Healing advantages of lavender essential oil during episiotomy recovery: A clinical trial

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-53

  Vakilian, Katayon ^a   Atarha, Mahtab ^a   Bekhradi, Reza ^b   Chaman, Reza ^c  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Pharmacology Company of Barij Essence ^*  (Iran)

^c SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Episiotomy; Lavender; Postpartum care; Povidone iodine

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; POVIDONE IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLOWER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAVENDER; PAIN; PERINEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAGINA; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; AROMATHERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LAVANDULA; OILS, VOLATILE; PAIN; PERINEUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POVIDONE-IODINE; VAGINA; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650173832     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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