探討嗅吸法對提振精神之成效

在芳香療法中嗅吸法研究多以探討放鬆身心靈、舒緩精神及愉悅等效用，本研究是以提振精神及心理精神層面做一探討，使用10種不同的天然植物精油作複配，針對青少年以嗅吸法觀察其對提振精神之心率變異分析。將複配天然精油裝入嗅吸瓶，由145位樣本中抽選出12位受測者作為主要研究對象，經由芳香嗅吸後，使用身心能量分析儀（Heartrate variability, HRV）做為檢測儀器，透過血壓的檢測及心率變異分析及使用Likert scale五點量表對滿意程度做問卷調查，探討嗅吸法對於有助於青少年達到提振精神的效果。研究結果發現嗅吸精油前後交感神經變化數據之差異最大的為乳香、波旁天竺葵及絲柏三种精油複配之精油嗅吸對交感神經有顯著提升，對應其正向情緒結果，在Likerscale表問卷方式，得到平均值達到3.52，綜合以上結果發現有多項指標顯著改變，意謂結果具有達到提振精神的效果並獲得改善。期許未來可作為芳香療法專業人員或研究人員對於精油應用於振奮精神方面之參考。

關鍵字

芳香療法；提振精神；心律變異度分析；嗅吸法

並列摘要

There were numerous researches discuss the effects of relax and soothe those are afforded by applying inhalation of Aromatherapy. The study blended ten different kinds of essential oils to investigate teenagers' heart rate variability, HRV responses after the inhalation. The research selected 12 youngers by random from the sampling group of 145 teenagers. After the inhalation of blended oils for fixed time, we collected the figures of Blood pressure and Heart variability which were resulted by testing instruments. Then we conducted a questionnaire and analyzed with Likert scale method to conclude the stimulating effects of the inhalation. The research explored the best effective formula was Frankincense blended with Geranium and Cypress. The results showed that parasympathetic system performed a significant difference after and before the inhalation of blended essential oils. While from the analysis of Likert scale data, the measure of positive emotion average value is 3.52. The research would be a reference for further studies majoring in exploring the stimulating effects of inhalation of aromatherapists.