本研究主要探討芳香療法及音樂療法對於纾解壓力之成效，並觀察其是否具有加乘作 用。以嘉南藥理大學學生為受測者，並利用收縮壓、舒張壓、心跳速率、體表溫度及壓力指 數為纾壓指標。芳療實驗前先利用生理監測儀測量受測者的生理參數，如收縮壓、舒張壓、 心跳速率及體表溫度，並利用心率變異(hear rate variability, HRV)分析儀測量壓力指數及心率變 異參數，如總功率、低頻功率、髙頻功率，常規化低頻功率、常規化高頻功率及低/高頻功率 比，經過50分鐘後的瑞典式按摩後，再測量生理參數及心率變異參數。實驗結果顯示，無論 3%、10%薰衣草精油與控制組比較後，其對生理參數及心率變異參數皆有顯著的差異；3%和 10%薰衣草精油比較，則生理參數及心率變異參數皆無顯著的差異。同樣地，以單因子變異數 分析(one way analysis of variance, one way ANOVA)比較控制組和3%薰衣草精油、音樂及3%薰 衣草精油加音樂，結果顯示其生理參數，除音樂組的體表溫度(°C)無顯著差異，其它生理參數 都有顯著差異;在心率變異參數方面，常規化高頻有上升，而常規化低頻及低/高頻功率比， 則實驗組都較控制組有顯著之下降。另外，分別以3%薰衣草和3%薰衣草精油加音樂相比， 其心率變異參數則皆無顯著差異，代表音樂療法和芳香療法一起作用，並無加乘作用。本研 究是首度證實薰衣草精油搭配瑞典式按摩與音樂療法，可能是透過降低交感神經活性及提髙 副交感神經的活性，而來減少受測者之壓力指數、收縮壓、舒張壓、心跳速率，增加體表溫 度，而來達到放鬆纾壓的效果。

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of combination of aromatherapy massage and music therapy on releasing stress, and furthermore, to observe whether the aromatherapy massage and music therapy had synergistic effect. The research subjects were Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science students and the students' used systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, and pressure index as pressure indicators. Before the experiment, we used physiological monitor to measure the subject's physiological parameters, such as systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature and used heart rate variability (HRV) analyzer to measure the subjects' pressure index and heart rate variability parameters, such as total power, low frequency power, high-frequency power, normalized low-frequency power, normalized high-frequency power and low/high-frequency power ratio. After Swedish massage for 50 minutes, to measure the subjects’ physiological parameters and HRV parameters again. The results showed that no matter using 3% or 10% Lavender essential oil to compare with control group, there were obvious differences in physiological parameters and HRV parameters. However, comparing the 3% Lavender essential oil with 10%，there were no significant differences in physiological parameters and HRV parameters. Similarly, one way analysis of variance(one way AN OVA) was used to compare the differences of physiological parameters and HRV parameters between control group and experimental group, including 3% Lavender essential oil, music therapy, and 3% Lavender essential oil plus music therapy. The results showed that there were significant differences in physiological parameters of experimental groups except temperature of music therapy group. In addition, we found that HRV parameters increased in normalized high frequency power，but obviously decreased in the normalized low frequency power and low / high-frequency power ratio of experimental groups when compared with control group. On the other hand, using the group of 3% Lavender essential oil to compare the group of 3% Lavender essentia] oil plus music, there were no significant differences in HRV parameters. It means that there’s no synergistic effect for releasing stress when music therapy and aromatherapy act together. This study was first confirmed that Swedish massage with Lavender essential oil and music therapy may act through decreasing sympathetic activity and increasing parasympathetic activity to reduce the subiects’ PSI, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate and to increase skin temperature. For this reason, it can cause a relief of depression on human.