The Fragrant Pharmacy [Import] [Paperback]

Valerie Ann Worwood (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group; New Ed edition (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553403974
• ISBN-13: 978-0553403978
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 1.2 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,430,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference material, March 18, 2005

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Mona Guterman (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fragrant Pharmacy (Paperback)

Excellent book. Very good explanations and very helpful with finding remedies for all the common ailments. I reference this book all the time and basically can't do without it. I recommend it very highly.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Fragrant Pharmacy, April 14, 2011

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Cameltribe "choose cruelty free products" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fragrant Pharmacy (Hardcover)

This book came highly recommended to me so I was very excited.

First I tried the cocoa butter and grapeseed cleanser. The oily mixture became mouldy in a week. Not good.

Next I tried the anti-dandruff shampoo. Granted, the "soap stew" recipe was good. But it didn't work, even with the vinegar rinse.

So I started to check out some more information about the eos I was using. Turns out that some of them are highly toxic/poisonous, and are recommended by other aromatherapists to NEVER be used...eg. basil, and common sage (which I used, of course!)

Then I read the chapter about pregnancy and use of eos. Most aromatherapists will caution any use in the first trimester, and then only citrus based ones sparingly after that. She didn't have any such cautions and some of the ones she listed, are apparently considered not so safe.

She also suggests eo use on cats, in particular tea tree and lavender, for treatments. Then I checked out a few pet care websites regarding lavender, and it says not to use ANY essential oils on cats, they can be fatal!

So basically I am disillusioned about her therapies and eo recipes, and will not be using her book, or sage or basil, ever again.

I think there are more recently published aromatherapy/healing/essential oil books out there with more up-to-date and safer information. Her book was published in 1990. It's now 2011. Her book is 20 years old. No offence intended, but I'm sure there has been more research done in the last 20 years that updates safe use of essential oils in the home by an everyday person.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great information plus some excellent recipes, August 17, 2011

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This review is from: The Fragrant Pharmacy (Paperback)

I love This authors books. She has all the information you need in one book. I refer to this quite often and another one of her books. This is one of may favorite books. You can find almost anything you need in this book from health to beauty.