Experiment 369258
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Lavandula officinalis (LAMIACEAE) |
| Citation | DALE,A: CORNWELL,S:. (1994). THE ROLE OF LAVENDER OIL IN RELIEVING PERINEAL DISCOMFORT FOLLOWING CHILDBIRTH: A BLIND RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.. 19(1) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A BLIND RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL IS DESCRIBED, INVOLVING THREE GROUPS OF MOTHERS, ONE USING PURE LAVENDER OIL, ONE A SYNTHETIC LAVENDER OIL AND ONE AN INERT SUBSTANCE AS A BATH ADDITIVE FOR 10 DAYS FOLLOWING NORMAL CHILDBIRTH. ANALYSIS OF DAILY DISCOMFORT SCORES REVEALED NO STATISTICALLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GROUPS. IT CANNOT BE CONCLUDED THAT CURRENT PRACTICE RESULTS IN A REDUCTION OF POSTNATAL PERINEAL DISCOMFORT AT THE DILUTION LEVELS USED. HOWEVER, THERE IS SOME CONSISTENCY IN RESULTS BETWEEN THE 3RD AND 5TH DAYS, WITH THOSE WOMEN USING LAVENDER OIL AS A BATH ADDITIVE RECORDING LOWER MEAN DISCOMFORT SCORES. THIS IS A TIME WHEN THE MOTHER USUALLY FINDS HERSELF DISCHARGED HOME AND PERINEAL DISCOMFORT IS HIGH. A TOTAL OF 635 WOMEN PARTICIPATED AND NO SIDE-EFFECTS WERE FOUND. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ESSENTIAL OIL |
| Gender | FEMALE |