background nausea and vomiting of pregnancy are amongst the most common complaints that effects on both the physical and mental conditions of the pregnant women. due to the increasing tendency of women to use herbal medications during pregnancy, the effect of lemon inhalation aromatherapy on nausea and vomiting of pregnancy was investigated in this study. objectives the aim of this study was to...

This study evaluated the effects of inhalation of Lavender essential oil on vital signs in open heart surgery ICU. The main complaint of patients after open-heart surgery is dysrhythmia, tachycardia, and hypertension due to stress and pain. Due to the side effects of chemical drugs, such as opioids, use of non-invasive methods such as aromatherapy for relieving stress and pain parallel to chemi...

Introduction: Anxiety is one of the common problems among patients before undergoing invasive diagnostic techniques. One of these diagnostic techniques is gastrointestinal endoscopy. Aromatherapy is one of the complementary therapies to reduce anxiety. Objective: This study aimed to determine the effect of aromatherapy with Damask rose on the anxiety of the patients before undergoing endoscopy...

Background: The control or reduction of anxiety before surgery is one the most important components preoperative care. question whether differs in male and female candidates for surgery. Objectives: current study aimed to evaluate effect aromatherapy with Citrus aurantium on men women Methods: This single-blind randomized clinical trial was performed 60 patients controlled by placebo. were divi...

Cancer, or neoplastic disease, is the second highest cause of death in the United States following heart disease. More cancers are being detected early enough to cure thanks to newer diagnostic imaging and computer technologies such as spiral CT scans, sonograms and sophisticated MRI's. The present day standard of treatment methods include chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and transplantation (e...

November 2006 In This Issue ● Bread and Kidney Cancer ● Nursing and CAM ● Occlusion Therapy for Lazy Eye in Children ● Joint Library Conference ● Aromatherapy and Recreational Diving ● CAM for Radiation Therapy ● NBScience International Conference of Biomedical Sciences ● Inside Natural Standard Natural Standard provides high quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternati...