Medicinal and aromatic plants – industrial profiles

Uses in aromatherapy as a cure for mind and body
Nowadays, lavender oil has once again being put into the front-line as a cure-all for mind, body
and spirit and used by aromatherapists for every possible malady, irrespective of the fact that the
few clinical trials have not offered satisfactory evidence of efficacy. Second, many people these
days actually hate the smell of lavender and therefore any possible psychological effect could be
completely over-ruled by their dislike of the odour.
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