Although bergamot essential oil (BEO) aromatherapy has exhibited pain-relieving properties in animal studies,[1] very limited human research has not borne this out to date. One small RCT of 37 children and adolescents undergoing stem cell transplantation, a painful procedure, explored BEO aromatherapy for pain relief and found it had no significant effect on participants’ pain but did result in statistically significant increases in nausea and anxiety.[2]
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- ^Ndao DH, Ladas EJ, Cheng B, Sands SA, Snyder KT, Garvin JH Jr, Kelly KMInhalation aromatherapy in children and adolescents undergoing stem cell infusion: results of a placebo-controlled double-blind trial.Psychooncology.(2012 Mar)