Probably, with any training, it will not be possible to reach the olfactory level of the legendary "Perfume", but it is possible to learn at a distance to catch the smallest traces of odorous substances that bring pleasure or warn of danger. The state of our sense of smell is a characteristic indicator of the state of health of the body as a whole. Therefore, an improvement in the ability to distinguish smells will reflect an improvement in the functioning of the whole organism. And, first of all, it would be useful to know what can cause deterioration of the sense of smell, and how our sense of smell is arranged.

Improving the sense of smell can be achieved by doing several things. Any physical activity helps to improve the sense of smell, as they improve overall blood circulation. But, first of all, this applies to facial gymnastics. Exercises that restore local blood circulation in the upper part of the nose are good for restoring and improving olfactory abilities. You can speed up this process by warming up the upper part of the nose.

The exercise for the muscles that expand the nostrils is very simple: while inhaling, inflate the nostrils as wide as possible for 5-6 seconds, while exhaling, relax the muscles; repeat the exercise 4 more times.

Exercise for the nasal muscle (it is located in the wings of the nose) is also desirable to do 5 times with tension during inhalation for 5-6 seconds: press your finger on the tip of the nose and, at the same time, press your finger with your nose with the maximum possible force and pull down the lower lip; there should be no movement, and other muscles of the face should not move.

Exercise for the muscle of the proud (it is above the bridge of the nose) is done on the same conditions: put one or two fingers in the middle of the eyebrows; press your fingers on your eyebrows, and try to move your eyebrows with all your strength to the bridge of your nose, but your eyebrows should not even move.

Helps to improve the sense of smell exercise. Perform this exercise, paying special attention to the movement of air along the upper part of the nose, through the upper nasal passage, that is, through the area where the olfactory receptors are located. For the same purpose, you can use the audio recording "Fresh Stream".

It helps to improve local blood circulation and a well-known yogi technique: drawing warm, slightly salted water into the nose. Closing one nostril with a finger, slowly draw in water with an open nostril until it is in the throat. Then the water is spit out. Do the same with the other nostril.

If a person does not actively use their sense of smell, over time it begins to deteriorate. And for this reason, too, the sense of smell must be trained. The more you use your sense of smell, the more you will achieve. For example, good way to practice is to blindfold and identify different scents without seeing their sources. When determining the smell, do several short breaths, not one long one. This is what animals do when they smell something. This helps to correctly identify the aroma.

Explore all the scents around you. Translate your sense of smell into the plane of emotions: feel how these smells affect you, what sensations and reactions they cause.

Try to explore with your nose some very faint smell and distinguish the shades of this smell. Try to get a better feel for subtle odors. Remember the impressions and emotions received. It is best to carry out such training in the forest, where the sense of smell develops, as nowhere else, since the forest is full of smells.

Practice identifying the direction the scent is coming from.

It is useful for himself and for the child such children's education: the child sniffs fragrant objects and tells you about his feelings. Wild strawberries smell different from strawberries. Invite the child to name these or other similar berries with their eyes closed. Teach him to recognize odorous herbs: mint, wormwood, dill. When memorizing a large number of flavors, fantasy, imaginative thinking develops. This offer from the teacher can be used by an adult.

Another important area: the development of olfactory memory. Remember, evaluate, compare the various pleasant smells of flowers, herbs, fruits, fallen leaves and freshly fallen snow, a familiar person or a familiar room. Anything that comes to your mind. It can be the smell of soap, a car, a cat, coffee, a forest lake ... The biologically active text “Summer's Tale” can help you immerse yourself in the world of smells and positive emotions.

Increase the amount of zinc in your diet. Decreased sense of smell may be due to a lack of zinc in the body. To boost your sense of smell, eat more zinc-fortified foods such as lentils, sunflower seeds, walnuts, and take multivitamin supplements that contain zinc. Some anti-allergic drugs also improve the perception of odors.

Humidify indoor air. An increase in air humidity leads to an improvement in nasal breathing, and, as a result, to an improvement in the sense of smell. Ventilate the room as often as possible, remove dust. When using chemical reagents, caustic and odorous materials, take care of your nose, use protective masks. Remember that prolonged exposure to harsh and unpleasant odors can reduce your olfactory ability.

The science

Our feelings do not exist as separate abilities, they do not exist in a vacuum.

They are interconnected and change frequently, and are greatly influenced by our environment, as well as many other factors, many of which are within our control.

In this article, we'll take a look at our five senses along with a few other traits (like intuition and attention), and see how our senses change over time and what we can do to improve them.

10. Age-related fading of feelings

Age-related decline in sensory perceptions is a completely natural and inevitable event. As we get older, our senses and nerves get "disordered", so it takes more effort to stimulate them and get the appropriate result. Therefore, the sound must be louder and the taste stronger, otherwise everything goes unnoticed.

Age-related hearing loss is a common condition and occurs in about 50 percent of cases in people over 75 years of age. It's multifactorial, meaning it can be affected by loud noises (especially on a regular basis), genetics, high blood pressure, and even smoking.

Your eyesight may begin to deteriorate as you enter your 40s, as this normal phenomenon for the eyes to begin to "dry out". Among other things, there are physical changes. Most older people wear special reading glasses, and many use them for everyday needs.

Taste buds begin to "age" in middle age, and the sense of smell begins to lose its sharpness 10-20 years after the sense of taste has declined. We are accustomed to talking about declining vision and hearing in older people, but these are not the only senses that are on the wane.

9. Smell

Our sense of smell serves us as a means of enjoyment, allowing us to smell pleasant aromas, and as a tool that warns us of possible dangers, such as spoiled food. The sense of smell can decline with age, but it can also be damaged or completely lost through accident or illness. Some psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia may be associated with a loss of smell. There are also other causes of loss of smell: severe anorexia or malnutrition, a brain tumor, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, or traumatic brain injury. If you are faced with a sudden loss of smell, then surely your doctor will find the cause and quickly return you to normal. Keep in mind that smoking also has an important effect on olfactory abilities.

In addition, by carefully following your doctor's prescriptions or even quitting smoking, you can significantly improve your sense of smell. Some antiallergic drugs are known to improve a person's sense of smell as well. It is worth noting that our sense of smell is more acute when we are hungry and also during the spring and summer months. Stay away from bad odors and exercise regularly.

