芳香按摩紓壓運用於高齡保健之探討

Explore Applying of Aroma Massage to Relieve Stress in the Healthcare of the Elderly

10.6763/IJTCMHP.202405_8(1).0003

譚彩鳳(Tang, Tsai-Fong)

高齡保健 ； 按摩 ； 精油 ； 舒壓 ； 心律變異儀 ； Elderly Care ； Massage ； Essential oil ； Relaxation ； Heart Rate Variation (HRV)

中醫本草健康促進期刊

8卷1期（2024 / 05 / 15）

55 - 72

繁體中文;英文

台灣人口急劇高齡化，銀髮族人口問題引發各界關注。預估2025年台灣將增加五百多萬的銀髮族人口，高齡人口罹患的老年病、以及文明病或慢性病的蔓延，對社會對國家財政都已構成嚴重的負擔，而現代的人會有許多壓力，在家庭、在學校、在公司或人際關係等，不管是面對什麼樣的壓力總是要有舒壓的方式，若沒有適時施壓就容易生病。利用精油按摩肩、頸、背來促進身心健康，透過皮膚、經絡到神經系統、荷爾蒙系統、血液系統、免疫系統，幫助人體身心舒解、調理新陳代謝，達到促進身體健康、心理愉悅的功能。解決高齡舒壓源於工作生活與生活壓力所形成之內在情緒失調所造成的痠痛、肌肉與健康等問題。結果顯示：在10位的受試者使用白檀香、洋甘菊、甜橙、迷迭香、薰衣草、薄荷等精油配合葡萄籽油作調和油、刮痧按摩，採用類實驗法，吸入性芳療法及芳香按摩在心率變異測量值有明顯平衡：1.總功率（total power, TP）：為HF、LF、VLH之總合。2.壓力指數（pressure index）：PSI-20-50身體、心理、環境的影響，過高也許處於高度壓力狀態或有慢性疾病之徵兆。3. LF/HF：正常值0.5-2.0，可觀察功率在正規化後皆有顯著效果，表示強調自主神經系統的交感副交感神經控制與平衡的機制行為皆有改善。

Taiwan's population is aging rapidly, and the problem of the senior population has attracted attention from all walks of life. It is estimated that Taiwan will have an increase of more than 5 million silver-haired people in 2025. The spread of geriatric diseases, civilization diseases or chronic diseases suffered by the elderly population has constituted a serious burden on society and the national finance. Modern people will have many No matter what kind of pressure you face, whether it is at home, at school, at work or in interpersonal relationships, you must find ways to relieve stress. If you do not apply pressure in a timely manner, you will easily get sick. Use essential oils to massage shoulders, neck, and back to promote physical and mental health. Through the skin, meridians, nervous system, hormonal system, blood system, and immune system, it helps the human body to relax physically and mentally, regulate metabolism, and achieve the functions of promoting physical health and psychological happiness. Solve stress relief in the elderly, such as pain, muscle and health problems caused by internal emotional imbalance caused by work life and life pressure. The experiment used white sandalwood, chamomile, sweet orange, rosemary, lavender, peppermint and other essential oils combined with grape seed oil as blending oil and scraping massage. It adopted a quasi-experimental method and randomly sampled 10 people from Keelung who were between 55 and 65 years old. Most of the staff are elderly people working there. It is intended for nursing staff, teaching staff, and the elderly in general. It is expected that aromatic oil massage will be used to relieve stress and diffuse aroma inhalation. The aromatic oil scraping massage will be performed for eight weeks. A heart rate variability meter will be used to check whether there is any effect. It will be done once before and after the massage. For the test, the massage time is 30 minutes, and the improvement difference is evaluated through the heart rate variability values measured before and after heart rate variability. Thisresults showed that 10 subjects used white sandalwood, chamomile, sweet orange, rosemary, lavender, peppermint and other essential oils together with grape seed oil as blending oil and scraping massage, using quasi-experimental methods, inhaled aromatherapy and aromatherapy. Massage has an obvious balance in heart rate variability measurements: 1. Total power (TP): It is the sum of HF, LF, and VLH. 2. Pressure index: PSI-20-50 refers to the impact of physical, psychological and environmental factors. If it is too high, you may be in a state of high stress or have signs of chronic diseases. 3. LF/HF: normal value 0.5- 2.0, it can be observed that the power has a significant effect after normalization, indicating that the mechanism and behavior of the sympathetic and parasympathetic control and balance of the autonomic nervous system have been improved.