Essential Aromatherapy: A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy [Paperback]

Susan E. Worwood (Author), Valerie Ann Worwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2003

Here is a complete guide to aromatherapy, a modern healing technique with ancient origins. Essential Aromatherapy organizes essential oils into handy alphabetical listings, providing their profiles, applications, and the physical and emotional conditions that warrant their use. Also included are detailed treatments for a variety of ailments, plus oil blends for many home and health uses. Dozens of helpful illustrations are included.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This brisk tour of essential oils (or concentrated plant essences) and explores their many applications and uses. Author Susan Worwood begins with a brief history of oils and aromatherapy, which describes how the practice of aromatherapy shifted from having New Age connotations to being accepted in popular culture. The reader then learns how essential oils work--from their antibiotic, antiviral, and antifungal properties to their mind/body/spiritual connection. The guide provides tips on buying and storing oils and includes useful one-page profiles of the plants that produce the oils, from basil to yuzu. The book's exhaustive "how to use" list describes how to make face masks, foot baths, gargles, diffusers, and more. The list also teaches us that there are inexpensive, natural treatments for many common maladies.This book offers a great crash course in essential oils and aromatherapy is a useful reference handbook. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

Use this A-Z reference to access essential oils and their applications. Formulas for blending oils and detailed treatment outlines assure readers will gain the most from their application and use. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: New World Library; 2 Sub edition (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577312481
• ISBN-13: 978-1577312482
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for aromatherapy beginners., February 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Essential Aromatherapy: A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy (Paperback)

This book clearly outlines many essential oils, their sources and recommended uses. There is also an invaluable section listing common ailments and which essential oils are best used to treat them. This was the first aromatherapy book I ever purchased, and I still refer to it often.

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you get only one book on aromatherapy, get this one!, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Essential Aromatherapy: A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy (Paperback)

I have a number of aromatherapy books, but this one is my favorite. It's a small book but it contains all the practical knowledge you need to know to practice good aromatherapy. I have found it invaluable and highly recommend it.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good for reference, but you may already have this info, March 30, 2007

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This review is from: Essential Aromatherapy: A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy (Paperback)

This book is a small reference book. If you already own other books by Susan Worwood, you probably have this information already. If you want something portable, buy this book. If not, save your money and read what you already own.