Background Most pregnant women suffer from nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) as one of the common discomforts compelling women to increasingly turn to herbal medications for help, including lemon inhalation aromatherapy as investigated in the current systematic review and meta-analysis. We aimed to evaluate the effect of aromatherapy on relieving nausea and vomiting during pregnancy....

conclusions inhalation aromatherapy is an effective method for reducing the heart rate and the level of anxiety in patients before cabg surgery. given that the physiological and psychological health of patients are important responsibilities for nurses, aromatherapy can be considered a safe and effective relaxation method before invasive interventions. learning this method is recommended for st...

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of aromatherapy as a low-cost, non-invasive intervention for reducing exam anxiety in college students and improving their academic performance. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted among 270 pharmacy from different years, who were divided into three distinct groups. Exam assessed using Sarason questionnaire at baseline af...

The birth of a baby should bring joy, but for some women giving can be stressful so that it has physical, social, and psychological impact. One the aspects affect postpartum is anxiety. Non-pharmacological therapies used are massage therapy, acupuncture, acupressure, music yoga, tai chi, hypnotherapy, prayer aromatherapy. Aromatherapy often includes sandalwood, jasmine, basil, cloves, lavender,...

With therapeutic properties based on their chemical composition, essential oils—extracts from herbs, flowers, and other plant materials—have been used to treat symptoms and diseases for thousands of years. However, the term aromatherapy was not used until French chemist Gattefosse published a text in 1936. Clinical aromatherapy is defined as the use of essential oils for therapeutic purposes th...

Coping with symptoms of stress and anxiety is a challenging experience and continues to tax the resources and limits of modern conventional health care. In the past 25–30 years, western medical science has turned increasing attention to the psychological and physical correlates of meditation, with mindfulness becoming quite popular in recent years. An extensive literature reviewwas performed; t...

the effect of lavender aromatherapy program on the pain intensity of patients with aml undergoing chemotherapy     babashahikohanestani f [1] , ahmadi f [2] *, memarian r [3]     received: 30 jan , 2013 accepted: 14 apr , 2013     abstract   background & aims : the painis the most common problem in patients undergoing chemotherapy. nurses have the key role to determine and control signs and sym...

background : anxiety is the one of the most common problems before the surgery. its prevalence rate ranged from 11 to 80 percent in all the adult patients. delay in wound healing and increasing use of narcotics and anesthetics are some of the other accompanying problems. aromatherapy is one of the complementary medicine components. it is applied by special type of oil extracted from aromatic pl...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES This research aimed to evaluate the use of aromatherapy massage and music as an intervention to cope with the occupational stress and anxiety that emergency department staff experience. The study also aimed to compare any differences in results between a summer and winter 12-week massage plan. BACKGROUND Emergency nurses are subjected to significant stressors during their ...