8. Taste

In this case, the mental component plays an important role, as well as the olfactory receptors in the nose, without which we cannot form an objective picture of taste. Therefore, to maximize flavor, many recommend cooking food in a way that is easy to identify. A venison dish will taste just like a venison dish, if the person who consumes it on a conscious and subconscious level is sure that what he eats is a venison dish.

Some drugs can affect the sense of taste, so if you doubt your taste abilities, then for sure, after consulting with your doctor, you will understand that the drugs are to blame.

To develop your sense of taste, practice "smart eating", meaning you should eat slowly, focusing on the food and its taste. Avoid extremes - too much salt or sugar, too much alcohol or foods that are very spicy. Drink more water to avoid dehydration.

In order to improve the sense of taste and increase the enjoyment of eating, some eaters often use the "smart eating" method, in which they never watch TV while eating, in order to create close contact between the kitchen and them. This method also promotes greater enjoyment of food, as the focus is on the taste of the food rather than how fatty or healthy it is.

7. Touch

Our sense of touch gives us a lot of information about the world around us. But with age, illness, accidents and other events, this feeling can change. Decreased blood flow or nerve sensitivity, which typically occurs with age, reduces a person's sensitivity to cold, which can be very problematic in severe weather conditions. On the other hand, many older people are less sensitive to pain, and this, in turn, can be very helpful in dealing with some health problems.

To improve your sense of touch, try looking first and focusing your attention on what you are physically interacting with. Research has shown that tactile perceptions associated with vision, such as touching a soft blanket, are more pleasurable if you watch a hand touch the blanket. The reverse effect is also effective, for example, if you do not look at the wound from which the adhesive tape is removed, then you will experience less pain.

Most of the other research on stimulating the sense of touch has been on how to help people who have lost it as a result of trauma. As a result, experts realized that our fingertips are a key aspect of touch, which allows us to better determine the texture of an object and its vibrations.

6. Vision

The most obvious and common way to improve vision is through the use of glasses or contact lenses, although these products are designed for those with visual impairments. But there are other ways you can improve your eyesight, or at least promote eye health.

It would be nice to start with regular consumption vitamins A, B, C, and E. They can be found in whole grains as well as fresh fruits and vegetables. Meanwhile, dark Sunglasses very well protect your eyes from the harmful effects of ultraviolet rays of the sun.

Several studies have found a surprisingly beneficial effect on the eyes when playing a video game. It turns out that video games, especially those that involve a lot of action, can actually improve vision and spatial perception. Researchers at the University of Rochester have found that playing games like Unreal Tournament increases a person's visual contrast sensitivity, the ability to distinguish objects from each other and from the background image.

5. Hearing

If you have a hearing problem, whether due to age or as a result of an accident or illness, hearing aids are the obvious solution. Unfortunately, age-related hearing loss is considered irreversible, with 17 percent of Americans over the age of 18 developing hearing loss, with a significant increase in those over 65 years of age. Hearing loss can also be caused by exposure to excessive amounts of earwax (more common in the elderly), but this problem can be easily treated with the help of a doctor or with earwax softening drops. Finally, certain medications can adversely affect your hearing.

Hearing is very connected with our other important sense - the sense of sight. All people have some degree of ability to read lips, and with hearing impairment, this ability is greatly exacerbated. If you look directly at your partner and focus on him, you can easily understand what he is talking about by lips, especially when minimizing ambient noise.

4. Attention

When it comes to improving attention, drugs appear on the list of potential solutions to the problem. But not everyone suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder and not everyone chooses to take medication. There are, however, a number of other things you can do to improve your focus.

Stress and lack of sleep are very detrimental to attention. The last problem can be quickly solved by increasing the amount of time you spend sleeping. Similarly, meditation has been shown to reduce stress, with immediate improvements in attention and perception.

For many people, video games are synonymous with distraction and fleeting sensations, but some games can demonstrate how you relate to the people around you and the environment, as well as how attentive you are. Such games were specifically designed to focus the participant's attention on an object and reward him/her if successful, which indicates positive results and resistance to impulsive behavior. Some games use specialized helmets that respond to the player's brainwaves.

3. Intuition

In recent years, the nebulous term "intuition" has become associated with Malcolm Gladwell's mega-bestselling book Blink: the power of thinking without thinking, in which he describes "rapid cognition" - instinctive judgments that turn out to be true. According to the author, many people hone their psychological skills to make hasty decisions that may seem instinctive, but in fact they are based on a very quick analysis of information. In addition, Gladwell says that such solutions are sometimes more accurate than extended rational analysis.

Gladwell's book has been heavily criticized by some scholars, but the book nonetheless discusses some useful points regarding the discussion of feelings. For example, the author describes in detail that feelings do not work separately, but are often intertwined, complementing and strengthening each other.

Similarly, the common belief that a blind person has more developed senses (especially hearing) is essentially wrong. Repeated studies have shown that blind people do not have innately sharper senses. Instead, the blind are often better able to use their experiences to express their feelings. For example, when moving around a room based on sensory perception or following a person's voice, the blind often some degree use intuition to make many quick and useful calculations. We are able to develop our intuition in order to help our senses work better.

2. Diet

When considering the relationship between diet and feelings, most of the things that general condition health, are also applicable here - this is a moderate balanced diet, plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables along with plenty of water. A diet rich in vitamins and antioxidants will help you maintain good vision and hearing. In addition, fruits with a high content of antioxidants also have a positive effect on vision.

Zinc, which is abundant in oysters but can also be found in multivitamins, has been found to help fight macular degeneration. The use of zinc also contributes to the development of strengthening olfactory abilities. It is worth noting that despite the fact that public opinion says that carrots improve eyesight, but that's not all. Because of their richness in vitamin A, carrots are certainly good for the eyes, but vitamin A is also found in dairy and meat products, and vitamin A from meat products is better absorbed by the body than from plant sources.

Finally, sometimes many nutritional supplements have a significant effect on the senses. For example, in 2002, a study was conducted, as a result of which experts found that high level food additive monosodium glutumate significantly damaged vision in rats.

