Considerações referentes ao uso de óleos essenciais no climatério.

Abstract

Climacteric is a natural event that is inevitable in women’s life, which is the transition from the reproductive to the non-reproductive phase, in which the cyclic production of ovarian hormones gradually decreases and menstrual cycles become irregular, until they cease completely. In addition, at this phase, important pfysical and psychological changes appear that impair the woman’s quality of life and must be prevented or treated. With the advancement of integrative and complementary practices, we have the aromatherapy contribution through essential oils, which are the most concentrated forms of vegetable energy, which ones, through the diversity of its active principles, act in the body to restore irregularities at its various levels. Therefore, we come to reinforce considerations regarding the applicability of these compounds in the balance of symptoms manifested in climacteric.