The geranium oil bourbon was applied directly to the skin of 200 patients exhibiting neuropathic pain. These patients exhibited symptoms from either Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or Postherpetic Neuralgia Syndromes. These symptoms included burning and lancelating pain, and redness and swelling of the skin. The oil was applied by rubbing it lightly over the skin area affected by pain.
Approximately, 1-10 oil drops were used per area, depending on the size of the affected tissue and intensity of the pain. The oil was left to be absorbed into the skin.
Within approximately three (3) minutes patients developed partial pain relief. The patients experienced an initial burning and numbness at the affected area before reduction in pain developed.
Patients’ superficial pain was substantially gone within five (5) to seven (7) minutes. The deeper, but duller, pain subsided within approximately 20 minutes. In all patients studied there was an 80-100% reduction in pain. This reduction of pain lasted from two (2) to twenty-four (24) hours.
Prof. dr. Jan M. Keppel Hesselink, juni 2012
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