1. Medications

Some recent experimental drugs promise to enhance our senses, but their efficacy and safety are still unclear. In one study published in the journal Science in 2004, researchers used amphetamines to stimulate a person's sense of touch and then measured the effect by touching thin needles with their fingertips. Experts believe the data could ultimately be used to help stroke victims who have lost sensation in their limbs.

As you know, ecstasy is known for its ability to significantly increase a person's tactile sensitivity, but this drug is illegal, considered extremely dangerous and does not have any medically useful properties.

As a rule, drugs that involve working with the senses are prescribed for those who already have problems of this kind and who have suffered from any sensory disorders. For example, medicated eye drops are given to a person who is already suffering from glaucoma. Prescribing the use of such drugs to people simply to stimulate this or that feeling is currently outside the ethical standards of medicine. Therefore, today you will be able to use these drugs only in case of a true medical need.

Marina Suzdaleva

Sensory perception systems, in particular, smell and taste- this is the real wealth that human nature has endowed. Literally from birth, the baby is already endowed with these capabilities, he distinguishes smells, can recognize the taste of salty, bitter, sweet or sour.

With the help of the senses, the child learns the properties of different objects and learns the world. Sensory development is very important in the formation of further observation, the ability to think creatively, in the development of logic and other skills.

How are human senses of smell and taste formed?

Not every parent thinks about the fact that the development of taste buds can lay the foundation for human culture. The formation of the taste of a small child begins with a culture of eating. During the meal, it is better to discard all problems and questions. For example, the development of taste can be affected by the fact that parents at the table discuss political news and various negative events. It is better to get rid of this habit for several reasons.

• Firstly, good digestion will benefit from a peaceful atmosphere, which, in turn, contributes.
• Secondly, it contributes to the development of a harmonious cultural personality.

Such children, having matured, are able to see beauty in the most ordinary things.

As for the formation of the sense of smell, various foods, seasonings, herbs, flowers, etc. will come to the rescue here. It is necessary to introduce the child to smells:

• coffee beans
• cocoa
• scent of your perfume
• pepper and more.

Interestingly, the child should be allowed to smell not only pleasant smells. To teach him to distinguish between “what is good and what is bad”, you should also pay attention to the various unpleasant odors that surround us in Everyday life. It can be a spoiled apple or something else that you don’t like the smell of at all.

Stimulation of taste and smell of the child

Acquaintance with the smells that surround the child at home is the simplest and easiest for parents. For example, take your child into the kitchen with you when you prepare meals or take a bath.

You can make your own bags, which you need to fill with different herbs, and let the child sniff them one by one. When doing this, be sure to say the name of what is inside the bag. You need to take such herbs or spices that have a pronounced smell:

Do you want to play with your child easily and with pleasure?

• vanilla
• cinnamon
• lavender
• Dill seeds
• basil
• seaweed, etc.

Do not be surprised if your child likes not the smell of cinnamon, but seaweed. Therefore, experiment and offer different smells, including those that do not seem very pleasant to you.

The only thing worth noting is that some herbs affect the human body and can cause headaches or allergies. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out such exercises carefully and monitor the reaction of the baby. You should also keep this in mind if you allow some flowers to be smelled. Also, various fruits, vegetables, bakery products, etc. are suitable as materials for this type of "training" of the sense of smell.

Food plays an important role in the development of taste. You can cut into pieces and offer them to your child for dessert or an afternoon snack. Name what he will take and eat. If the child is still small, you can choose some items for chewing, you just need to make sure that they are clean, they do not have small parts and fabric fibers. Little kids are very fond of constantly chewing and pulling something into their mouths, so they should like this activity.

Games for the development of smell and taste

1. Blindfold the child and give the child something to eat or smell. Then he must guess what you gave him.
2. Fill several bottles with different scents. You can use chocolate egg containers or shoe covers for this purpose (see mine). You can use spices, citrus zest, etc. Have your child describe the smell in each bottle. At first, it will most likely be difficult for him to pick up correct words so tell him yourself. Over time, the child will learn not only to distinguish smells, but also to describe them correctly, which will have a positive effect on his vocabulary.
3. Close your child's eyes and offer to smell two identical bottles.
4. Arrange different food products (bread, vegetables, fruits) and toilet items (soap, perfume, toothpaste) in glasses. Invite the child to determine by smell where edible and inedible foods are.
5. Suggest during the meal to determine by smell what the menu for today's lunch will be. Confirm the smell with the taste of the guessed dish.

Such games are quite simple, but at the same time quite exciting. Preparing for them will not take much time from parents, and there will certainly be benefits from classes.

Thus, in order to make a child's life more intense and interesting, it is not necessary to invent something very complicated, it is enough to draw his attention to the most ordinary everyday things that surround us more often.

The reasons for the loss of smell can be different. In humans, the mucous membrane covering the nasal septum may swell. This is due to the defeat of the body with an acute respiratory viral infection. Other factors:

• sinusitis;
• bacterial rhinitis;
• allergic rhinitis;
• deviated nasal septum;
• nasal polyps.

Anosmia is sometimes caused by negative changes in the mucous membrane, provided that the olfactory cilia are immersed in the secret.

Violations appear with the destruction of the neuroepithelium responsible for the sense of smell. This is due to the progression of acute infections of a viral nature. Other factors associated with inhalation chemical substances that have a toxic effect.

In the absence of smell in some patients, the disease can be triggered by a cranial injury, in which there is a fracture of the very base of the cranial fossa (in front). The causes are tumors of a different nature, neurosurgical manipulations, the use of neurotoxic drugs, congenital diseases, for example, Kallmann's syndrome.

The violation is often provoked by damage to the receptors that are located in the organs responsible for smell, in the pathways. This change is a complication of many diseases. The problem is associated with poisoning with toxic substances. These include: nicotine, morphine, atropine.

Deviation can acquire a stable form. It is called hyposmia. Such a transformation is caused by nasal polyps, tumors of a malignant or benign nature, and a deviated nasal septum.

