Efficacy, safety and tolerability of aroma-massage with lavender essential oil: an overview.

摘要

In the pursuit of wellbeing, relaxation,and health, mankind has resorted to massagesince prehistoric times.(1) The term“massage”, probably derived from the Greekword “massein” (to knead), today indicatesa wide range of therapeutic or relaxingtechniques which uses body manipulation,alone or in combination with herbs, water,salts, and muds.(1) Aromatherapy massage(shortened to “aroma massage”) or massagewith essential oils that are plant-derivedoily substances with volatile and fragrantproperties,(2) has been practiced for manyyears too, mostly by diluting essential oilsinto a massage carrier oil or diffusing themin the environment during the treatment.