Abstract

Aromatherapy is one of most valuable complementary therapy in the orthodox clinical medicine. Aromatic essential oils are composed of over hundreds of natural volatile chemicals and have its effects on limbic system of central nervous system through the pathway of olfactory nerve. Also it has much beneficial results if applied to the stress management. Aromatherapy would be a great potential medicine with the studies of its unproven therapeutic properties in the future. (Korean J Str Res 2005;13: 89∼91)

• Keywords: Aromatherapy, Stress management, Essential oils, Limbic system, Olfactory nerve