Aroma-therapeutic effects of massage blended essential oils on humans

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1199-1204

  Hongratanaworakit, Tapanee ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Autonomic arousal; Behavioral arousal; Bergamot; Lavender; Massage aromatherapy; Relaxing effect

Indexed keywords

BERGAMOT OIL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; PLACEBO; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROMATHERAPY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREATHING RATE; CALMNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MIXTURE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MASSAGE; MOOD; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE RATE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

LAVANDULA;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RELAXATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054786974     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600838     Document Type: Article

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