As a rule, most essential oils are safe when handled correctly and meaningfully, so aromatherapy is widely used in medical practice, however, like any other method of treatment, it has a certain range of possibilities, according to the Internet edition for girls and women from 14 to 35. net Indications for the use of aromatherapy The main indications for the use of the method of aromatherapy for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes are as follows.

• Functional disorders in the work of various body systems (cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine, etc.). ), manifested in various forms of somatic pathology.

• Infectious diseases, including acute respiratory infections and influenza.

• Violation of the psycho-emotional state and symptoms of dysfunction of the nervous system (increased nervous excitability, anxiety, irascibility, irritability, anger, insomnia, headache, hysteria, chronic fatigue, weakness, dizziness, apathy, depressed mood, depression, memory loss, distracted attention, unpleasant. ), which occur as a result of stress, mental, physical and emotional overstrain, and are also associated with asthenization of the body, which manifests itself against the background of chronic somatic diseases, infectious lesions or age-related characteristics of a person.

• Immunodeficiencies arising from human exposure to chemical, radiation, stress factors and chronic inflammatory processes.

• The initial (immunometabolic) stage of oncological disease and the risk of its occurrence.

• Exposure to the body of toxic substances and the consequences of radiation exposure associated with radioactive contamination and occupational injuries.

• Postoperative conditions, consequences of injuries, burns.

• Joint diseases.

• Urological and gynecological disorders.

• Premorbid state (condition before the disease.

• Early prevention of aging.

• Cosmetic defects (damage to the skin, hair, nails).

• Reduced sexuality, sexual disorders (reduced libido, impotence, frigidity), reproductive disorders, infertility.

Absolute contraindications.

• Acute febrile states of unknown etiology.

• Acute infectious diseases and acute inflammatory (including purulent) processes with high (more than 38 °C) body temperature.

• Bleeding and tendency to it.

• Blood diseases and malignant neoplasms.

• Acute disorders of hematopoiesis.

• Decompensated forms of internal, nervous and other diseases.

• Alcoholic or drug intoxication.

• Individual intolerance to certain essential oils, which may manifest itself as follows: shortness of breath, suffocation, shortness of breath; increased heart rate, arrhythmia, increased need for air; headache, dizziness, tinnitus; allergic rash, redness, itching of the skin.

Relative contraindications.

• Crisis conditions (within a day after the onset of paroxysm). Great care should be taken in the treatment of sympathetic pain due to the characteristic features of the course of this group of pain syndromes with a tendency to hyperesthesia, irritation, generalized diencephalic crises..

The use of aromatherapy in this case is most rational after the medical relief of the crisis, as well as in the period between attacks..

• Transient disorders of cerebral circulation.

• Epileptic seizures.

• Attacks of renal and hepatic colic.

• Pregnancy, especially the first three months, when the risk of miscarriage is greatest.

Bronchial asthma in the acute phase, vasomotor-allergic rhinosinusopathy, hay fever, allergic dermatitis. In these cases, it is necessary to carefully collect an anamnesis, take into account the " With their positive results, aromatherapy should not be carried out..

• Infectious skin conditions (eg, scabies), varicose veins, fresh scars, open wounds, irritated areas (eg, bursitis) for massage.

• Negative attitude of the patient to the procedure.

• Infant and senile age.

Compatibility with other treatment-and-prophylactic methods.

Aromatherapy is perfectly combined with reflexology (acutguncture, moxibustion), phytotherapy, diet therapy, vacuum therapy and others, as well as with European medicine methods, natural healing methods, apparatus methods of physiotherapy (electropuncture, laser puncture, sonopuncture, etc.)..

Wu Weixin.

medbe. en.