Steam sauna and mother roasting in Lao PDR: Practices and chemical constituents of essential oils of plant species used in postpartum recovery

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  de Boer, Hugo J ^a   Lamxay, Vichith ^a,b   Björk, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3,3 TRIMETHYL 2 NORCAMPHANONE; BETA EUDESMOL; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GUAIOL; ISOBORNEOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROLIDOL; PHYTOL; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALPINIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AMOMUM; AMOMUM MICROCARPUM; AMOMUM VILLOSUM; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTOCARPUS; ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DIZZINESS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GIGANTOCHLOA PARVIFOLIA; GONOCARYUM LOBBIANUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LAURACEAE; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTHER ROASTING; NONHUMAN; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PHOEBE LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; PUERPERIUM; PUMMELO; RURAL AREA; SAUNA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADULT; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; LAOS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL CARE; WATER VAPOR;

ADULT; BALNEOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAOS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; STEAM; TERPENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455213616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-128     Document Type: Article

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