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- Title
Beneficial effect of compound essential oil inhalation on central fatigue.
- Authors
Han, Chenxia; Li, Feng; Tian, Simin; Liu, Yan; Xiao, Huai; Wu, Xiumei; Zhang, Weiyue; Zhang, Wei; Mao, Meng
- Abstract
Backgrounds: Although the physical and mental enhancement effect of essential oils have been proved, the beneficial effect of essential oil in central fatigue remains unclear. In this study, we extracted essential oils from nine aromatic plants to make a compound essential oil, and detected the therapeutic effect of central fatigue by daily aerial diffusion. Methods: Thirty-three rats were randomly and equally divided into control group, chronic sleep deprivation group, and compound essential oil inhalation group. Central fatigue was generated by chronic sleep deprivation. Results: After 21-day various interferences, it is found that the sleep deprivation rats showed an evident decrease in physical endurance, negative emotion, and cognitive dysfunction compared with the control group, and the group that treated with the compound essential oil behaved significantly better than central fatigue group. Conclusion: We concluded that this formula of essential oils could alleviate central fatigue on rats, and our study provides a new direction of application of aromatic therapy, which could be expanded to insomnia, depression and other healthy issue in the further research.
- Subjects
ANIMAL experimentation; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; ESSENTIAL oils; FATIGUE (Physiology); MEDICINAL plants; PHYSICAL fitness; RATS; SLEEP deprivation
- Publication
BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1472-6882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12906-018-2375-6