It's nice to have a book about aromatherapy that collects together everything you need to know in one easy-to-read volume. Gill Farrer-Halls explains how to choose and use essential oils for health, beauty and wellbeing, including skin-care treatments, massage techniques, how to create perfumes to suit different moods, simple remedies for common ailments and meditations for relaxation. She also provides a directory of 68 common and exotic essential oils. Each entry describes the characteristics of that oil, lists its main therapeutic properties and warns about any potential contraindications.
400pp, 140mm x 167mm, illus. in colour, softback, 2005
Aromatherapy An A-Z by Patricia Davis is a beautifully designed aromatherapy bestseller giving information on a massive range of essential oils, technical terms, health problems and other situations in which aromatherapy can help.
Written by one of the UK's most experienced aromatherapy practitioners and teachers, Aromatherapy in Essence will be welcomed by professionals and novices alike, and has become a standard aromatherapy textbook.
In Aromatherapy in Essence Nicola Jenkins describes blending fragrances for healing, massage and detoxification, showing connections with astrology and ayurveda.
If you are interested in aromatherapy, you will certainly find this pioneering book to be an excellent investment, for it is absolutely packed with information - much of it not obtainable in such detail elsewhere - on the effects of essential oils on
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