I smell MY shoe, I get a seizure instead of curing it…
August 16th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Am I the only one who had to read the first sentence three times to figure out what they were trying to say with that ",ever since"?