During the diagnosis, it is possible to establish the factors that provoke the problem:

1. The olfactory pathways are not sufficiently developed.
2. Due to bruises, blows, due to a fall on the occipital region of the head, as a result of which the bulbs and olfactory pathways are destroyed.
3. Inflammatory processes affecting the sinuses of the ethmoid bone.
4. Inflammation associated with the soft adjacent cerebral surface, surrounding areas.
5. Tumors are median, other volumetric formations.
6. Smoking.
7. Negative transformations associated with the aging process of the body.
8. Exposure to toxins (meth acrylate, cadmium, acrylate).
9. Parkinson's disease.
10. Dementia with Lewy bodies.
11. Alzheimer's disease.

A simple solution to the problem

If you need to return a normal sense of smell after a runny nose, it is enough to turn to traditional medicine recipes that have been tested and give positive results. Doing at home special exercise, which is associated with variable relaxation and tension of the nasal wings.

Performing such a manipulation, you must strictly adhere to the established methodology. The tension time should not exceed the relaxation period. Manipulation is performed during the day, several times are enough. Exercise is done every day until there is a noticeable improvement and the normal state is restored.

Parallel treatment of colds, loss of smell with a runny nose and restoration of the sense of smell can be carried out by washing.

For the procedure of washing out mucus from the sinuses, along with the infection, salt water is used.

To prepare a solution, it is necessary to dilute 1 tsp in 200 ml of boiled water. sea ​​salt. You can use table salt. During the manipulation, it is necessary to close one of the nostrils with a finger, and retract the other slowly salt water. The procedure is carried out carefully, without haste. This therapy is ideal for patients with childhood, it effectively copes with the lack of smell. A few drops of iodine are added to 200 ml of the solution.

It will be possible to restore normal sense of smell thanks to the use of essential oil. It is necessary to pour water into an enameled container (200 ml will be needed), then it must be boiled. 3 tablespoons are added to the resulting liquid. freshly squeezed lemon juice and 5 drops of essential oil. For these purposes, use lemon balm, mint or lavender oil. The resulting therapeutic composition is ready for inhalation.

Above the container, you need to lower your head and inhale the steam through your nose. A positive result can be achieved by performing the procedure within 2-3 days. So the patient not only gets rid of the problem that has arisen, but also treats rhinitis. Inhalations should not be stopped as soon as the condition improves. Be sure to carry out additional 1-2 manipulations to consolidate the effect.

If there is no sense of smell, aroma lamps should be used. They need to be combined with various essential oils. Suitable oils are lavender, orange, mint, rosemary, lemon balm, tangerine. Oils that evaporate can be easily inhaled, so the action happens at a rapid pace.

Before starting a therapeutic effect, you need to consult a doctor. Some essential oils can trigger allergies in people.

Effective means

You can perfectly restore your sense of smell and get rid of progressive rhinitis with freshly squeezed lemon juice or cyclamen. It is allowed to use the tool in several ways. Juice should be instilled with a pipette 4 times a day. Another option is to draw in the juice through the nostrils. It is necessary to be treated every day without passes. The therapeutic course is 2-3 days.

With a cold, menthol oil is characterized by a high degree of effectiveness. It is instilled into each of the nasal passages. It is possible to significantly increase the level of effectiveness and accelerate the onset of positive changes due to the lubrication of the outer side of the nose.

In practice, a high benefit from the treatment of rhinitis with propolis has been proven. It is easy to make an ointment for lubricating the nasal passages from it at home. For this you need:

These ingredients are placed in a convenient container and thoroughly mixed in a water bath until a homogeneous consistency of the composition is achieved. It is permissible to use cotton swabs for restorative purposes. They are dipped in ointment and put into the nasal cavity. The procedure takes minutes. Such a therapeutic event should be carried out 2 times a day.

If the sense of smell is lost, the patient will be able to return it at no extra cost. You will need sugar beet juice and natural honey. Freshly squeezed beetroot juice is diluted with a small amount of liquid honey, the components are thoroughly mixed.

The composition is used for instillation into the nasal cavity. It is necessary to be treated until a significant improvement in the condition occurs. To achieve the effect as soon as possible, the number of procedures is increased to 5. If necessary, you can use cotton pads or small pieces of cotton, which, together with the product, are placed in the nostrils for a minute.

After a runny nose, fresh celandine is often used for restorative purposes, from which juice is squeezed. It must be instilled in both nostrils, a few drops. The time interval between procedures can be 2 hours.

Garlic juice will help get rid of anosmia. It has a positive effect when there is a loss of smell with a cold. Juice must be diluted in water. For this, 10 servings of water are taken for 1 serving of juice. Cotton swabs are impregnated with the composition. They are injected into each of the nasal passages for 15 minutes. The number of procedures is 2-3 per day. To feel the smell again and overcome rhinitis allows the bactericidal action of garlic.

Options for different methods

Whether a decrease in smell has occurred, a person will be able to check on his own. To do this, you need to inhale the aroma of any soap. If there are no problems, then the person feels it well. If there is no smell, then it cannot be felt. The development of hypoxia is evidenced by the inability to smell the vinegar smell of varying degrees of strength.

If you have any doubts, you should consult a doctor who will be able to promptly provide help you need, preventing the development of deterioration. Correct diagnosis of the causes of negative changes is important for patients at any age. The method and features of therapy will depend on this.

In some cases, it is possible to cope with the deviation with folk remedies. good recipe- a mixture of thoroughly washed river sand and table salt. The ingredients are taken in the same amount. The resulting mass is laid out in a pan, then the container is placed on the stove.

First, the mixture is dried, then its temperature is brought to 50°C. After that, you need to pour the composition into a specially prepared fabric bag, which is then tied. The filled bag is applied to the bridge of the nose (20 minutes). The therapeutic course consists of 9 procedures. They can be done every day or with a break of 1 day.

We restore normal breathing and the perception of smells and tastes in the following way: grease a coin (you can take 5 kopecks) with natural liquid honey, attach it to the middle of the back of the nose. So that the coin does not fall and does not move, it is fixed with an adhesive plaster.

It is best to use an old copper coin. The procedure should be performed daily, its duration is half an hour. In most cases, a full recovery will require at least 15 treatments.

