Effect of Lavender Inhalation on Dysmenorrhea

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having primary dysmenorrhea (degrees II and III),
• Single,
• Who have never been pregnant before,
• Having a regular menstrual cycle
• Without any genital organ disorder (such as fibroids, fibroadenoma, endometriosis,metrorrhagia, ovarian cyst, pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, otherpelvic pathologies)
• Not using contraceptive method,
• Having a normal sense of smell
• People who can smell odors and are not allergic to odors will be included in thestudy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Married,
• Having a disease that causes dysmenorrhea,
• Regularly using a pharmacological and non-pharmacological method to relieve
• Dysmenorrhea pain during the study,
• Having a previous or unconcluded pregnancy,
• Having a chronic disease (diabetes, endometriosis, uterine congenital anomalies,epilepsy, etc.),
• Using drugs that affect the menstrual cycle or dysmenorrhea,
• Persons who fill in the data collection form incompletely or not at all will not beincluded in the study.