And through evaluation we are trying to improve how we do it. It is something we need to be doing for the future . The future deserves that current aromatherapists have a look at what works and what doesn't. This can begin with individual case studies and careful evaluation of effects. Then see if similar effects are more widespread across the population.
Evaluation shows if treatments are working.
It is our obligation to improve or remove, to protect our field from accusations of negligence and unethical behavior. That is a way of science and will leave to greater acceptance in the mainstream. Its better to regulate your own field and have an honest look at effectiveness. We have to integrate ourselves with the world in the accepted fashion, which is to show that we are actually doing something useful, rather than just asserting it, as we do now.