芳香疗法对缓解疾病作用机制的研究进展

Research progress on mechanism of alleviating diseases with aromatherapy

芳香疗法是一项拥有百年历史的传统疗法,在许多文化和社会中作为传统医学的替代品或与传统医学结合使用。20世纪末和21世纪初,精油(EO)开始用于健康和保健中。由于芳香疗法成本低,不良反应少,且能明显改善患者整体健康,越来越受大众的欢迎。西医中EO用于治疗疼痛、焦虑、失眠等替代疗法。目前,国内大部分研究侧重于对芳香疗法的疗效分析,很少对芳香疗法是如何发挥作用及EO的有效物质是如何作用于受体发挥疗效等方面进行研究。本文对芳香疗法作用于受体缓解症状的机制及常用于治疗的EO种类进行综述,旨在为研究者应用芳香疗法提供依据。

Aromatherapy is a one hundred-year-old tradition therapy that is used as a substitute for or in combination with Traditional Chinese Medicine in many cultures and societies.At the end of the 20 th century and the beginning of the 21 st century,essential oils began to be used in health and health care,aromatherapy is becoming more and more popular because of its low cost,less adverse reactions,and can significantly improve the overall health of patients.In Western medicine,essential oils began to be used to treat pain,anxiety,insomnia and other alternative therapies.How-ever,at present,most of the domestic researches focus on the efficacy analysis of aromatherapy,there are few researches on how aromatherapy works and how the effective substance of essential oil acts on the receptor.This paper aims to explore the mechanism of aromatherapy acting on receptors to alleviate symptoms,summarize the types of essential oils commonly used in treatment and provide basis for researchers to apply aromatherapy.