Aroma Therapy


Stress and Pain Reduction in Cardiac and Other Surgery



Inhalation Aromatherapy With Lavender for Postoperative Pain Management: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials. Yufang Ren, 2025, China. "Inhaled lavender aromatherapy significantly reduced postoperative pain in adults." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40187937/

Alleviation of physiological stress response by apple aroma "Apple aroma showed efficacy in alleviating the physiological stress response in terms of cardiac activity. E A Chayani Dilrukshi , 2024, Japan. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40666668/

Efficacy of aromatherapy with Lavandula angustifolia oil on postoperative pain after cardiac surgery: A randomized clinical trial. Louise Constancia de Melo Alves Silva, 2024, Brazil. " Lavandula angustifolia essential oil was effective in relieving pain, causing sleep and relaxation" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39032323/

The Effect of Aromatherapy on Anxiety and Pain in Patients Undergoing Oculoplastic Surgery. Michael Chang, 2024, USA. "Patients who received aromatherapy reported lower postoperative anxiety and pain."

Pain and sleep after open-heart surgery-inhalation peppermint essence: double-blind randomized clinical trial. Mahla Maghami, 2024, Iran. Aromatherapy attenuated pain and improved sleep quality after open-heart surgery. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37536755/

The effects of lavandula aromatherapy on pain relief after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A randomized clinical trial. Samaneh Ebrahimi, 2022, Iran. "Mean Systolic Blood Pressure and mean Diastolic Blood Pressure revealed a significant difference between the two groups." "..less analgesic was used." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36473717/

The effectiveness of aromatherapy on preoperative anxiety in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pingping Guo, 2020, China, The meta-analysis showed that preoperative anxiety was significantly reduced. for adults awaiting surgical procedures. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32861206/

The effect of aromatherapy with rose and lavender on anxiety, surgical site pain, and extubation time after open-heart surgery: A double-center randomized controlled trial. Hossein Babatabar Darzi, 2020, Iran. The extubation time, surgical site pain and anxiety was significantly reduced. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32267031/