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| The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy: Over 600 Natural, Non-Toxic and Fragrant Recipes to Create Health - Beauty - a Safe Home Environment | 
 enlarge | Author: Valerie Ann Worwood
Publisher: New World Library
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  87 reviews
Sales Rank: 3153
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0931432820
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.321
EAN: 9780931432828
ASIN: 0931432820
Publication Date: 1991
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Product Description
A necessary resource for anyone interested in alternative approaches to healing, this book contains more than 600 easy-to-follow recipes for essential oil treatments and aromatherapy.
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 An Everyday Aromatherapy Encyclopedia. February 4, 2001
192 out of 198 found this review helpful
Valerie Ann Worwood's book "The Complete Book Of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy" is one of the most complete and down-to-earth books on the subject, especially for the beginer. If I were to teach a course on aromatherapy for beginers, this would be one of two main texts I would use, as it is so complete. Here writing style is very clear, easily understood, and enjoyable to read. No dryness here. She begins by discussing ten essntial oils as a "basic care kit," and explains how such oils should be used via an A-Z list of common household occurances. The list includes the following as some topics: -Abdominal pain. -Abraisions. -Black Eye. -Bruises. -Colds. -Fever. -Headache. -Hicups. As a matter of principle, she explains at the very begining of the book that the information contained therein is NOT intended to take the place of a Physician's care. Her chapters on Travel, Sports related injuries, and Beauty (3 chapters covering head to feet!), Maternity and Motherhood, Mens/Women's health (seperate chapters), and Aging are exceptional. She closes with chapters on aromatherapy for animals, and gardening; which I have not seen except in a work by Dr. Gary Young. The charts at the end of the book are indespensable, and complete as a ready quick refrance. Valerie's bibliography contains such authors as Belaiche; Gattefose; Valnet, Duraffourd, Lapraz; and Wells; shows that she is very well read as she is experienced. These authors are the very pioneers of the modern resurgence of aromatherapy, and should be read by all who desire to be serious students of the art and science that is aromatherapy. Those who may wish to criticize her lack of litterary sitations should go and read the works cited here, remembering that Valerie has over 25 years of practical experience as a student and practicioner in a country where aromatherapy is taken seriously, and all they will be left holding is empty litterary critique. Better still, they should utilize her book, and let experience speak for itself! My only sugestion for a revision would be an in-depth chapter on essential oil chemistry, and their interaction with the bodily systems. Otherwise, I consider this book to be amoung the best out there on the subject. It makes a great gift for all occasoins.
indispensable! October 19, 1999
168 out of 174 found this review helpful
This is the most practical aromatherapy book ever! I've finally found a book that gives actual formulas for all kinds of everyday health problems, plus others for serious health conditions I didn't expect to find in it. Every formula we (my friends and family) have tried works! It's like having your very own health care specialist on hand, and its become indispensable. And it's written like a friend talking to you. As well as all that, there are whole chapters on pets, gardening, cooking, children, babies, elderly, the home, work-related problems etc etc etc. This book has totally changed my life!!- and I feel FANTASTIC about it. What this book is not - a boring catalogue of details about essential oils, with no practical advice. This is the book for everybody. You'll wonder how you lived without it. It's given me control of my life. Feel stressed? Just look it up, put the oils in the bath and - hey presto - no more stress! A WONDERFUL LIFE-CHANGER!!
 The Incomplete book of Essential Oils ... For beginners only July 29, 2000
75 out of 85 found this review helpful
This book covers a basic care kit of 10 oils. It covers these oils well and provides receipes covering many ailments and situations using just this kit. If you are just interested in getting your feet wet in aromatherapy this book is a good one to start with. However if you think you might be interested in going beyond the beginning phase, then this book will not take you there.
 This book killed our beloved cat November 25, 2004
46 out of 83 found this review helpful
I have owned this book for many years (published under the title "The Fragrant Pharmacy"). I have used many of the remedies on myself and my children. There is a section in the book about using essential oils on cats and there's no warning about the fatal dangers.
On Sunday we found a tick on our 2-year old, beautiful Persian cat Leo. The book recommends putting a drop of Thyme oil on the tick and after if has fallen off, applying Lavender to the wound. Admittedly this advice is not specifically in the Cat section, but there are similar pieces of advice for other ailments in the Cat section. We applied one drop of Thyme and after the tick fell off we applied the Lavender as written. Leo got sicker and sicker despite daily visits to the vet. On Wednesday he died and the autopsy found kidney and renal failure. The vet said that it looked like he had been poisoned. This immediately rang warning bells for me about the Thyme and Lavender. I have been researching the Internet and have found countless warnings about using essential oils on cats. The reason is that cats are not able to metabolise many essential oils, especially those containing terpenes (which are present in Thyme and Lavender). They can cause liver and kidney toxicity and even death, which is what happened to Leo.
I am writing this in grief over our experience and still need to explain the cause of his death to my children and deal with the guilt I feel over contributing to Leo's death.
 No Safety May 3, 2000
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
The book is filled with some good information. However, There is no safety data for the oils presented. Some oils are not safe to use during pregnancy, estrogen dependent cancer, or may cause skin irritation or phototoxicity (sunburn). Use caution when trying the recipies in this book or research the oils further.A disturbing section was the one on pets. I would definately do more research before putting anything on a cat. Cats lick their fur and not all oils can be ingested. Eucalyptus is toxic if taken internally. There have been reports of Tea Tree nearly killing cats. In addition, they recommended adding tansy to a horse's feed to treat worms. Tansy is very toxic to horses and cows. People usually try to remove the plant from their pastures. Last word. Do your research and don't just use one book.
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