Smelling incense is a very broad word. We can smell the fragrance during tea ceremony or wine tasting, but today we only introduce several common fragrances and their benefits to human body.

1. Apple: Restrain the craving for snacks. Dr Allen Hirsch, a psychologist at the Chicago Smell and Taste Therapy Foundation, found that overweight people can lose weight by smelling bananas, apples and mint when they want to eat.

2. Orange or lavender: Calm the mood. Austrian researchers have found that smelling oranges and lavender can make people feel positive, reduce anxiety and tend to be calm.

3. Rosemary: It helps to learn new things. A new study by Northumbria University found that 48 college students performed better and were more alert in memory tests after smelling rosemary. Researchers say that when you think of something, smell rosemary and your memory will be better.

4. Lavender or mint: painkiller. The research of new york University Medical Center found that spraying lavender oil on anesthesia mask can significantly reduce the use of surgical anesthetics and postoperative analgesics. A study by the American Welling Jesus University and German headache experts found that lavender or mint can relieve headache and also relieve pain.

5. Essential oil: relieve dysmenorrhea. Korean studies have found that massaging the abdomen with essential oil for 0/5 minutes a day one week before menstruation can reduce the pain of dysmenorrhea by half.

6. Baby powder: Improve sexual desire. The latest research shows that the fragrance of baby powder, cucumber and licorice can increase vaginal blood flow by 13% and enhance women's sexual desire. Pumpkin pie and lavender have similar effects.

7. grapefruit: I feel young. Studies have found that fresh grapefruit flavor can make people feel younger and more energetic.

8. Peppermint oil: Fitness is more powerful. A study by Welling Jesus University in the United States found that the fragrance of mint can make basketball players feel more energetic, faster, more effective and more confident.

9. Lavender: Sleep is sweeter. Early studies have found that lavender can help people fall into deep sleep. Recent studies in Britain and South Korea have found that lavender flowers can also help relieve mild insomnia. Spraying lavender essential oil on the bed before going to bed can make you sleep better.