Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide to Healing With Essential Oils [Hardcover]

Valerie Gennari Cooksley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1996

This comprehensive guide to aromatherapy discusses the possible healing properties of scented, therapeutic oils. It shows how to use aromatherapy to alleviate specific ailments. The book is organized in cookbook style, with recipes for scents, soaks and baths and is tailored for moods and needs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Trade (February 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0133494241
• ISBN-13: 978-0133494242
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #962,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just so you know, March 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Aromatherapy: Soothing Remedies to Restore, Rejuvenate and Heal (Paperback)

As someone who has only recently gotten interested in Aromatherapy, I found this book to be most educational. But just so you know, this book is the same book as Valerie Gennari Cooksley's Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide to Healing With Essential Oils. It just has a new cover, a slightly different name and an updated sources list. Ms. Cooksley is a registered nurse and writes with quite a bit of knowledge about her subject. Where essential oils come from, how they affect the different systems of the body, various and assorted formulas for making healing blends, several case studies, and a brief description of several of the more essential of essential oils. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it to be a title that will be quite useful for years to come.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Decent Beginner Book, September 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide to Healing with Essential Oils (Paperback)

I have read this book and feel it is good for a beginning reference. However, there were some flaws with this book. When the author referred to certain recipes on a different page the referring page was always off by a page or two. The author refers to infusions as a carrier to use in certain recipes but gives no specific ingredients or amounts. The only reference made to infusions was for tea and water ratios for children. One section in particular the author refers to herbs that one can use for a recipe on the following page. But when you turn the page to find the herbs she spoke of there is no mention of them. Within several paragraphs the author lists other oils and other recipes. I feel for ease of reference these other oils or recipes mentioned should have been bolded or boxed. It would have also been nice if the essential oils were cross-referenced with other complimentary essential oils for blending. Substitution essential oils would have also been a thoughtful touch. I was disappointed to find only one company listed at the back of the book for resources.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is great for beginners, May 25, 1999

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Niccole A. Hatcher (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide to Healing with Essential Oils (Paperback)

This was the first book I puchased on aromatherapy, and I must say that it is the best book I have read!!! Not only does she include recipes, she also includes the essential oil reference guide, which is my favorite part, because she gives you a breakdown of not only the origin name, but what the physical and the psycho-emotional benefits are to the essential oils. She also gives you a headstart on how to make your own formulas, by including a blending chart. Please pick up this book, if not any other book.