When the candles are lit up...

A few months ago, my capstone research group started giving their ideas for the output of our project. Out of all ideas shared, we all ended up making—scented candles.

There are moments in our life when we'll get anxious over things we never thought we would. We feel stressed out when everything becomes overwhelming. It even affects our sleep, where we lay down on our bed—sometimes—overthinking about a lot of things. It could get hard to endure, but we still try to hang on. No matter how difficult it may be.

But... what if there's something that could light up our darkest night?

During the first semester, my groupmate suggested scented candles as our product while incorporating Rauwolfia serpentina as its primary ingredient for our capstone research. Throughout the study, we have learned a lot of things involving the usage of the serpentina plant as both medicine capsules and herbal medicine. It is said to be helpful in high blood pressure and diabetes. In further research, we found out that serpentina plant contains alkaloids and reserpine, which can help ease anxiety, stress, and insomnia.

On the other hand, research says that scented candles have psychological effects that light someone else's mood and feel relaxed due to their aromatherapy contents. Through this connection, the group deemed this research worthy to identify the effectiveness of Rauwolfia serpentina as an herbal scented candle in relieving anxiety, stress, and insomnia.

The objectives of this project are:

• To create a Rauwolfia serpentina herbal scented candle that can be a remedy for anxiety and insomnia.

• To identify the effectiveness of Rauwolfia serpentina as an herbal scented candle.

• To help promote the use of organic materials.

With this, our capstone research aims to help people who are currently experiencing anxiety, stress, and sleeping problems and ease these problems just by lighting up a scented candle.

Hence, when the candles lit up...

We hope we helped ease someone else's troubles through this study.