Medical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Maturitas. 2012 Mar;71(3):257-60. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.12.018. Epub 2012 Jan 27.
Aromatherapy is the therapeutic use of essential oil from herbs, flowers, and other plants. The aim of this overview was to provide an overview of systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of aromatherapy. We searched 12 electronic databases and our departmental files without restrictions of time or language. The methodological quality of all systematic reviews was evaluated independently by two authors. Of 201 potentially relevant publications, 10 met our inclusion criteria. Most of the systematic reviews were of poor methodological quality. The clinical subject areas were hypertension, depression, anxiety, pain relief, and dementia. For none of the conditions was the evidence convincing. Several SRs of aromatherapy have recently been published. Due to a number of caveats, the evidence is not sufficiently convincing that aromatherapy is an effective therapy for any condition.
芳香疗法是利用草药、花卉和其他植物的精油进行治疗。本综述的目的是提供一个概述，评估芳香疗法的有效性的系统评价。我们没有时间或语言限制地搜索了 12 个电子数据库和我们的部门档案。两位作者独立评估了所有系统评价的方法学质量。在 201 篇潜在相关的文献中，有 10 篇符合我们的纳入标准。大多数系统评价的方法学质量都很差。临床主题领域是高血压、抑郁、焦虑、缓解疼痛和痴呆。对于所有这些情况，证据都不令人信服。最近发表了几篇关于芳香疗法的系统评价。由于存在一些警告，证据还不足以证明芳香疗法对任何疾病都是一种有效的治疗方法。
