Aromatherapy Workbook - Softcover

Price, Shirley

 
9780722526453: Aromatherapy Workbook

Synopsis

An excellent guide for anyone wanting to delve deeper into the world of aromatherapy. It clearly explains everything you need to know about understanding and using essential oils.

Written in a clear, easy to understand style this comprehensive book includes:

what the different carrier oils are
• how to use essential oils for health, pleasure and enjoyment
• how aromatherapy can be used for women’s health problems: PMS, menstrual problems, thrush and endometriosis etc.
• how essential oils can be used for children’s problems: colic, chicken pox and measles etc.
• the safety of essential oils
• how to give an aromatherapy massage (including an easy massage sequence)
• how to find a good aromatherapist.

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About the Author

Shirley Price is one of the world’s leading aromatherapists and author of the bestselling Practical Aromatherapy and co-author of Aromatherapy for Babies and Children (also by Thorsons).

She is the founder and director of Shirley Price Aromatherapy, the largest specialist aromatherapy training school in the world. Shirley is also the originator of a unique range of specialist skin care products and supplier of essential oils. She lectures and teaches around the world.

From the Back Cover

Interest in aromatherapy has burgeoned over the last few years, as people have realised that the vibrant energy of plants, contained in the oils distilled from them, can improve the quality of our lives in many ways.

Going much further than many of the basic guides available today, this book has been written for those who wish to delve deeper into the world of aromatherapy. It includes:

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• Extraction methods for obtaining essential oils
• The nature of different carrier oils
• Therapeutic oils versus perfume oils
• Plant families and the therapeutic qualities of their essential oils
• Plant families and the therapeutic qualities of their essential oils
• The chemistry of essential oils
• The relationship between components of essential oils and their effects on the body
• How to use essential oils for health, pleasure and enjoyment
• Safety of and contraindications for essential oils'

Shirley Price is one of the world's leading aromatherapists and author of the best-selling 'Practical Aromatherapy.'

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