It will be possible to restore health thanks to a small aluminum plate. It must be thoroughly rinsed, then wiped dry and glued with a plaster to the bridge of the nose. It is better to perform such a manipulation before going to bed in order to leave the plate with all night. It is realistic to overcome the problem and achieve restoration of the olfactory function after 3 procedures.

After the flu, you can use the following mixture:

Water must be preheated to a temperature of 50°C. After that, juice is added to it and mixed thoroughly. The resulting composition should be soaked with a piece of gauze or cotton fabric. It is applied to the entire nasal surface. The procedure takes approximately 6 minutes. The duration of the treatment course is 10 procedures that are performed every day without gaps.

Other easy recipes

After the flu, during self-treatment, patients can use the Vietnamese Golden Star balm. The closed container with the product should be left in direct sunlight for 2-3 hours. Thus, the composition is heated. After that, it should be rubbed into the back of the nose and into the middle part of the forehead. To achieve the desired effect, it is enough to perform 7-10 procedures daily.

When hypoxia appeared, it is necessary to do warming up with a blue lamp. If there is no such device at home, it is allowed to use a conventional desktop electrical appliance, the main thing is that the power of the light bulb is 40 watts. The patient must wear sunglasses. The lampshade is removed from the lamp. The head should be tilted back. This will allow light to enter the nasal cavity. The optimal distance from the nose to the lamp is a length of 25 cm.

If a person does not smell, quartz will help. A small piece of quartz should be placed in a glass vessel, such as a jar, and left in a sunny place for 3 hours so that the stone warms up well. The stone must be placed on the nose. The treatment session should last for 20 minutes. We must ensure that the stone does not move. To do this, it is additionally fixed or fixed, held with fingers.

Important aspects of therapy

Not in all cases, it is possible to cope with the disease without the qualified help of specialists. This may apply to older people or situations associated with serious pathological processes. In a medical institution, the loss of smell and taste, provoked by diseases of the mucous surface, is treated through special measures. Among them are the following:

1. Elimination of factors of exogenous and endogenous origin, which not only cause, but also support pathology.
2. The use of a complex of specially selected drugs in each individual case, which relieve rhinitis.
3. Carrying out physiotherapy.
4. Implementation of physiotherapy.
5. Surgical intervention in the body, if there are indications for this or an emergency.

The most important thing is that the treatment of ENT diseases is painless. It is possible to achieve positive results due to the correct impact on the totality of all links of pathogenesis. Due to this effect, patients begin to feel positive changes in the process of nasal breathing, the olfactory function is gradually restored.

If washing is carried out, irrigation of the mucous membrane of the nasal sinuses with the use of specially selected medicines, the nasal passages are optimally cleansed. All pus, toxic substances, causative agents of allergic reactions are removed from the mucous membranes of the nose, sinuses. It is possible to fully restore the drainage properties.

Be sure to combine the entire set of necessary sanitizing procedures with a course of immunomodulatory therapy. It is selected individually for each person. Normalization of the functioning of the immune system allows you to achieve a full recovery in short term. At the same time, the treatment process is simplified, since the body itself can fight the causative agent of the disease.

If complex and timely therapy is carried out, it will be possible not only to restore the function, but also to ensure a stable, long-term remission.

Professional help

When the sense of smell disappears, it is considered a rather difficult problem. Consultation with a specialist is needed in order to accurately understand the causes and eliminate the likelihood of complications.

To restore the ability of nasal breathing, the nasal cavity is sanitized. After that, the doctor prescribes therapy for the paranasal sinuses. Based on the severity of the disease, a drug effect on the body or the use of sparing surgical methods of treatment is provided.

When deterioration in olfactory function is associated with a respiratory disease, conservative treatment is recommended. It consists of the mechanical removal of obstructions in the nasal cavity that do not allow air to pass freely.

Often, a positive effect can be achieved only after the treatment of the underlying disease. When there are polyps, they can only be removed surgically. Allergies are treated with symptomatic medicines.

Sometimes anosmia is caused by organic lesions of the central nervous system, trauma, viruses, infections in children. The prognosis in most cases is unfavorable. With a traumatic illness, a persistent character is usually observed. Normalization or a significant improvement in the current situation is achieved only in 10% of patients from the total number.

Irreversible processes cannot be treated. This is due to age characteristics. If the olfactory nerves are damaged, methods effective elimination there are no conversions.

Faced with the violation in question, it is best to seek qualified help immediately. Based on the examination and the results obtained, the doctor will help determine the most in a suitable way actions. It is important not to harm your own health and not provoke complications by self-medication.

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How to restore the sense of smell and what to do at home

The sense of smell is one of the main sense organs that every person is endowed with. It is noteworthy that we begin to recognize odors immediately after birth, but with age this sensation gradually dulls and this is considered a physiological norm. But a sharp loss of this feeling can unsettle for a long time. A person who has lost his sense of smell becomes nervous, irritable and angry. And this is not surprising, because the dysfunction of the sense organs leads to a malfunction in the work of other organs and systems of our body, including the brain and central nervous system.

In this article, we will figure out what to do if the sense of smell is gone, how to restore it at home and prevent it from happening again.

When we lose our sense of smell

Having lost the ability to recognize smells, a person immediately begins to wonder why the sense of smell has disappeared. The reasons for this are as follows:

If a lack of smell is recorded, the reasons for this are somehow related to the work of the nose. Since it is he who is the main organ that provides a person with this feeling. And swelling of the mucous membrane can cause its dysfunction. Quite often, the missing sense of smell indicates the imminent onset of rhinitis, and sometimes the fact that the scent has disappeared is already detected at the stage of recovery. Below we will consider options for how to return the sense of smell with folk remedies, ways to restore the scent and the procedure for checking its sharpness.

Types of loss of smell

Smell impairment can be of two types:

• Hyposmia, characterized by a decrease in scent;
• Anosmia, in which the sense of smell is completely absent.

These two types of disorders significantly reduce the quality of life. They do not allow a normal perception of the world and negatively affect nervous system. That is why it is necessary to restore this lost function as soon as possible. To do this, there are several methods and methods, both traditional and non-traditional, including folk, medicine.

Ways to restore the sense of smell

If the sense of smell is lost after a cold, the attending physician will tell you what to do best. Most likely, he will prescribe local drugs, which are traditional vasoconstrictors, such as naphthyzinum, farmazolin and others. But they should not be abused.

