Efficacy of Aromatherapy in Clinical Practice

Abstract

Clinical aromatherapy is performed for the purpose of improving patients’ self-healing power and comfort by bringing symptom relief and QOL improvement through the psychological and pharmacological effects of essential oils and the physiological effects of touch by aromatherapy massage. Aromatherapy massage has been practiced in chronic diseases including cancer, care of the elderly, psychosomatic medicine, psychiatry, rehabilitation, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, ICU, etc., and research to verify the effectiveness is underway. In the future, clinical aromatherapy will be introduced into the nursing field as comfort care, which is expected to improve the quality of patient care.