Abstract
Has been investigated impact of essential oils of Ocimum basilicum L., Eugenia caryophyllata Thumb., Hyssopus officinalis L., Coriandrum sativum L., Nepeta cataria L., Nepeta transcaucasica, Lavandula angustifolia Moench., Laurus nobilis L., Mentha longifólia L., 4 sorts of Mentha piperita L, Abies alba Mill., Artemisia taurica Willd., Rosa gallica L., Pinus silvestris L., Thymus vulgaris L., Satureja montana L., Satureja hortensis L. on psycho-emotional state of women at age from 50 to 85 years, who were divided into control and experimental groups. Control group - psych relax during 10, 20 or 30 minutes, experimental groups - the same psych relax + inhalation by essential oils at concentration in air 1 mg/m 3 . Before and after procedure was measured parameters of anxiety, depression and other parameters of psych emotional state using hospital scale of anxiety and depression and method of investigation of self-estimation by Dembo-Rubinstein in original modification. It is shown there are essential oils with anxiolytic, antidepressant activity and make better psych emotional state.
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