An Overview of the Literature in Aromatherapy: Is the Olfactory System a Suitable Gateway for Modification of the Breathing Patterns (Mental Imagery & Tidal Valium) in COVID-19?

Background: Shortness of breath is a medical term for dyspnoea, which is often referred to as "air hunger" on occasion. The distressing sensation of dyspnoea has the greatest potential for inducing psychological damage. Air hunger begins to activate brain pathways that are known to play a role in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression.

Objective: Aromatherapy can associate with the olfactory images in the nerve modulation process, and then it can be an effective respiratory and psychiatric rehabilitation against air hunger in COVID-19.

Methodology: Until April 2021, a PUBMED study was performed. Aromatherapy, respiratory pattern, mental imagery, anxiety disorders, and COVID-19 were some of the concepts used in the search.

Results: Mental imagery is a common occurrence in most people's daily lives. In this study, we proposed aromatherapy as an adjunct therapy to relieve anxiety on patients in before and post hospitalized with the COVID-19 by using advances in neuroscience and recognition of mental images. A wide range of psychological disorders can be relieved with the help of aromatherapy at the beginning of the patient's stress, fear, and depression.

Conclusion: Aromatherapy can be used in conjunction with the olfactory imagery in the nerve stimulation phase to produce a synergistic therapeutic effect on the neuro-pharmacological response to COVID-19 anxiety. Mental imagery motivates and engages when planning enjoyable and rewarding activities. Aromatherapy is a relaxation technique that increases the tidal volume of the lungs, which decreases air hunger, the patient is relieved by the aroma of the brain image, which is pleasurable to him. As a result, aromatherapy combined with a pleasant mental image can help to improve breathing patterns in dyspnea. Therefore, aromatherapy can be a type of respiratory/psychiatry rehabilitation for recovery tidal valium in dyspnea before and post hospitalized of patients with COVID-19.

Author(s): Farideh Zafari Zangeneh1 * and Maryam Sarmast Shoushtari2

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