Short- and long-term effects of inhaled lavender essential oil on anxiety, fatigue, blood pressure, and sleep quality in middle-aged adults with hypertension: A randomized placebo-controlled pilot study.
- 2025-12
- RCT · n = 30
- Complementary therapies in medicine 95
- Yi-Ren Wang
- Ying-Chih Ho
- Yueh-Chiao Yeh
- PubMed: 41177368
- DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2025.103296
- High evidence
- Clinical
immediately post-intervention, the aroma group showed significantly greater reductions ... SBP (p = .025) ... After seven days, the intervention group demonstrated significant improvements ... SBP (p = .002)
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Large
- Significant
- Yes
- Dose
- 15-minute inhalation session (daily for 7 days)