Advanced Aromatherapy draws on the most recent research to demonstrate how essential oils work on the cells and microbes of the body. These chemical changes affect emotional states as well as physical ones. This book explains how to treat symptoms ranging from hay fever to stress disorders with predictable results.

This is the most up-to-date encyclopedia of aromatherapy available today, with over 400 entries covering 82 essential oils and more than 200 conditions.

This newly revised edition of the definitive guide provides the reader with expert advice on using essential oils in massage, baths, compresses, lotions, and inhalations. Special sections on massage for pregnant women and newborns give complete instructions for using massage to ease the discomforts of pregnancy and relieve the pain of labor and birth, as well as to soothe and comfort restless babies and facilitate the bonding of mother and child.

This book charts the aromatic pathway from the pre-conceptual stage right through to delivery and neo-natal care. It is a must for any health-conscious couple contemplating starting a family and wishing to enhance their lifestyle with essential oils and other naturally energetic products.

Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit is the first book to focus on the profound spiritual and psychological benefits of essential oils. Building on the link between fragrance and mood, this beautifully illustrated and practical guide allows you to use aromatherapy to alleviate tension, anxiety, and depression.

A comprehensive guide to cosmetics and body-care products you can make yourself with essential oils that are healthier and less expensive than their commercially made equivalents.

Aromatherapy Workbook, first published in 1990, is an essential guide to the history, folklore, science, and practice of aromatherapy. It features more than seventy essential oils classified by botanical family with detailed discussions of their specific actions, along with unique insights into their energetic and spiritual properties. This revised edition incorporates the latest biochemical research with the spiritual and psychological understanding of essential oils.

Learn about the most common essential oils - properties, suggested uses, and special features, all in one handy and easy to use reference wheel.

In this practical directory to 83 essential oils, each entry offers valuable information at a glance, including full descriptions of the oils’ chemical constituents, aromas, and their effects on the mind and body.

The author discusses all things aromatic, from essential oils to garden plants, with recipes for blending essential oils and practical tips for creating perfumes and beauty products. The numerous therapeutic uses of aromatherapy are applied to 10 major systems of the body with specific remedies given for more than 70 ailments.

This classic manual provides detailed evidence for the efficacy of plant medicine. Valnet effectively bridges the gap between the tradition of healing with herbs and the advances of modern medicine, showing, in scientific terms, why plant medicine works, and making an impassioned plea for curtailing our use of dangerous chemical therapies.