Eisenberg6 found that 48.9% of women, mostly college educated,
use some form of complementary or alternative medicine in
treatment for a variety of conditions. In the 2007 statistics on
Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) use in the United
States, anxiety and depression rated in the top five conditions for
self care with complementary therapies among the US population.
Natural products, of which aromatherapy could be included, ranked
as the #1 most popular category for CAM use.7 Clinical Aromatherapy,
a sub-specialty practiced by nurses with advanced
aromatherapy education, is the therapeutic use of essentials oils to
achieve measureable outcomes for a healthcare condition.8