Healthy participants
Conditions
Interventions
Essential oil,Essential oil,Essential oil,Essential oil
Sweet almond oil,Cinnamomum porrectum (Roxb.) Kosterm,Magnolia alba (DC.) Figlar,Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.
Sponsors
Thai Traditional Medicine Knowledge Fund, Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine
The 90th Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Thai native speakers aged between 20 and 35 years old from both sexes. 2.Participants should have normal heart rate (60-90 times per minute) with normal rhythm. 3. Participants should have normal blood pressure (systolic should be higher than 140 mmHg and diastolic should not be higher than 90 mmHg). 4. Participants should have normal body mass index between 18.5 and 22.9 kg/m2 based on WHO and Asian criteria values. 5.Participants should be non-smokers. 6.Participants should take neither CNS medication nor sedative drugs. 7.Participants should not suffer from otorhinolaryngologic upper respiratory infection, neurological diseases, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. 8.Participants should not have history related to neurological illness, epilepsy and loss of consciousness longer than 30 minutes. 9.Only right handed individuals 10.Individuals with normal sense of smell. 11.Each potential participant of will be asked to inhale the mixture of sweet almond oil and selected essential oil to fill out the pleasantness from “Odor familiarity five-point Likert scaleâ€. Only the potential participants who indicated oil pleasantness within the target level range of 2-4 will be recruited as participants.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants who were allergic to essential oils were excluded from the experiment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The effects of selected essential oils on central nervous system. 1 hour after end of the intervention for each person electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring,The effects of selected essential oils on autonomic nervous system. 30 minutes after end of the intervention for each person BIOLIGHT M7000 Multi-Parameter Patient Monitor (ANS).,The effects of selected essential oils on emotions. Before and after the intervention emotional questionnaire | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| N/A N/A N/A | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactAssoc. Prof. Nijsiri Ruangrungsi
Chulalongkorn University
Outcome results
None listed