Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide to Healing with Essential Oils (Paperback)

by Valerie Gennari Cooksley (Author)

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Product Description
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

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0133494322
• ISBN-13: 978-0133494327
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #364,886 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

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

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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.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Niccole A. Hatcher (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oil on the pages, herbs stuck in the binding..., February 3, 2004

By	Foxydot "foxydot" (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

...this book has been abused, beaten and much loved. As someone who loves working with oils, essences, herbs and the like, I have to say this book is among my top two! Whenver a healing blend is needed, I find myself reaching for this book first. The easy language makes it accessible even to my partner, who barely dabbles in these things. The herbal tea blends included are phenomenal. The blends translate well to massage oils, room scenting oils, soaps and candles, you name it!

If you a a magical person looking to get into blending, put this volume next to your Cunningham!