The Art of Aromatherapy
The Healing and Beautifying Properties of the Essential Oils of Flowers and Herbs
- Pages: 328
- Book Size: 5.38 x 8.25
- ISBN-13: 9780892810017
- Imprint: Healing Arts Press
- On Sale Date: April 1, 1978
- Format: Paperback Book
Includes easy-to-prepare recipes for massage and medicinal oils, facial masks, ointments, and aromatic baths.
Explains the importance of essential oils in Swedish, shiatsu, and neuromuscular massage.
Provides tables of evaporation rates, odor intensity, therapeutic index, and glossary of medical terms.
Art of Aromatherapy
The Healing and Beautifying Properties of the Essential Oils of Flowers and Herbs
Foreword
1. About Essential Oils
2. From Ancient Times
3. Basic Principles
4. Odours
5. The Body
6. The Mind
7. Aromatic Baths
8. Massage
9. Skin Care
10. Practical Hints and Recipes
11. The Essential Oils
Tables
Complementary Relationships of Yin and Yang
Glossary of Medical Terms
Therapeutic Index
Index of Properties
Bibliography
Prescribing Essences to take Internally
Epilogue
Where to Obtain Essential Oils
Vogue
"Robert Tisserand is often called the father of modern aromatherapy, although the art of using essential oils from plants dates back some 5,000 years to the ancient Egyptians. Tisserand brought the practice into modern popularity with his 1977 book, The Art of Aromatherapy."
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