aromatherapy for wikipedia

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There's research on the mood and other effects of lavender (relaxant), lemon (stimulant), rosemary (stimulating) and chamomile (not clear). Also research on memory and smells, in one case that smells can being back more detailed and positive memories of the event in which the smell was present.

Can't be bothered to edit the main article etc.. I always get told off.

Here's some citations:
"The lavender group showed increased beta power, suggesting increased drowsiness, they had less depressed mood (POMS) and reported feeling more relaxed and performed the math computations faster and more accurately following aromatherapy."
"The rosemary group, on the other hand, showed decreased frontal alpha and beta power, suggesting increased alertness. They also had lower state anxiety scores, reported feeling more relaxed and alert and they were only faster, not more accurate, at completing the math computations"
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00207459808986469

" Relaxation has been shown to alter perceptions of pain. "
" at least 1 state board of nursing has recognized the therapeutic value of aromatherapy and voted to accept it as part of holistic nursing care."
no results in this article, boo.
http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/10484830

"Improvements were shown in six out of eight subjects’ Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) Scale results. " no details of substances used in the abstract
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135361170200104X

"Twenty-two subjects were asked to visualize positive and negative phrases following exposure to either chamomile oil or placebo. Chamomile oil significantly increased the latency for all images, and shifted mood ratings and frequency judgements in a more positive direction, suggesting a possible mode of action for such oils."
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1992.tb01699.x/abstract

"self-report and unobtrusive mood measures provided robust evidence that lemon oil reliably enhances positive mood compared to water and lavender regardless of expectancies or previous use of aromatherapy. Moreover, norepinephrine levels following the cold pressor remained elevated when subjects smelled lemon, compared to water or lavender. "
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306453007002648


"Types of memories where almost always emotionally charged rather than affectivly neutral."
'smell and memory', this one's totally free to read.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1423118?uid=377331533&sid=21101538773613

I've also got this to read:
http://ot.creighton.edu/community/EBLP/Question4/Ballard%202002%20Aromatherapy%20as%20a%20safe%20and%20effective%20treatment%20for%20the%20management%20of%20agitation.pdf

and this looks good but you have to pay for it and there are no results in the abstract, again:
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207450802333953

 "In early childhood it has been observed that all variety of objects are tasted and smelled, and usually no avertive response to odorous substances is apparent. Quite often a child may derive pleasing olfactory sensations from things which later in life, as an adult, are perceived as unpleasant. "
http://archneurpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=652713

one of the articles says that memories remembered when asked to view good and bad things in the presents of a nice smell where both more details and more positive. That's the bit I'm interested in really, so I can't be bothered to read any more. I may do a scan to find out exactly what smells where used.
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1423118?uid=3738032&uid=2134&uid=377331543&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3&uid=60&uid=377331533&purchase-type=article&accessType=none&sid=21101539216443&showMyJstorPss=false&seq=2&showAccess=false

this is also related in a way: "Humans Smell Fear, and It's Contagious"
http://www.livescience.com/24578-humans-smell-fear.html





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