relaxation
The following are research studies related to relaxation. Enjoy.
"Massage has been shown to reduce stress" Field T, Quintino O, Henteleff T, Wells-Keife L, Delvecchio-Feinberg G Job stress reduction therapies. Altern Ther Health Med 1997 Jul;3(4):54-6.
"Passion flower tea has sedating properties" Della Loggia R, Tubaro A, Redaelli C: [Evaluation of the activity on the mouse CNS of several plant extracts and a combination of them] Riv Neurol 1981 Sep-Oct;51(5):297-310.
"One trial of elderly people with sleeping troubles found that inhaling lavender oil was as effective as tranquilizers." Hardy M, Kirk-Smith MD, Stretch DD. Replacement of drug therapy for insomnia by ambient odour. Lancet 1995; 346: 701
"Acupuncture can reduce anxiety associated with stress". Guimaraes CM, Pinge MC, Yamamura Y, Mello LE: Effects of acupuncture on behavioral, cardiovascular and hormonal responses in restraint-stressed Wistar rats.
Braz J Med Biol Res 1997 Dec;30(12):1445-50.
"When staff at one nursing home played soothing music at dinnertime, the patients ate more calmly and spent more time at the table" Ragneskog H, Kihlgren M, Karlsson I, Norberg A. Dinner music for demented patients: analysis of video-recorded observations. Clin Nurs Res. 1996;5(3):262-282
"People with hypertension who practice slow breathing find their blood pressure drops, indicating reduced stress." According to a study from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. William J. Elliott report in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension. October 2004
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