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I haven't read all the way through it, but it seems moderately comprehensive. It's not a text book but it's not a totally generalized beginners book, either.
As a beginner to aromatherapy I found that this book was an excellent starter book that doesn't over simplify techniques, but is still easy to use and enables you to understand and apply the methods. The reader will learn the many different uses of aromatherapy. The book is layed out very well. Each oil is described thoroughly by origin, family, extraction, medicinal action, cosmetic/skin use, and emotional attributes. The book also reviews safe use of aromatherapy. I highly recommend this well written book for anyone starting to use aromatherapy.
The volume contains very valuable aromas forthe home, bedroom, job, gym and personal fragrances.Some important applications are as follows:o ants- camphor, pine and pepperminto clothes- lavender and sageo hair- lavender, eucalyptus, oregano, peppermint, thymeo garden- garlic, anise, basil and chamomileo circulation-ginger, lemon grass, eucalyptuso oils for blood vessels (chamomile, lemon, cedarwood)o sports massage oils are clove, basil, cinnamon and sageo gym oils are peppermint,camphor and eucalyptuso antiviral oils are bay, eucalyptus, garlic, black pepper, clove buds, lavender, sage and thymeo fragrance oils are lavender, lemon balm and pepperminto hair growth (Vitamin E, ginger, peppermint, basil )o colds and sinus- eucalyptuso ear infections (lavender, tea tree oilo fevers- lavenderThis book is a treasure chest of information on fine oils.
They gave enough scientific and detailed information that a person could safely and competently make their own mixes to achieve a desired effect. I wanted to know what each oil really did do, not all the uses people have ever used it for. This book gave suggestions for using both herbs and essential oils in health and beauty applications. Some books view essential oils in a mystical way, like they are a magical source of healing or courage/love/etc. blogspot. In the back, they also included quick-reference charts covering what essential oil was good for what. In my view, essential oils are simply naturally-derived medicines, and very effective ones at that, so I appreciated how they approached essential oils.My one "complaint" is that the section detailing what each essential oil could do listed so many things for each oil that I couldn't believe they all did practically everything (at least, that's what it looked like on first reading).
That's the book I primarily refer to now, and it's always been correct.So, if you're interested in learning more about essential oils, this is a great starter book. It covered the use of herbs and essential oils in massage, in cooking, and in making perfume and beauty products like lip balm, lotions, daily skin care, shampoos, and so on. So I bought "Advanced Aromatherapy" Kurt Schnaubelt, which clearly explains a number of scientific studies on what various essential oils do. Overall, it covered a wide variety of information in good depth.The authors kept to a fairly scientific approach to essential oils. potions. I'd also recommend "Advanced Aromatherapy" Kurt Schnaubelt.Review by Debbie from Different Time, Different Place (differenttimedifferentplace. com)
It's not bad book, but I expected a bit more info according to the title of the book, in my opinion it's not a COMPLETE art of healing.But there is some useful info anyway.Thanks.
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