Patent ID: 7344740

Claim:
A method of treating a patient experiencing chemotherapy induced nausea during a chemotherapy session for human cancers comprising at least the following steps: (a) after a first particular time period during a chemotherapy session after which nausea has developed requiring the patient to, inhale a first effective amount of concentrated vapors of an essential oil of Mentha piperita from a hand-held inhaler apparatus; (b) thereafter requiring the patient to, wait a second time period of 30 seconds to 2 minutes for the chemotherapy induced nausea to stop; (c) thereafter, in the event that nausea returns during a remainder of the chemotherapy session, requiring the patient to inhale a second effective amount of vapors from an essential oil of Mentha piperita periodically not more often than a third time period of every 15 minutes; and (d) after completion of the chemotherapy session at the end of a fourth time period, and in the event that nausea thereafter returns, requiring the patient to inhale a third effective amount of vapors from an essential oil of Mentha piperita not more often than a fifth time period of every 1 hour.