Alternative Medicine For Treating Cancer Symptoms And Treatment Side Effects

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy is the use of naturally occurring essential oils from plants to boost an individual's mental, physical, and spiritual health. Some cancer patients have reported certain types of aromatherapy have been effective at helping ease the adverse effects of traditional cancer treatments. Individuals with cancer utilize aromatherapy to decrease levels of anxiety, pain, stress, nausea, and vomiting that occurs as a result of their cancer or its treatment. Numerous essential oils are used in cancer patients that come from different plants, including geranium, tea tree, ginger, bergamot, roman chamomile, lavender, lemon, and cedarwood. Each essential oil is different from the next and has its own molecular makeup that produces its effects on the body. Aromatherapy is taken through indirect inhalation where the oil is placed in a device called a diffuser, which produces a fine mist containing the oil for the patient to inhale. Aromatherapy can also be directly inhaled or massaged into the patient's skin.

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