Re: [Everything doTERRA] question about testing

Think about it... there is a major difficulty in studying aromatherapy by topical application or inhalation... how do you conduct a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial? For the results of a study to be truly reliable, both participants and researchers must be kept in the dark regarding participants who received real treatment and who received placebo.  Although it may be possible to keep researchers in the dark regarding which group is which, participants will certainly be aware of whether they smell something or not!  This is a problem because it has been shown that when researchers create expectations about the effects of certain aromas, those effects may occur simply because of those expectations.

It makes double blind nearly impossible.  There are some other studies that may be done with encapsulated internal use.

Rob.

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Mary Beth <mbsassen@gmail.com> wrote:

My daughter is a college student and is a bit cynical about essential
oils.
She just sent me a question that I would love to have answered and
knew this was the place to ask!!

"I was just studying for my child psych class and a question popped
into my head.  have there been any double- or single-blind studies
done with the oils?"


Anyone??


Thanks

Mary Beth

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