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I am currently a registered nurse who works in a hospital in a regular basis.... It is hence, imperative to find a thorough scientific and systematic basis for aromatherapy in order to achieve these personal objectives.... The lack of research-based evidence of aromatherapy only proves the necessity to pursue research, which will serve as the basis of pursuing the therapy in my clinic.... My personal learning objectives for advancing practice involve furthering the nursing profession and establishing a scientific ground on which the delivery of healthcare services is founded....
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This only confirms what the World health Organisation (WHO) reported as early as 1978 that majority of the world's population has come to depend on traditional medicine for primary healthcare.... uch reported increase in the clinical importance of essential oil use among all aromatherapy methods is the main topic selected for this paper because of its high social relevance and potential for achieving the goals of the primary healthcare program, which means health for all....
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aromatherapy - the medicinal use of natural plant extracts - is known to have been practiced by the ancient Egyptians over 6000 years ago2.... For this ancient culture, perfumes and aromatherapy were a part of daily life, with perfumed substances used in both religious rituals and in medicine.... aromatherapy through the AgesBoth the ancient Greeks and Romans gained much of their knowledge of aromatherapy from Egyptian culture10....
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It will try to present various medical schools of thoughts approaches with the aim to integrate and compare findings that may aide health practitioners and professionals, as well as further research.... This research shall present various schools of thought in order to integrate positive outcomes from each study which may be adaptable to practitioners and researchers....
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We undertook a literature search of scientific articles cataloged in CINAHL, PUBMED, the Cochrane Library, and AMED databases relating to the effectiveness of 13 non-pharmacologic methods used to relieve pain and... METHOD: A comprehensive search was undertaken involving all major health care databases....
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More specifically, as it is stated in a report published by the Tillotson Institute of Natural health (2005), 'myrrh gum has an intense dark color, reflecting its medicinal potency; it exerts a strong and certain action against specific types of pain and swelling, such as that of rheumatoid arthritis while it is strong enough to soften hard swellings and carbuncles; like all plant resins, myrrh can also lower blood cholesterol levels by binding to lipids'.... The essay "Myrrh Usage in Medicine and aromatherapy" focuses on the critical analysis of the plant Commiphora molmol (or myrrh as it is most commonly known) and its use in the area of medicine and aromatherapy....
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One of the definitions given is a broad domain of healing resource that encompasses health systems, modalities and practices and their accompany theories and beliefs, other than those intrinsic to the dominant health system of a particular society or culture in a given historical period (Snyder and Lindquist 2001; 6).... One is the focus on the specific mechanisms of actions such as particular herbal remedies, homeopathic medicines and essential oils, often with regard to assessing their safety and efficacy; the other one is focusing on specific therapies and medicine modalities such as herbal medicine, homeopathy and aromatherapy, as if they are stable or not, uniform and constant forms of health care practice (Williams 2000; 163)....
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Thus, aromatherapy could not come up with scientific proof and is largely considered an art than science.... This only confirms what the World health Organisation (WHO) reported as early as 1978 that the majority of the world's population has come to depend on traditional medicine for primary healthcare.... uch reported increase in the clinical importance of essential oil use among all aromatherapy methods is the main topic selected for this paper because of its high social relevance and potential for achieving the goals of the primary healthcare program, which means health for all....
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