Lavender oil and its effectiveness in anxiety symptoms

Studies prove that using aromatherapy with lavender oil generates reduction of anxiety, sedative, antidepressant, soothing, antispasmodic, analgesic and healing effects. A fact occurs due to the inhibitory action on hypothalamic-hypophysis-adrenal axis, which results in release cortisol, stress hormone. Promoting, other hand, serotonin, generating a feeling pleasure well-being. Thus, present study aimed, through an integrative literature review, describe effects use treatment anxiety. The psychological inhaling occur conscious perception, belief expectation. Meanwhile, pharmacological modulation cyclic activity adenosine monophosphate (reduction sedation) inhibition glutamate binding (sedative effects). is considered safe, except for rare allergic reactions, can be beneficial patients anxiety reduce antipsychotic drugs.