ArticleThe mental health clinician2017
Essential oil of lavender in anxiety disorders: Ready for prime time?
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of Rosa damascene aromatherapy on mood and sleep: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Essential oils for treating anxiety: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Medicinal Plants and Their Impact on the Gut Microbiome in Mental Health: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Lavender-Neroli Aromatherapy for Reducing Dental Anxiety and Pain in Children During Anesthesia: A Two-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Trial
- The effect of lavender on mood disorders associated with the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs): a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Trial
- Effectiveness of Aromatherapy in Early Palliative Care for Oncology Patients: Blind Controlled Study.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2023Trial
- Dental pain perception and emotional changes: on the relationship between dental anxiety and olfaction.BMC oral health · 2023Trial
- A pilot study on essential oil aroma stimulation for enhancing slow-wave EEG in sleeping brain.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Nonpharmacological Interventions for Pain Relief During Peripheral Venous Cannulation: Implications for Practice.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Lavender Essential Oil-Induced Enhancement of Exercise-Responsive Myokine Expression and Alteration of Muscle-Related Gene Networks in an in Vitro Muscle Contraction Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Effect of Lavender Essential Oil-based Aromatherapy on Anxiety: An Overview of Results of Recent Randomized Controlled Trials.Current pharmaceutical design · 2026Review
- Herbal and Spice Additives in Functional Confectionery Products: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Aromatherapy and Essential Oils: Holistic Strategies in Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Integral Wellbeing.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Therapeutic Efficacy ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Development of Phytochemical Delivery Systems by Nano-Suspension and Nano-Emulsion Techniques.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- The Effects of Oral Lavender Therapy on Wounding in Chimpanzees (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Health-Promoting Properties and Potential Application in the Food Industry ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Spontaneous Officinal Plants in the Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park: Tradition, Protection, Enhancement, and Recovery.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- In Vitro Metabolism and CYP-Modulating Activity of Lavender Oil and Its Major Constituents.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Cannabidiol and cannabis-inspired terpene blends have acute prosocial effects in the BTBR mouse model of autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
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Abstract
Anxiety disorders are some of the most common psychiatric disorders, with potentially debilitating consequences on individual function. Existing pharmacotherapies for anxiety disorders are limited by delay to therapeutic effect, dependence, tolerance, withdrawal, and abuse potential. Therefore, safe and evidence-based complementary or alternative therapies may be important allies in the care of patients with anxiety disorders. Essential oils are lipophilic and concentrated botanical extracts that exhibit many properties of drugs, although they are not Food and Drug Administration approved and have limitations characteristic of herbal preparations. Lavender essential oil has an extensive anecdotal history of anxiolytic benefit that has recently been supported by clinical efficacy studies. The 2 primary terpenoid constituents of lavender essential oil, linalool and linalyl acetate, may produce an anxiolytic effect in combination via inhibition of voltage-gated calcium channels, reduction of 5HT1
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