甜柑橘精油與音樂對人體生理參數及心率變異參數之影響精油與音樂的紓壓作用

The Effect of Sweet Orange Essential Oil and Music on Human Physiological Parameters and Heart Rate Variability Parameters

董志明(Chih-Ming Dong) ； 程馨慧(Hsin-Hui Cheng) ； 蔡新茂(Hsin-Mao Tsai) ； 黃戊田(Wu-Tein Huang)

《實證自然醫學》 2卷1期 (2016/10) Pp. 13-26

摘要

本研究主要探討甜柑橘精油搭配瑞典式按摩及音樂對人體生理參數及心率變異參數之影響，並觀察其是否具有加乘作用。本研究以嘉南藥理大學學生為受測者，利用收縮壓、舒張壓、心跳速率及壓力指數為紓壓指標，實驗前先利用生理監測儀測量受測者的生理參數，如收縮壓、舒張壓、心跳速率及壓力指數；利用心率變異（heart rate variability, HRV）分析儀測量受測者的心率變異參數，如低頻功率、高頻功率，常規化低頻功率、常規化高頻功率及低/高頻功率比。以單因子變異數分析（one way analysis of variance, one way ANOVA）比較控制組和3%甜柑橘精油、音樂及3%甜柑橘精油加音樂在實驗前後生理參數及心率變異參數之差異，結果顯示3%甜柑橘精油、音樂及3%甜柑橘精油加音樂在收縮壓、舒張壓、心跳速率及壓力指數和靜躺比較皆有顯著下降；在心率變異參數方面，除音樂組在低頻功率、高頻功率無顯著差異外，其餘各組都可提升高頻功率及常規化高頻功率，降低低頻功率、常規化低頻功率及低/高頻功率比。另外，分別以3%甜柑橘精油和3%甜柑橘精油加音樂相比，除收縮壓及舒張壓有降低外，心率變異參數則皆無顯著差異，代表芳香療法和音樂一起作用，對於人體紓壓並無加乘作用。本研究是首度證實甜柑橘精油搭配瑞典式按摩與音樂，可能是透過降低交感神經活性或提高副交感神經的活性，來降低受測者之收縮壓、舒張壓、心跳速率及壓力指數，而達到放鬆紓壓的效果。

關鍵字

生理參數 ； 心率變異參數 ； 甜柑橘精油 ； 芳香療法 ； 音樂

並列摘要

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of combination of sweet orange essential oil aromatherapy massage and music on human physiological parameters and heart rate variability (HRV) parameters, furthermore, to observe whether the aromatherapy massage and music had synergistic effect. The research subjects were Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science students and we used systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, and pressure index as pressure indicators. Before the aromatherapy experiment, we used physiological monitor to measure the subject's physiological parameters, such as systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, pressure index and used HRV analyzer to measure the subjects' HRV parameters, such as low frequency power, high frequency power, normalized low frequency power, normalized high frequency power and low/high frequency power ratio. After swedish massage for 50 minutes, to measure the subjects' physiological parameters and HRV parameters again. One way analysis of variance(one way ANOVA) was used to compare the differences of physiological parameters and HRV parameters between control group and experimental group, including 3% sweet orange essential oil, music therapy, and 3% sweet orange essential oil plus music. The results showed that there were significant decrease in systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and pressure index of experimental groups. In addition, we found that HRV parameters increased in high frequency power and normalized high frequency power, but obviously decreased in the low frequency power, normalized low frequency power and low/high frequency power ratio of experimental groups when compared with control group. In addition, using the group of 3% sweet orange essential oil to compare the group of 3% sweet orange essential oil plus music, there were no significant differences in HRV parameters except systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. It means that there's no synergistic effect for releasing stress when aromatherapy and music act together. This study was first confirmed that swedish massage with sweet orange essential oil and music may act through decreasing sympathetic activity or increasing parasympathetic activity to reduce the subiects' PSI, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate. For this reason, it can cause a relief of depression on human.

並列關鍵字

Physiological paramters ； Heart rate variability parameters ； Sweet orange essential oil ； Aromatherapy ； Music