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AI InsightHowever, in order to make aromatherapy applications more effective and safer, clinical guidelines need to be established and scientifically based standardization processes need to be developed.
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Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the scientific basis of aromatherapeutic applications by analyzing the botanical contents, frequency of use and therapeutic purposes of aromatherapy prescriptions used in the field of health in Türkiye. The prescriptions obtained from the archives of Istanbul Beyazıt Halk Pharmacy were examined and evaluated in terms of the herbal species, families, usage values (UV), functional consensus index (FIC) and chemical components included in the prescriptions. According to the data obtained, the most frequently used plants in prescriptions are Lavandula angustifolia, Matricaria chamomilla, Salvia rosmarinus and Eucalyptus globulus; these plants are seen to have high UV values. FIC analysis revealed a high consensus in some therapeutic categories, especially respiratory disorders (FIC = 0.87). In addition, it was determined that the majority of the analyzed plants contain volatile components with scientifically proven therapeutic effects. These findings show that aromatherapy is increasingly being adopted in both traditional and modern medical approaches in Türkiye and that its prescription use is beginning to gain a certain systematic structure. However, in order to make aromatherapy applications more effective and safer, clinical guidelines need to be established and scientifically based standardization processes need to be developed.