Long-term use of vasoconstrictors threatens with the opposite effect. They can provoke even more swelling of the mucosa, which will delay the recovery of the scent and cause increased irritability of the patient.

It is possible to take measures to return the full functionality of the nose even before recovery. Any practitioner can tell how to restore taste and smell during a cold. You can do this at home using steam baths or wet inhalations with a nebulizer. They are designed to soften the mucus in the nasal passages and in deeper sections, which will contribute to its speedy removal to the outside.

You can use both ordinary water vapor and steam from a decoction of medicinal herbs. It is necessary to carry out such procedures three times a day, on average, for 20 minutes. You need to inhale the healing steam through your nose, and exhale through your mouth. Such a method will be effective, both at the very beginning of a cold, and during its height.

Quite often, when asked what to do if the sense of smell and taste are gone, our mothers and grandmothers recommend turning to a traditional medicine guide, which offers a number of recipes to restore this feeling.

It should be noted that many "grandmother's" methods aimed at returning the sense of smell are capable of simultaneously removing the symptoms of a common disease that caused such a violation of the sensitivity of the nose. It is best if, before starting to use them, you get a competent consultation from a doctor who will be well aware of all the objective reasons for the loss of smell. Both treatment after a cold and rehabilitation recovery after surgery in the nasal cavity suggest a complete restoration of the functionality of the nose and its olfactory receptors.

Let's return to traditional medicine. The first thing that is proposed to restore the olfactory function is inhalation. Below are some popular recipes that can be used even after the flu:

• Inhalation of basil oil applied to a tissue;
• Steam inhalation with eucalyptus essential oil;
• Inhalation with an aqueous solution of lemon juice with lavender and mint oils.

In addition to inhalations, to restore the scent, you can use the instillation of the nose with a mixture of camphor and menthol oils. And, of course, popular in our country, inhalation of boiled potato steam, with which we usually treat all types of ENT diseases. In case of loss of smell, this "grandmother's" method works great.

Folk ways

Other folk methods for restoring the lost scent will be:

• Warming up the nasal areas with a blue lamp;
• Periodic stress and relaxation facial muscles nose
• Washing the nasal passages with saline;
• Attaching metal coins smeared with honey to the bridge of the nose;
• Inhalation of a mixture of powdered medicinal herbs - lily of the valley, chamomile, mint and cumin;
• Regular inhalation of a pungent odor;
• Introduction to the nasal passages of therapeutic turundas soaked in mint oil mixed with alcohol tincture of propolis;
• Ingestion of sage decoction, which is effective medicine in many diseases of the ENT organs.

With regular use of at least a few of the above folk methods the effect will be obvious. With their help, you can regain your sense of smell even a few years after its loss.

How to test your sense of smell

If you find that you have no sense of smell and taste, we have already told what to do in the first place. Now it remains only to act and try to return the lost scent as quickly as possible. And after the olfactory receptors are slightly restored, it is recommended to check their work. And you can do it at home. To do this, you will need to conduct a special test, the essence of which will be to distinguish between the nose of a variety of odors.

This test will consist of several stages, and at each of them the task will become more and more complicated. So, at the first stage, you will need to distinguish the smells of three different objects, for example, laundry soap, alcohol and valerian drops. At the second stage, the task can be complicated and offered to distinguish between sugar and salt by smell. After that, more complex smells will be subject to recognition - burnt matches, chocolate, coffee beans, etc.

People with a healthy sense of smell pass a similar test without problems. But if in the process of passing it you have difficulties or you are mistaken in recognizing the aroma, we recommend that you urgently visit a doctor. The sooner a decrease in scent is detected, the easier it will be to restore it later.

Conclusion

Many mistakenly believe that the sense of smell is not such an important sense as, for example, sight and hearing. But this is far from true. For the harmonious development of the personality and the state of health, it is extremely important that all the sense organs that a person has are in working order. Otherwise, there is a high probability of developing neurosis, psychosis, apathy and depression. Therefore, if you find yourself having problems with your sense of smell, they need to be addressed as soon as possible.

Hello. And if I lost my sense of smell after a cold or after an allergy to dust (doctors cannot determine it), how can I train it? The methods described above and those suggested in the video do not work. How to be?

Hello! I lost my sense of smell after ARVI more than 3 months ago, I don’t distinguish any smells. Where to go and what to do? ENT and Neurologist shrug. Nobody knows what to do. Thanks.

I lost my sense of smell after the flu. Not for nothing they say that he has a lot of consequences. Now I understand what a fool I was when I decided not to get vaccinated and not to wear a barrier reef, I thought the flu would not affect me, but now I'm clearing up ..

I didn't have a sense of smell for over a month. The neuropathologist prescribed injections of milgama and neuromedin every other day. By the end of the course, I began to distinguish smells. But it hasn't fully recovered yet.

I would put salt and sugar on the 3rd most difficult stage))).

The sense of smell was gone for a long time. Doctors can’t help with anything. At first they diagnosed allergic rhinitis, then sinusitis, and now polyposis and supposedly because of this the sense of smell disappeared. Please advise what to do. I’m on the verge. I’m very upset.

already a month since the sense of smell was gone, which doctor should I go to? Help.

I have the same problem. I'm about to go in for a nose wash. For some reason, it seems to me that my entire frontal sinus is clogged, don’t understand what (

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How to get your sense of smell back when you have a cold

Colds in most cases go away with rhinitis, the consequence of which is the loss of smell. A person does not smell, does not feel taste. What to do and how to return the sense of smell?

Briefly about the sense of smell

The inability to distinguish odors is the result of colds, after which the runny nose was not treated for a long time. There are other reasons for the loss of smell. These are head injuries and damage to the nasal septum in the form of its curvature and fractures, the appearance of polyps in the nose and smoking, the inhalation of harmful chemicals and the appearance of neoplasms.

Lack of smell as a congenital defect is very rare. Doctors distinguish such disorders in the differentiation of odors: anosmia and hyposmia. With the latter, the sense of smell is weakened either temporarily or periodically. But with anosmia, the ability to distinguish any aromas is generally lost.

