Effects of Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Persoon Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Mood States and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Healthy Volunteers
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2020 Jul 26;2020:4389239. doi: 10.1155/2020/4389239. eCollection 2020. ABSTRACT Aromatherapy is one of the complementary therapies to improve health. The aromatic...
Aromatherapy for dementia
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Aug 19;8(8):CD003150. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003150.pub3. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Medications licensed for the treatment of dementia have limited efficacy against cognitive impairment or...
Effects of Reiki Session Excluding the Variables Responsible for the Placebo Effect on a Group of Adults
Altern Ther Health Med. 2020 Oct 31:AT6601. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Reiki is a very popular method of natural healing used for prevention...
Using Ambient Scent to Enhance Well-Being in the Multisensory Built Environment
Front Psychol. 2020 Nov 19;11:598859. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.598859. eCollection 2020. ABSTRACT The majority of the world’s population now lives an urban existence, spending as much as...
Effects of diffused essential oils for reducing stress and improving mood for clinical nurses: An interventional time series study
Nurs Forum. 2021 Apr;56(2):305-312. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12548. Epub 2021 Jan 19. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: This study examined the effect of EO diffusion in the clinical setting on...
Nano-Aromatic Drugs Based on Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and Bergamot Essential Oil for Anti-Depression
J Biomed Nanotechnol. 2021 Jun 1;17(6):1242-1248. doi: 10.1166/jbn.2021.3100. ABSTRACT Depression is a mental disorder characterized by low mood as the main pathological feature. Current medications...
Influences of Lavender Essential Oil Inhalation on Stress Responses during Short-Duration Sleep Cycles: A Pilot Study
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jul 18;9(7):909. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9070909. ABSTRACT Lavender essential oil (LEO) was reported to improve sleep quality. We investigated the influence of aromatherapy by...
Psychological and Antibacterial Effects of Footbath Using the Lindera umbellata Essential Oil
Molecules. 2021 Aug 24;26(17):5128. doi: 10.3390/molecules26175128. ABSTRACT Lindera umbellata (Lu) essential oil primarily contains linalool and has relaxation properties. We investigated the psychological and antibacterial...
The Effect of Bergamot Essential Oil Aromatherapy on Improving Depressive Mood and Sleep Quality in Postpartum Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial
J Nurs Res. 2021 Oct 22. doi: 10.1097/jnr.0000000000000459. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The postpartum period is a physiologically and psychologically crucial transition phase...
Do Palliative Care Providers Use Complementary and Integrative Medicine? A Nationwide Survey
J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Nov 14:S0885-3924(21)00609-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.11.002. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Given the high prevalence of burdensome symptoms in palliative care...
Development, Validation, and Feasibility Testing of a Yoga Module for Opioid Use Disorder
Adv Mind Body Med. 2021 Summer;35(3):20-30. ABSTRACT CONTEXT: Opioid use disorder (OUD) involves excessive use of opioids-such as heroin, morphine, fentanyl, codeine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone-leading...
Effects of body-oriented yoga: a RCT study for patients with major depressive disorder
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2021 Oct;271(7):1217-1229. doi: 10.1007/s00406-021-01277-5. Epub 2021 Jul 10. ABSTRACT The major depressive disorder is one of the most common mental...
Effect of combined yoga and transcranial direct current stimulation intervention on working memory and mindfulness
J Integr Neurosci. 2021 Jun 30;20(2):367-374. doi: 10.31083/j.jin2002036. ABSTRACT Transcranial direct stimulation, a non-invasive neurostimulation technique for modulating cortical excitability, and yoga have both respectively...
Qualitative Impressions of a Yoga Nidra Practice for Insomnia: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Design
J Altern Complement Med. 2021 Oct;27(10):884-892. doi: 10.1089/acm.2021.0125. Epub 2021 Jul 15. ABSTRACT Introduction: Insomnia affects up to half of the U.S. population, and due...
Effectiveness of Interventions Based on Yogic Breathing Practices (IB-YBP) on Substance Use Disorders-A Systematic Review of the Randomized Control Trials and Quasi-Experimental Trials
Subst Use Misuse. 2021;56(11):1624-1641. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1942056. Epub 2021 Jul 21. ABSTRACT Interventions based on Yogic Breathing Practices (IB-YBP) have shown promising results for substance use...