期刊
CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY
卷 110, 期 6, 页码 535-538出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.02.006
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Aromatherapy; de-synchronization; epilepsy; olfaction; shoe-smell; synchronization
Epilepsy has been known for thousands of years and has been subjected to various forms of conventional and non-conventional therapies including a non-pharmacological conservative treatment known as aromatherapy, ever since. One commonly practiced form of aromatherapy that persists as an immediate first-aid measure even today in some parts of developing countries in the East is the application of shoe-smell during an epileptic attack. The questionable remedial role has intrigued neuro-scientists at least in these parts of the world. This brief paper attempts to provide an insight to the basis of persistence of this practice and to explore a possible scientific logic behind its unscientifically reported remedial effectiveness. The neurophysiology of olfactory stimulation from shoe-smell reveals a sound and scientific reasoning for its remedial efficacy in epilepsy; olfactory stimuli in this study have been found to possess significantly effective anti-epileptic influence which could have formed the basis for the use of application of shoe-smell in earlier times and also for its persistence even today in those parts of developing regions. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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