Restoring the sense of smell with folk remedies

The piggy bank of traditional medicine has many tips for restoring the sense of smell after a cold. For example, good exercise serves alternate tension and relaxation of the wings of the nose. But at the same time, the period of tension should be longer than relaxation. The exercise should be repeated several times throughout the day, and do so daily until the condition improves and the sense of smell is restored.

For the treatment of a runny nose and at the same time to restore the sense of smell, washing the sinuses with salt water is recommended. To do this, in a glass of warm boiled water, a teaspoon of table salt (and preferably sea salt) is diluted. Next, one nostril should be covered with a finger, and the second should be drawn in salt water slowly, carefully. It should be noted that the procedure is good for the treatment of children. You can also add 2 drops of iodine to a glass of water.

The use of essential oils will also help you cope with the restoration of your sense of smell. To do this, boil a glass of water in an enameled container, add one or two tablespoons of lemon juice and 2-3 drops of mint, lemon balm, lavender essential oils (optional) to the liquid. You need to bend over this therapeutic composition and breathe, drawing in the vapors with your nose. This procedure will help in 2-3 days to restore the sense of smell and cure rhinitis.

Do not stop inhaling immediately when you feel relief. Do a few more manipulations to consolidate the effect.

An excellent remedy for stopping rhinitis and restoring the sense of smell is cyclamen or lemon juice. Apply them by the usual retraction of the nostrils or instillation with a pipette 2 drops 4 times a day daily for several days.

The use of menthol oil also gives a good effect. It is instilled into the nasal passages, 3 drops each, and to increase the effect, the nose is lubricated from the outside.

Propolis is a very effective and proven remedy for treating rhinitis and restoring the sense of smell. You can prepare an ointment based on propolis at home and lubricate the nasal passages with it. So, you need to take a teaspoon of propolis, three teaspoons of butter and olive oil. All components are combined in a water bath until homogeneous. You can soak cotton swabs in this ointment and put in your nose for a minute. Such manipulation is recommended to be carried out twice a day.

One of the most effective means restore the sense of smell is beetroot juice, diluted with honey. It is instilled into the nose during the day 3-5 times or, again, cotton swabs are moistened and inserted into the nostrils.

Fresh celandine juice is often used to restore the lost sense of smell. It is recommended to instill two or three drops into each nostril every two hours.

Garlic juice will also help you regain your lost sense of smell during a runny nose. It is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10, soaked in cotton swabs and injected into the nose for a minute 2-3 times a day. The bactericidal properties of garlic will help to quickly cure rhinitis and smell again.

Aroma lamps help to restore the work of the receptors of the nose. They should be used with essential oils of orange and mint, lavender and lemon balm, mandarin and rosemary. Evaporating oils are perfectly inhaled, the healing effect is achieved quickly. It should be noted that some of the above oils can cause allergies.

Simple remedies to restore the sense of smell

A common and very unpleasant phenomenon is the loss of smell. The inability to distinguish odors is a consequence of past colds, after which a runny nose is not treated for a long time. The mucous membrane of the sinuses swells due to the fact that there is an abundant secretion of secretions, which often accompanies rhinitis, sinusitis, SARS. Other reasons why the sense of smell may disappear are head injuries, mechanical damage to the nasal septum (its fracture, curvature), the formation of polyps in the sinuses, smoking, inhalation of toxic and chemical substances, and the formation of tumors.

Much less common is a congenital lack of smell, which is almost impossible to treat. Doctors distinguish 2 types of disorders with a difference in odors: hyposmia and anosmia. With hyposmia, the sense of smell is weakened temporarily or periodically, and with anosmia, a person generally ceases to distinguish any aromas. They also distinguish cacosmia, in which an incorrect perception of aromas occurs (more often indicates tumor formations).

In folk medicine, available and simple means to restore the sense of smell.

Along with taking medication prescribed by the doctor, folk remedies complement the course of treatment and help you quickly return to a full life.

A useful exercise to restore the sense of smell is the following action: you need to strain your nose, then relax, holding it in a tense state for at least a second. You need to repeat the exercise for at least a week.

And to restore the sense of smell, and to treat a runny nose, it is recommended to rinse the nose with salted water. To do this, take 250 ml of warm water, dilute a pinch of salt in it (enough on the tip of a knife), stir well. Covering one nostril with your finger, try to draw water in the second nostril so that it reaches the very larynx. Draw in the water slowly, carefully. This procedure is well suited for children with colds. For the same procedures, you can use other simple means - sea water or water diluted with salt and iodine. For a glass of warm water, you need 1 tsp. salt and 8-9 drops of iodine.

To restore the sense of smell at home, you can carry out the following procedure: boil a glass of water in an enameled container, pour in 1 tbsp. lemon juice, add 1-2 drops of lavender or mint essential oil. You need to breathe deeply over the resulting composition, alternately covering each nostril in turn. For recovery, it is desirable to carry out at least 10 procedures.

Well restores the sense of smell and strengthens the immune system juice of cyclamen or lemon. They can simply be gently pulled into the sinuses.

Menthol oil can be instilled into the nose (3-4 drops each), at the same time lubricating the nose and whiskey with oil.

Propolis and simple products made from it have an excellent therapeutic effect. It will take 1 tsp. propolis, 3 tsp vegetable and 3 tsp. butter (pre-melted). Mix all components well to get a homogeneous mass. Soak cotton or gauze swabs in it. These tampons need to lay the nostrils, leaving a minute. This procedure should be carried out 2 times a day - in the morning and before bedtime.

Quickly restore the sense of smell helps juice made from beet leaves (100 g) and 1 tsp. honey.

Pour a few tablespoons of vinegar into a hot frying pan. When the evaporation process begins, the vapors must be carefully inhaled. With this procedure, it is important to protect the eyes from the ingress of evaporating vinegar.

From medicinal herbs, you can make a powder that will help to restore the sense of smell. Take mint, lily of the valley, cumin, marjoram, chamomile. You can and should take the flowers and leaves of the plant. Dry herbs well, grind into powder, which then needs to be inhaled through the nostrils. From the same herbal collection, you can prepare a remedy for inhalation at home. Herbs must be taken in equal proportions, the total volume is 2 tbsp. Pour two cups of boiling water over low heat for 10 minutes. Then remove the resulting product from the fire, breathe over the pan for a minute. Repeat the process for a week.

