Essential oil therapy in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review

Essential oil therapy in rheumatic diseases: A systematic review

This paper aims to review articles that have evaluated the role of essential oil therapy in patients with rheumatic diseases. Systematic review. No study design or language limitation was applied. We have identified 13 articles, most of them were used in osteoarthritis (n = 4), rheumatoid arthritis...

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Published in:Complementary therapies in clinical practice Vol. 43; p. 101391
Main Authors: Barão Paixão, Viviane Lucia, Freire de Carvalho, Jozélio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2021
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aromatherapy
Efficacy
Essential oils
Female
Fibromyalgia
Humans
Lavanda
Lavandula
Middle Aged
Nursing
Oils
Oils & fats
Oils, Volatile - therapeutic use
Osteoarthritis
Petroleum
Rheumatic diseases
Rheumatic Diseases - drug therapy
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rosmarinus
Systematic review
Aromatherapy
Fibromyalgia
Essential oils
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatic diseases
Lavanda
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Summary:This paper aims to review articles that have evaluated the role of essential oil therapy in patients with rheumatic diseases. Systematic review. No study design or language limitation was applied. We have identified 13 articles, most of them were used in osteoarthritis (n = 4), rheumatoid arthritis (n = 3) and fibromyalgia (n = 3). Two studies included patients with RA and OA (n = 2). The number of people involved in the study varied from 9 to 162, where female sex was observed in 60–100%. The age of the patients ranged from 36 to 78.3 years old and disease duration 1–11.67 years. The lavender essential oil was the most used, and then Ginger oil, Rosemary oil, and Rosmarinus officinalis. Time of oil use varied from 2 to 12 weeks. Importantly, all studies but one (91.6%) have demonstrated the efficacy of aromatherapy. There are few reports on essential oils in rheumatic disease, mainly osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia. All but one study have showed the efficacy of this complementary therapy. •Essential oil therapy (EOT) has been used in patients with rheumatic diseases (RD).•Our systematic review showed that EOT are more used to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia.•Lavender essential oil was the most used, and then Ginger oil, Rosemary oil and Rosmarinus officinalis.•All studies but one (91.6%) demonstrated the efficacy of EOT in RD.
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ISSN:1744-3881
1873-6947
DOI:10.1016/j.ctcp.2021.101391