Reference guide for essential oils [Paperback]

Connie Higley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Abundant Health (1998)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00069X0QQ
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,855,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Introduction to Essential Oils, June 26, 2005

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reference guide for essential oils (Paperback)

If you are looking for a guide to essential oils that also includes information on over 600 health related topics, this is an excellent choice. If you can find a copy of this book you can look up an essential oil and find: the botanical family, chemical constituents, properties, folklore, historical uses, medicinal uses, other possible uses, aromatic influence, application, blend classification, blends with various oils listed and frequency.

Sandalwood has frequency of 96 MHz, while Rose oil has a frequency of approximately 320 MHz. It was interesting to read about fresh herbs having a higher frequency than dry herbs and that there is a relationship between frequency and disease. Cancer has a frequency of 42 MHz, while death begins at 25 MHz. Essential oils help the body to regain a healthy frequency. Connie and Alan Higley also discuss the effects of positive and negative thoughts and show how various essential oils affect our moods.

Science and Application - How to use oils in baths, compresses and diffusers. You can even add essential oils to paint or use essential oils when cleaning your house for their disinfecting qualities. Vita Flex Therapy and Raindrop Therapy are also discussed.

Single Oils - Concise information on pure essential oils. Safety Data is also included. The Historical uses and Folklore make this book quite a fun read. Special Note give detailed information, like in the section about Jasmine the authors explain how the blossoms are collected.

Oil Blends - Each blend lists the single oils contained in the blend and gives the reason for including the oils. To find the blends online, just add the name of the oil after "Young Living Essential Oils." So to find the Hope blend, you would put in Young Living Essential Oils Hope and it will magically appear. The "RC" blend was especially helpful when my husband had something very close to pneumonia one year. I think this blend saved his life. I mixed it with Vicks and rubbed it on his chest. You can use this in combination with RAVEN, also for pneumonia. I also found that recovery time was significantly reduced with these two oils. After using these oils, I realized the life-saving power of essential oils.

Personal Care Products - You could use this section to make your own body lotions, shampoos and conditioners or it gives you ideas for what you might want to order. The Massage Oil section is very helpful if you are trying to mix your own oils.

Supplements and Vitamins - Insight into which essential oils can be used internally. Not all can be, so before ingesting anything, read up on the oils. This book also talks about Stevia and other products to look into for health. If you are interested in antiaging supplements, there are notes about various supplements that could give you excellent results.

Personal Guide - This A-Z guide gives you instant access to information on everything from Asthma to Vertigo.

I've purchased oils from the Abundant Health Company and their oils are of superior quality. abundant-health4u.com is the site where I first found the book and products. They have new copies of this book. You can find the oils listed here at Amazon under

the name Young Living Essential Oils.

I bought this book years and years ago and I still look up information on a weekly basis. I'd consider this to be one of the best books on essential oils I've ever purchased.

~The Rebecca Review

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reference Guide For Essential Oils Published 1998, January 7, 2010

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S. Wyatt (United States, East Coast) - See all my reviews
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I just received this book and it appears to be quite thorough. There are primary sections of:

1) Application

2) Single Oils (BEST PART OF BOOK)

3) Oil Blends (These are all Young Living Oil Blends)

4) Personal Care Products (Face Cream & Such)

5) Bath & Shower Gels

6) Tinctures

7) Massage Oils

8) Supplements (BEST PART OF BOOK)

9) Personal Guide (Think Personal Health Care Management - BEST PART OF BOOK)

The Personal Guide takes up the entire last half of the book. It tells you what to use for this and for that. Over all it is an in depth book, but important information is lacking (Concerning Formulations) and the book seems to be geared towards Young Living Essential Oils. I have no problem with Young Living, they do have a great product. But THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY COMPANY to offer high quality Theraputic Grade Essential Oils as one would tend to believe after reading some of the things published by their followers. Not to mention that Young Living charges 10x what a product of theraputic grade quality should cost due to their pyramid payment plan for distributors. It is not very Holy to deprive persons who are sick of God's medicine and that is what essential oils are. Everyone cant afford almost $100 for one small bottle of Frankincense - especially when it should not cost that, but maybe $15.00 for the same amount. They also speak of using a Nebulizer which distributes the oils in the air without heating them, to treat illness. The YL nebulizer is once again $100, I know where to get the same one without their logo on it for $39.00. Soooooo, that is one reason why I'm not 100% happy with this book. It is a Young Living sales tool. The section on Personal Care products tells you to use this oil for creams and this and that to create a cream, but gives you no ratio of ingedients. I can mix all those things they mention in the book and not get cream (aka cre'me) because you do have to have the proper ratios. Also MANY of the personal care recipes are full of additives which are not natural and are chemicals. Some are preservatives, and you do need those, but there are natural substances which exist and can be used for preservatives in skin care products. I know cause I make some of them already. You can use Rosemary Oleoresin, Black Willow Bark, Vitamin E (aka topherols) Vitamin E is the has the least amount of long acting effectiveness of those in preserving however (FYI). But there are also many other natural items that preserve, act as thickeners, binders, emulsifyers (keeps the oil from seperating). And none of those are in here. If your going to put it in a book that is about keeping medicine natural basically, don't work chemicals into it. I thought it strange. The section on single oils and their uses is awesome. I really like that section and was my primary reason for wanting this book. The section on the blends is good also, however they are all Youngliving Blends. Which is fine, it does tell you the ingredients for each one, but there are no ratio's so you have no idea of how much to use for each. There are a few pages also which go over Raindrop Technique with no pictures. It is very informative and I was also appreciative of this information as I am intersted in pursuing this field. Once I do go down that path though, and since I'm a beliver in God's medicine being available to all who need it. My oils WILL NOT be Young Living Oils for the simple fact that their prices are ridiculous and prevent those who are in need from receiving what God intended. God wants us all to profit, but I do not see how they sleep at night. Probably on BIG FAT pillows! I only bring God into this because it is a position Youngliving holds. That Essential Oils that are theraputic grade are God's medicine. I belive that too. But you didnt see Jesus putting his hand out for a payment before healing the blind, now did you? And this book strongly pushing Youngliving...... Maybe they received payments we don't know about for that?

The sections called Supplements & Personal Guide are VERY extensive and tell you how to make decoctions (sort of - again no ratios - easily found directions on the web or in books by James Green) and what herbs to use in capsules, addresses teas I believe and is very in depth. I am glad I have the book, don't get me wrong. Lots of good info, but be ready for a Young Living Pitch :) Enjoy! I will eventually purchase the new edition also. So I do like the book in spite of it's short falls.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Essential Oil Reference Book, February 20, 2010

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C. Hawke "oldmoviequeen" (Farmington, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reference Guide for Essential Oils (Paperback)

Wouldn't want to be without it and it offers many formulas that are expensive to buy in bottle form. Very useful and very practical! One of my three indispensable essential oil guide books.