Aromatherapy and Essential Oils (PDQ®)–Patient Version
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- Overview
- Questions and Answers About Aromatherapy
- Current Clinical Trials
- About This PDQ Summary
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- Evaluation of CAM Therapies
- Questions to Ask Your Health Care Provider About CAM
- To Learn More About CAM
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Overview
- Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils from plants (flowers, herbs, or trees) as therapy to improve physical, mental, and spiritual well-being (see Question 1).
- Aromatherapy may be used with other complementary treatments as well as with standard treatments to manage symptoms (see Question 1).
- Essential oils are most often used by inhaling them or by applying a diluted form of them to the skin (see Question 2).
- Aromatherapy research with cancer patients has studied the effect of essential oils on anxiety, nausea, vomiting, and other health-related conditions (see Question 4).
- Safety testing on essential oils has found very few side effects. Lavender and tea tree essential oils have been found to have some hormone -like effects (see Question 5).
- Aromatherapy products do not need approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (see Question 6).
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