The effect of lavander oil in conjunction with olfactory and massage aromatherapy conducive to relaxation

• Main Authors: Flores, Carmela, Martha, Julie, Vareros, Carmelo
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/12110
• Institution: De La Salle University

Five different relaxation inducing techniques, i.e., massage with the use of the essential oil, lavander massage with the use of ordinary baby oil massage without the use of any oil, inhalation of the essential oil, lavander and a control group were compared in this study through an experimental research that employed seventy five (75) subjects with ages ranging from 18-30. Physiological responses such as the systolic blood pressure and the pulse rate were gathered through the use of a sphygmomanomenter and recorded after stress induction and the administration of each treatment condition. A one-way Anova was used to test for significant difference across all conditions. The study revealed desynchronous responses among the subjects and revealed that there is no significant difference in the five conditions experimented, thus no superior mode of inducing relaxation was found. Lavander oil was found as having no significant or superior effect on relaxation.