Essential oils and ‘aromatherapy’: Their modern role in healing

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 324-329

  Lis Balchin, M ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; aromatherapy; bioactivity; essential oils; stress relief

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; HEALING; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ODOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; STRESS;

EID: 0031422953     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642409711700511     Document Type: Article

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