Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals [Hardcover]

Robert Tisserand (Author), Tony Balacs (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0443052603 | ISBN-13: 978-0443052606 | Publication Date: January 15, 1995 | Edition: 1

The safe use of essential oils is of key importance in the practice of aromatherapy. Based on up-to-date research findings, this practical, comprehensive guide gives detailed profiles of essential oils, safety guidelines for practitioners, cautions and contradictions and extensive referencing.

Essential Oil Safety is written for everyone who needs to be thoroughly familiar with the appropriate and safe use of essential oils in therapy, whether researchers, pharmacists, nurses, clinicians, aromatherapists or retailers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

James Barlow Irish Pharmacy Journal, January 2005
"Chapters are thorough and well referenced and the text may be consulted as a trustworthy and learned source of information on the toxicology of essential oils, and would be a useful reference guide for healthcare professionals and practitioners."

Product Details

• Hardcover: 279 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1 edition (January 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443052603
• ISBN-13: 978-0443052606
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #705,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reliable information is wonderful to have, January 12, 2002

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"kunzangwangmo" (Rancho Cucamonga, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals (Hardcover)

I very much appreciated the solid information on the safety of essential oils, as as an MD I have been using them internally for my own health. Without a book like this and adequate understanding, that could be quite harmful. However, people should be aware that the book does not cover the therapeutic effects of the oils, nor give an adequate discussion of the issue of impurities and adulterations and how to minimize the risk of these. This book is a must for anyone practicing aromatherapy, as is a reliable supplier of essential oils who tests all their products by gas chromatography and other methods.

43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Essential Oil Safety, April 18, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals (Hardcover)

It is nice to find at last a book that shows the safety guidelines for essential oils. While this is by no means a full list, it is a good start. With the number of people who are self proclaimed in the science of aromatherapy, and not knowing fully the contraindications of their use, it is nice to see a beginning in bringing aromatherapy to the healthcare field where it can be more widely studied for medical use rather than a good smell. This book helps to bring some credability to a field that has been ignored for so long.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for any aromatherapy student., December 27, 2010

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This review is from: Essential Oil Safety: A Guide for Health Care Professionals (Hardcover)

This is a well written and comprehensive book on the safety of essential oils for all practitioners. It offers refreshing data based on scientific information, rather than hand-me-down misconceptions redelivered over and over in numerous other texts. The only down-side is that it was written 15yrs ago and while the information is not "out" dated, there needs to be an "updated" version to carry on where this left off. Still a worthy investment.