Pharmaco-physio-psychologic effect of ayurvedic oil-dripping treatment using an essential oil from Lavendula angustifolia

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 947-956

  Xu, Fenghao ^a,b   Uebaba, Kazuo ^a,b   Ogawa, Hiroko ^a,b   Tatsuse, Takeshi ^a   Wang, Bing Hong ^c   Hisajima, Tatsuya ^d   Venkatraman, Sonia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAVENDER OIL; SESAME SEED OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIRODHARA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SUPINE POSITION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ADULT; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LAVANDULA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); OILS, VOLATILE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; ROBOTICS; SESAME OIL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 55749110904     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0240     Document Type: Article

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