whether caused by an accident or anticipated events, cutaneous cuts happen, and when it does, they can be painful. It’s good to understand the cause of cuts to prevent them from happening again, but there are times when blaming what or who caused what is better be set aside to focus on what matters more, to find an effective remedy for healing. Applying the right topical will help prevent infection and worsen the condition, and good thing that there are documented essential oils that are effective in promoting cut healing.
Individuals may not understand instantly the effects of Essential oils, and may even momentarily doubt their efficacy. But by learning and reading reliable information from Research results, People can see and comprehend the effects of essential oil including for cuts and healing. With so much information that we receive, plus tricky claims that we have heard from sketchy references and witnessing how Individuals have been used repeatedly, we protect ourselves by thinking what information and references can be trusted, and what not. In a time where there’s an influx of deceitful information, it can be confusing and challenging to verify reliable details. We rely on our rational thinking to understand things and become hesitant when we don’t understand fully or have studied entirely about certain real effective remedies. Because of this, the efficacy of Essential oil is at times being doubted too and I hope that aromatherapists would understand this.
While there are people who doubt the effect of essential oils on cutaneous cuts, did you know that lavender oil can help in cut care and healing? Lavender Essential oil is the top choice for Cutis healing. This is because we have repeatedly been told that it’s good for the ‘body’and also has a fragrance that can calm and uplift your ‘mood.’ Above all, both the story of Gastofosse and Jean Valnet using lavender oil for treating cuts and burns can be located in ‘many’ literature. we may belittle this information, but it has actually an enormous impact in the field of aromatherapy. This is the reason why having a bottle of essential oil in our aromatherapy ‘boxes’ or above our medicine cabinet can be good for us.
Though others may think that the basis of lavender’s efficacy on cut healing is just based on anecdotal records, we found researches that prove it can promote healing. These studies evaluated the effect of lavender oil on episiotomy or cuts between the vagina and the anus. (3) This demonstrates that both personal anecdotes of known personalities in the field of aromatherapy and research results consistently prove and agree that lavender essential oil truly promotes cutis healing.
Lavender essential oil on pain, complication, and redness of cuts
The role of lavender essential oil in aiding episiotomy cut care and healing was investigated among 120 women who had normal spontaneous vaginal delivery and episiotomy. They were primiparous or women who have given birth only once or first timers with a singleton pregnancy which means bearing only a single fetus. This 2011 randomized control trial assigned the women into two groups. The Case group received lavender essential oil, while the control group had povidone-iodine. On the 10th day postpartum (time right after childbirth) the incision areas were evaluated. The findings of the study showed that there were more women in the case group that had no pain than in the control group. Each group had 60 patients and 25 women in the lavender group did not have pain while only 17 mothers in the control group had no pain. Meanwhile, concerning the surgery site complications, there was no observed difference. Moreover, the redness in the incision area was lesser compared to the control group. (1)
Lavender essential oil caused episiotomy wound healing improvement between pre-assessment and post assessment
A 2018 paper presented the effects of adding lavender essential oil to sitz bath on episiotomy wound healing. The quasi-experimental study was conducted in selected hospitals in Kolhapur City in February 2017. Participants in the study were postnatal mothers with episiotomy wounds who had normal vaginal delivery and instrumental vaginal delivery. Instrumental meaning with the use of tools such as vacuum and forceps. 60 patients were enrolled in the main study. 30 participants were designated to the experimental group and 30 respondents were placed in the control group. The patients in the experimental group were treated with lavender oil sitz baths. They were instructed to sit in a basin or tub with 4 liters of warm water and 5 drops of lavender oil. They had to immerse their hips, buttocks, and perineal area for 15 minutes. It was performed twice a day at 6 hours intervals. It was carried out from the first to the third day after child delivery. Meanwhile, those patients in the control had only received routine care. Post-assessment was made after three days. The result of the study showed that there was a difference in the pre-assessment and post-assessment episiotomy wound healing scores in both the lavender oil sitz bath and the routine care group. The healing scores during the pre-assessment were lower than the post-assessment. Thus it has been concluded that using lavender essential oil is effective in episiotomy wound healing
Upon knowing the efficacy of lavender essential oil, picture yourself having a bottle of it with you. Aim that it can bring a therapeutic effect to the ‘body’ as well as encourage you to have an uplifting mood due to its heavenly fragrance.
Pull up a bottle of Lavender Essential oil ❤
References:
- (1) Vakilian K., Atarha M., Bekhradi R., Chaman R. Healing advantages of lavender essential oil during episiotomy recovery: A clinical trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 2011; 17 (1): 50-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2010.05.006 (abstract)
- (2) Patole C.S., Bijapurkar M. Effectiveness of Lavender Oil Sitz Bath on Episiotomy Wound Healing among Postnatal Mothers Admitted in Selected Hospitals at Kolhapur City. International Journal of Science and Research. 2018;7(8): 704-709. doi: 10.21275/ART2019609
- (3) National Health Service England UK. Episiotomy and perineal tears. Date retrieved: 3/15/23 https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/labour-and-birth/what-happens/episiotomy-and-perineal-tears/#:~:text=Sometimes%20a%20doctor%20or%20midwife,come%20through%20it%20more%20easily.
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