Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Stress Hacks | Why Everyone Loves the Smell of Pine Trees

5 Aug 2024 · 0 min

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A short YouTube clip by Aaron Hartman, MD explaining why natural scents—especially pine—can calm the nervous system because trees release plant-based aromatic chemicals into the air (a form of aromatherapy). The clip also briefly mentions brain-retraining approaches and technologies such as braintap, which uses light and sound to help rewire regulatory parts of the brain and promote calm.

That's really interesting as well. If you're outdoors, a lot of the sense and natural sense of smells are actually a type of aromatherapy or plant based chemicals that are actually released in the air. Especially pine, if you're on pine trees, which is one reason why people like the smell of pine. But again, something super powerful to help calm your nerves and calm you down. And there's brain retraining. There's a whole host of ways to retrain your brain. Lots of them are technologies, whether it's using something like a braintap. Braintap is a technology that uses on both light and sounds. Actually helps rewire your brain, helps calm down some of the regulatory parts of your brain.