It includes the origins of aromatherapy, advice on treating ailments and healing for both physical and emotional symptoms. This comprehensive guide to aromatherapy matches over 200 essential oils with 300 ailments and conditions. Sorting fact from fiction, and spicing her book with anecdotal reports, Jeanne Rose details the countless internal and external applications and inhalations for healing the mind, body and spirit. Includes many formulations and recipes that can be made at home. 300pp, 9x7, illus.
Aromatherapy is valued as a non-invasive aid to natural birth and to postnatal recovery.
Aromatherapy is a widely used technique and is being practised by an increasing number of mothers, Midwives and other health professionals during pregnancy and childbirth. Marcel Lavabre Marcel Lavabre's practical guide to the use of essential oils covers the history, folklore, science, and art of aromatherapy. It features more than 70 essential oils classified by botanical family, with detailed discussion of their specific actions and insight into their energetic and spiritual properties. The mysteries of the olfactory system are explained, along with the powerful influence of scent on our mental state, emotions, and sexuality. The various methods of extraction are discussed in detail, and a special section is devoted to the art of blending.