It is useful to restore the lost or weakened sense of smell to use the juice of fresh celandine. In each nostril you need to drip a drop every minute 3 times. Cabbage juice has the same healing effect. Garlic can also be used for nasal instillation. Fresh garlic juice is diluted with warm water in a ratio of 1:20. If you use onion juice for this procedure, then it is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:50. To enhance the effect in the absence of allergies, it is recommended to add a few drops of natural honey.

For general strengthening the immune system and the treatment of the common cold, it is useful to take milk to which sage is added (1 tablespoon of sage for 1 glass of milk).

At home, you can do the following medical procedure. In hot water (from 37 to 42 degrees), you need to hold your hands for 10 minutes. As the water cools, add hot water. Such warming allows you to quickly relieve a runny nose and eventually restore your sense of smell.

Ordinary aroma lamps, which can be placed in rooms and turned on during the day and night, will also help restore the functioning of the receptors. Evaporating essential oils are well inhaled, and a healing effect is quickly achieved. With the help of essential oils, you can also do a light massage of the bridge of the nose, back, arms and legs. Oils tend to quickly absorb into the skin and then enter the bloodstream. This is how a general strengthening effect occurs, and when the bridge of the nose is massaged, the effect is directly on the sore spot. Massage procedures can be done every day, choosing the essential oil to which you do not have an allergic reaction.

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I had this problem after a bad cold.

The distortion of smell was expressed as follows: the smell of onions seemed to me to be the smell of perfume, and other pleasant smells changed to disgusting to the point of nausea. I had this condition for almost a year. Then it went away on its own.

HOW TO RESTORE YOUR SMELL

Distinguish between hyposmia - a weakening of the sense of smell, and anosmia - the absence of smell, the inability to distinguish odors.

With anosmia, which occurs more often after suffering colds, it is required to treat the underlying disease (sinusitis, frontal sinusitis, etc.). In the same time ethnoscience offers a range of effective means to restore the sense of smell.

It is necessary to learn how to strain and relax the muscles of the nose (keep them tense for at least 1 minute). Do this exercise for 10 days.

The well-known yogic procedure helps well - drawing warm salted water into the nose (add salt on the tip of a knife to a glass of water). Close one nostril with your finger, and slowly draw in water with the open nostril until it is in the throat. Repeat the procedure with the other nostril. There are 10 procedures in total.

Rub the slightly warmed Golden Star balm into the back of the nose and into the middle of the forehead. The course of treatment procedures.

Wash a small aluminum plate, wipe dry and attach with adhesive tape overnight. The effect will be already after three procedures.

Rinse your nose sea ​​water or salted water with iodine (in a glass of warm water, take 8 drops of iodine and 1 dessert

Prepare linen bags, into which to pour river water heated in a frying pan.

sand with common salt (1:1). Temperature 50 degrees, apply bags for a minute. Do the procedures daily or every other day.

Heat a glass of water to 50 degrees, add 10 drops of lemon juice and cologne to it. Soak gauze with the solution and apply it over the nose for a minute. The course of treatment - 10 daily procedures.

Fix with a plaster on the back of the nose copper coins until 1961, smeared with honey. Keep at least 30 minutes.

The result will be post-daily treatments.

Pour a glass of water into an enamel saucepan, bring to a boil, add drops of lemon juice and 1 drop

Mix and sniff 3 times a day chamomile flowers, marjoram, lily of the valley flowers, cumin and mint. A course of treatment for a week. Keep the mixture in a sealed container.

Somehow I thought about how to make my memory work better and not have to turn to specialists to remember the most important points in life.

And I realized that it is necessary to use all channels of perception - vision, hearing, smell, taste, sensations, feelings - then the events will leave a vivid trace in the memory.

Moreover, such memories are treasures for the soul.

The perception of events with all senses allows you to live life to the fullest, and it is they who turn simple moments life in jewels.

In this article, I would like to suggest ways how to develop 5 senses, improve the perception of information and saturate life with new emotions.

I propose to start every day under the motto: I open this wonderful world around!

You need to pay attention and do a little research.

Developing the 5 Senses: 5 Simple and Effective Exercises

1. Development of visual perception: please the eyes

Remember the expression "the eye rejoices"? This is usually said when it's nice to look at something.

It is important to please yourself and expand your visual perception. These may not be new things, but when you begin to consciously pay attention to things - their volume, color, texture, unusualness and uniqueness - this turns on the reaction in the brain

“yeah, how many different things I see” - “seeing is wonderful!”

Ask yourself: what pleases my eyes? What do I enjoy looking at?

It can also be a beautiful sunset when the sun glows crimson.

And how the river flows, bypassing the rapids.

And the movement of ears of wheat in the field.

In addition, to develop visual perception, notice the details of the world around you:

• what is the name of the seller in the store,
• how many columns are at the building you pass by to work,
• what pattern is laid out tiles in the store.

The question is different: how to return the joy and spring of life?

Let's think, if the center of sensory perception is our heart, then the antennas that saturate it are our fingers, skin, ears, eyes, nose, tongue.

This means that the more we please ourselves, allow us to see and hear the beautiful, discover the whole range of tastes and smells for ourselves, the more we feel this world, we feel happy.

Why pay attention to your feelings?

Feelings are what make up the experience of the soul and the richness of our lives.

Feelings are directly related to memory. Feelings are the instrument of the soul. What stays with us from life to life.

They influence us so much that it is sometimes difficult to remember childhood for those who have a lot of pain and experiences, memory blocks such memories, works as a fuse.

The good news: the sensory perception of life can be returned.

Remember what you loved to do as a child, and what brought a lot of joy, fun and enthusiasm?

Immerse yourself in childhood memories and look at the world in a new way with childish spontaneity and the excitement of a researcher.

I would like to finally quote one thinker:

Whoever can fill every moment with deep content, infinitely prolongs his life.

P.S. I am sure you will find practical application of this information.

I would be grateful if you share the article with your friends.

Write what feeling you will develop today.