Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art - Softcover

Keville, Kathi; Green, Mindi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0895946920 ISBN 13: 9780895946928

Publisher: Crossing Press, 1995

Synopsis

This complete guide presents everything you need to know to enhance your health, beauty, and emotional well-being through the practice of aromatherapy. Kathi Keville and Mindy Green, who are masters in the fields of herbalism and aromatherapy, offer a fresh perspective on the most fragrant of the healing arts and discuss such topics as:
The history and theory of fragrance.
Therapeutic uses of aromatherapy for circulation, digestion, respiration, immunity, and more.
Instructions for creating personal beauty and skin-care products
Techniques for the home distillation and blending of essential oils.
A materia medica listing the origins and uses of commonly available essential oils.

About this title

Review:

"A jewel...It captures the essence of aromatherapy and presents it in a clear, intelligent, and engaging manner. It is my favorite aromatherapy book and I recommend it to all my students."

--Rosemary Gladstar, author of Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health

"A practical, empowering, and insightful book blending the best in herbalism wtih the finest essence of aromatherapy, offering a cornucopia of healing to all who read it."

--David Hoffman, author of Medical Herbalism

"As a full-time teacher of aromatherapy, I found this book to be informative and practical. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in aromatherapy."

--Michael Scholes, president of the Laboratory of Flowers and the School for Aromatic Studies

About the Author:

KATHI KEVILLE is an internationally known herbalist and aromatherapist. The author of 12 books, she has taught seminars for more than 40 years and is the director of the American Herb Association in Nevada City, California.

MINDY GREEN has worked in the natural products industry for more than 35 years. She is a founding member of the American Herbalists Guild and is the clinical aromatherapist for the Aveda Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crossing Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0895946920
• ISBN 13: 9780895946928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158