Effect of aromatherapy massage on elderly patients under long-term hospitalization in Japan.

Objectives: To verify the effectiveness of aromatherapy massage on elderly patients under long-term hospitalization.

Design: Aromatherapy massage was performed twice a week for a total of eight times.

Setting: Nursing home.

Organ accumulation in mice after inhalation of single or mixed essential oil compounds.

Essential oils are composed of multiple components. It is thought that the effect of essential oils is due to specific component ratios, which may differ from the original ratio when the essential oil is absorbed. However, very little detailed research exists in this area.

Components of essential oils extracted from leaves and shoots of abies species in Japan.

The essential oils extracted from the leaves and the shoots of five Abies species (Pinaceae) growing in Japan, i.e., A.

Anxiolytic effect and tissue distribution of inhaled Alpinia zerumbet essential oil in mice.

The use of essential oils is common throughout the world, and clarification of their detailed effects and pharmaceutical potencies is necessary. Additionally, detailed information regarding the pharmacokinetics of essential oils is needed. In this report, GC-MS analysis was used to observe the tissue distribution of the multiple components of Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.

Composition and seasonal variation of the essential oil from Abies sachalinensis from Hokkaido, Japan.

The composition of the steam-distilled essential oil from the leaves of Abies sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) Mast. cultivated in Hokkaido (Japan) was studied by GC-MS.

Effects of the essential oil from leaves of Alpinia zerumbet on behavioral alterations in mice.

In phytotherapy, the essential oil from the leaves of Alpinia zerumbet (Alpinia speciosa K. Schum.) (EOAZ) is used for neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as depression, stress and anxiety, and chronic problems that are associated with reproductive hormone imbalances in women.

Composition and seasonal variation of essential oil in Alpinia zerumbet from Okinawa Island.

The composition of steam-distilled essential oils from the leaves of Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B. L.

Relaxation effects of lavender aromatherapy improve coronary flow velocity reserve in healthy men evaluated by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.

Purpose: It has been reported that mental stress is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events and impairs coronary circulation. Lavender aromatherapy, one of the most popular complementary treatments, is recognized as a beneficial mental relaxation therapy. However, no study has examined the effect of this therapy on coronary circulation.

Aromatherapy for outpatients with menopausal symptoms in obstetrics and gynecology.

Objective: To introduce Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) into a hospital department of obstetrics and gynecology with the goal of achieving integrative medicine, the authors investigated the effectiveness of aromatherapy for outpatients with menopausal symptoms.

Location: The department of obstetrics and gynecology, St. Marianna University Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.

Removal of both antennae influences the courtship and aggressive behaviors in male crickets.

To test whether insect antennae are necessary for eliciting courtship and aggression toward appropriate partners, we antennectomized adult male crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus) and observed their behavior toward other antennectomized males and intact females. At 7 days after removal of both antennae, pairs of antennectomized males were placed together; 80% displayed courtship behavior, generating courtship song by rubbing their forewings together, toward other antennectomized males, and 20% displayed aggressive behavior. Only 45% courted intact females.

The effect of female wings on male courtship behavior in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus.

Sexual dimorphism exists in the shape and the structure of the forewings of the cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus). However, the functional significance of the wings in the G. bimaculatus female has been unclear.