Archive for the 'Lavender' Category
Aromatherapy to lessen menstrual cramps
Sunday, December 17th, 2006 Abdominal massage using two drops of lavender (Lavandula officinalis), one drop of clary sage (Salvia sclarea), and one drop of rose (Rosa centifolia) in 5 mL of almond oil was more effective than no treatment or almond oil alone.
Here are the details.
Testing aromatherapy to treat pain after surgery
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 Here are the results. Would you say that aromatherapy was effective?
Might aromatherapy massage improve sleep in children with autism?
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 In an earlier post it was concluded that lavender oil treatments might be helpful for treating insomnia in adults. Children with autism often have sleep difficulties. But this latest study suggests it does not appear that their sleep patterns are altered by this treatment.
Here are the details of the study. Do you agree with the conclusions?
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Lavender oil treatment for insomnia
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has published a survey on the extent of insomnia and use of CAM in Americans. WebMD summarizes the findings here.
- 35 million adults regularly had insomnia in 2002
- 1.6 million of them tried CAM to get some sleep
Most often they used herbs and vitamins, or mind-body therapies. Most CAM treatments for insomnia are not well studied, although two studies of inhaled lavender oil have been published, and are reviewed here.