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KMID : 0387420020130010003
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2002 Volume.13 No. 1 p.3 ~ p.18
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A Clinical Study on the Effects of the Aromatherapy for Hypertension
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Jang Hyun-Ho
Min Sang-Jun
Yang Hee-Suk
Lyu Yeoung-Su
Lee Geon-Mok
Kang Hyung-Won
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Abstract
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Hypertension excessively affects national health is the basic disease that causes death and disablement after the middle-aged. Therefore, The detection and control of hypertension is essential to health care. In general, It is known that the systolic blood pressure should be below 140mmHg, the diastolic blood pressure should be below 90mmHg. Presently, the treatment of hypertension is mostly taking anti-hypertension drug, diet and stability. but Taking anti-hypertension drug has such side effects as depression. and that, We were making a study of various treatments of hypertension. In a course of hypertension study, We applied aromatherapy to the control of hypertension. Aromatherapy is the practice of using of volate plant oils including essential oils, for psychological and physical well-being. Essential oils are drawn into the body by the sense smell not only does the aroma of the true plant stimulate the brain to the trigger a positive effect, but supply physical benefits also. In Europe and North America, The study and development of aromatherapy is lively in progress. In the control of hypertension, We applied Lavender, Majoram, Ylang-Ylang to forty-two hypertensive patients. After aromatherapy for controlling hypertension. We measured the changes of the systolic blood pressure & the diastolic blood pressure of patients by time. As the result of above study, We identified the significance of blood pressure down by aromatherapy.
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KEYWORD
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Hypertension, Aromatherapy, Lavender, Majoram, Ylang-Ylang
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