Essential Oils for Complementary Treatment of Surgical Patients: State of the Art

Table 1

Summary of the evidences for the use of EO in surgical patients.

Condition	Essential oil	Number of reference
Anxiety	Lavender	[3, 8–10]
	Citrus sinensis	[10–12]
	Rosa damascene	[13]
	Neroli	[14]
	Lavandula officinalis + Anthemis nobilis + Neroli	[15]
Pain	Citrus reticulata	[18]
	Lavender	[19–21]
Nausea	Menta × piperita	[24–31]
	Zingiber officinale + Mentha spicata + Menta × piperita	[29]
Infection	Melaleuca alternifolia	[33–36]
	Menta spicata + Thymus vulgaris + Eucalyptus globulus	[37, 38]