Effects of aromatherapy by Rosaceous on the severity and systemic symptoms of primary dysmenorrhea

Background and Aim:Dysmenorrhea, defined as pain associated with menstruation that affects millions of women in the reproductive ageworldwide. Considering the high prevalence of dysmenorrhea and its adverse consequences on quality of life, thepresent study examined the effects of Rosaceous on the severity of primary dysmenorrhea and its systemicmanifestations.Materials and Methods:This double blind clinical trial was performed on 110 students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences. Studentsrandomly assigned into intervention and control groups. Both groups were matched before intervention for age,education level, BMI, income, education wife, age of menarche and marital status. In the intervention group in the first3 days of menstruation, 10 drops of Rosaceous extract were given to the subjects two times daily for two consecutivemenstrual cycles. The controls take placebo. Severity of primary dysmenorrhea is compared in the two groups using thepaired t test and between groups using the independent t test.Findings:The severity of primary dysmenorrhea and systemic manifestations decreased in both groups, this reduction was moresignificant in the Rosaceous group (p <0.001).Conclusions:The results of this study results showed a positive impact of Rosaceous in reduction of severity of primarydysmenorrhea and systemic manifestations. It seems that can be used to reduce the severity of primary dysmenorrheaand systemic manifestations.Keywords:Dysmenorrhea; Rosaceous; Traditional Medicine