Lavender for Migraine Headaches Video Lecture | Aroma Therapy: An Essential Training - Health & Fitness

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lavender has been studied recently for
several purposes including treatment of
mood and anxiety disorders as well as a
number of other things its analgesic
effect however its painkiller effect is
one of its most widely studied
properties surprising then that there
hasn't been a single documented clinical
trial to study lavender for the
treatment of migraine headaches that
affect tens of thousands of Americans
every year until now lavender essential
oil in the treatment of migraine
headache a placebo controlled clinical
trial migraine sufferers were asked to
at the early signs of a headache rub two
to three drops of the lavender essential
oil onto their upper lip inhale its
vapor for a 15-minute period and then
score the severity of their headaches
for the next two hours in the control
group they did the same things that they
used drops of basically unscented to
liquid wax and neither group was allowed
to use any painkillers in the lavender
group seventy-four percent of patients
had an improvement in their symptoms
significantly better than placebo though
in the study lavender wasn't directly
impaired to more conventional treatments
lavender appears to stack up pretty well
compared to typical drug so lavender
helped about three-quarters of the time
high-dose tylenol only works about half
the time
ibuprofen 57 percent of the time the
number one prescribed drug generic i'ma
tracks effective 59 percent of the time
and then the hardcore treatment they use
in emergency rooms where they inject you
under the skin 70 percent and all these
work better than the original migraine
therapy known as trepanning where
doctors drill a hole in your head to let
the evil spirits escape conclusion the
present study suggests that inhalation
of lavender essential oil may be an
effective and safe treatment modality
and acute management of migraine
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