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News & Articles
Year 2006
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News & Articles - Year 2006 |
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Research Reference - Aromatherapy on Skin
AromaArt has been
leading our graduates to various Nursing Homes
and Day Care Centres performing volunteer
massages to patients and the elderly since 1998.
Through these years, we have yielded many
positive results from aromatherapy and touch on
the patients.
With such positive results, we would like to
embark on a clinical research on the benefits of
aromatherapy on patients, starting from skin
conditions. We hope that such effort would aid
us to clinically quantify the effects that may
in turn aid healthcare personnel to integrate
such therapy within their environment to better
help their patients.
The following are some examples of positive
results of aromatherapy application on skin that
have been compiled by healthcare personnel for
references. We hope that these references will
assist aromatherapists in their practice and we
welcome assistance and contributions in any
capacity towards our research and development.
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Female
patient. Age: 85 years old
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Medical
history: Cataract which was operated on.
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General health
condition: Good
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Case
condition: Patient had developed an abscess
on lower right arm near the elbow. Inflamed
and swollen abscess caused pain and
discomfort to patient.
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Method
recommended & used: 1st Day - Applied
Tea Tree and Lavender essential oil neat on
the abscess.
Day 1
Day 2
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3rd Day - Pus
flowed out of the abscess. More pus was
cleaned out of the open wound and Tea Tree
and Lavender essential oil applied on it.
Proper dressing of the wound was done by a
nurse. Patient was advised to drink more
water to flush out toxins.
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4th Day -
Wound was properly cleaned and Tea Tree and
Lavender essential oil applied on it, before
dressing up the wound.
Day 4 (Morning)
Day 4 (Afternoon)
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
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8th Day - In
the morning, no
essential oil applied, only proper dressing
was done on the wound. In the afternoon,
wound was properly cleaned and Lavender
essential oil applied on it, before dressing
up the wound.
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Patient was
advised to spray Lavender floral water on a
cotton wool and pad it on the affected area
till it fully healed.
Day 9 & Day 10
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