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100 of 101 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a most excellent reference, March 21, 2005
Whether you're new to the world of Essential Oils, or a seasoned follower, there is a plethora of information for you in here. Each single oil and blended oil is explained, where it originates, what it's used for, how to apply it, where to apply it and how often. A big section is nothing but diseases listed alphabetically and how to treat it with the e.o.'s, also listed are nutritional supplements that help to heal that particular condition. I've owned the book for about 5 months now, and am still discovering new things in it. Also has a section on how to deal with sick pets. I wish I had known about the oils when my daughter had a year long bout with head lice from school, kept getting re-infected, and Tea Tree oil works wonders...FAST.
But don't be fooled thinking you can go into your local health food store for the oils, they're not therapeutic grade and won't have the same effect, and cannot be ingested like the Young Living Essential oils. Not all oils can be taken internally, but a few can, and they work great. I looked up GOUT in this book and it said you can use Panaway essen. oil, so I put it on my mothers big toe and in about 5 minutes, the pain was totally gone. One time it took 20 min, once the pain was gone in about 20 seconds, and once, I had to reapply it after about 15 min. so be patient, and I can atest that they work wondrously and this book will help you to become an expert , it is the best, bar none. :)
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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have for the essential oil user., August 15, 2000
This book is a fabulous reference book for essential oils - the book is well laid out and easy to understand. It lists uses for the single oils, mixed oils or massage oils, warnings for preganancy and history of each oil. Great for the beginner to the advance user of essential oils.
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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
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Desk Reference for Young Living Essential Oils, January 11, 2007
When I purchased this book I was under impression that this is a generic Essential Oil Desk Reference - as the titles of the books says. I didn't realise that this is actually a Desk Reference of Young Living Products, apparently designed for Young Living Distributors and while it provides a wealth of information related to essential oils and different health and other issues, it is more like a compendium of Young Living Products, their uses and ingredients. What you will encounter are products fitting to fill a health-food store - Young Living nutritional supplements containing essential oils, Young Living natural hormone replacement products containing progesterone creams in combination with essential oils, pregnenolone, DHEA, lozenges containing essential oils, and many others. The products listed are like the assortment of products you could find in a health-food store, except that each one has few drops of essential oils added to the blend. A good deal of these products are to be ingested, like for example Power Meal, which is alike one of those protein drinks, except that this one has several essential oils added to the mix.
Among the recommendations for different health issues, essential oils are intermixed with Young Living products so in the section for animal treatment for example, few listings go as follows:
TUMORS & CANCERS:
Mix frankincese with lemon, lavender or clove and apply on area of tumor.
and then for WORMS AND PARASITES, there is no mention of any essential oils, but rather it just says: ParaFree and Di-Gaze. Looking through the rest of the book, you may find that ParaFree are Young Living gel capsules for cleansing from parasites.
Other than that, if you're looking for essential oils products which you can ingest, as may be more popular in France than on this side of the world, Young Living products may be just what you were looking for.
On this side of the world, it has been more common to use essential oils - diluted in a vegetable oil (which in this book is referred to as V6 Oil complex)- topically and to consume herbal teas, extracts and powdered herbs internally. I have been using them that way throughout my life with good effects. If you'd rather be ingesting a drop of peppermint oil instead of drinking peppermint tea, than you should ensure that the essential oil you're ingesting is of pure, therapeutic, quality and not stretched or adulterated.
Somewhere in this book the author says that unless you can pronounce the name of the ingredient, it may be harmful to your health. People who promote natural products tend to say that often, though I'm not sure what do they make out of botanical names of plants which are in Latin and which many people do have challenge pronouncing. Soaps and creams also often have bunch of ingredients that sound nothing like a natural plant, fruit or vegetable picked from an organic garden.
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