-Titulo Original : Essential Aromatherapy A Pocket Guide To Essential Oils And Aromatherapy
-Fabricante :
New World Library
-Descripcion Original:
This lively A to Z reference guide shows readers how to prepare and use essential oils and use them for healing physically and emotionally. The handy book culls the best of THE COMPLETE BOOK OF ESSENTIAL OILS and organizes every oil into accessible, alphabetical listings. It includes individual oil profiles, applications, and the physical and emotional conditions that warrant their use. Specific formulas for blending essential oils for a myriad of home and health applications are provided. Detailed treatment suggestions for such special circumstances as pregnancy, children and babies, chronic pain, terminal illness, and pre- and post-operative conditions are included. This is an easy-to use guide for every reader, or a handy reference for those who already use The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Essential Aromatherapy A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy By Susan Worwood, Valerie Ann Worwood, Edwina Hannam New World Library Copyright © 2003 Valerie Ann Worwood All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-57731-248-2 Contents Introduction, 1. Essential Oils, Natures Essence, 2. How Essential Oils Work, 3. How Essential Oils Are Used, 4. Buying And Storing Essential Oils, 5. Precautions, 6. An A-to-Z Guide of Essential Oil Use, 7. good health, 8. Essential Oil Profiles, Appendix, Suppliers, Selected Bibliography, Index, About the Authors, CHAPTER 1 Essential Oils, Natures Essence Essential oils are concentrated plant essences. Although they are called oils, this is something of a misnomer because most essential oils are not in fact oily, unlike vegetable oils which have been expressed from seeds or plant nuts (such as sesame, sunflower, peach kernel, and sweet almond). A few essential oils are rather viscous and others are fairly solid. Most, however, are watery, with lavender, lemon, and eucalyptus being classic examples. The color of essential oils varies, tending to be clear or yellow, although carrot is orange, spikenard is often green, and chamomile german a beautiful deep blue. Of course, essential oils are characterized most of all by their individual aromas - hence the term aromatherapy. Essential oils are derived from relatively few plants and, depending on the variety, only from particular parts of that plant. These include the leaves, roots, buds, twigs, rhizomes, heartwood, bark, resin, flower petals, seeds, or fruit. In some cases the whole of the plant that grows above ground is used, as in peppermint, for example. There is a huge variation in the price of different essential oils reflecting, above all, the volume of material available, but also transportation costs and growing conditions in any given year. It takes vast quantities of hand-picked, tiny jasmine petals to produce a few drops of jasmine oil while tea tree oil can be produced much more cheaply using mechanical methods to harvest the leaves of that plant. All essential oil-producing plants are different in their yield, as well. Clary sage, for example, yields 0.3 - 1% essential oil, while clove yields 10-15%. From the same volume of material, then, clove produces up to forty-five times more essential oil than clary sage. Throughout the world, there are approximately 3,000 essential oils, most of which are used only in the local regions in which they are found. About 300 are in more general use, and are traded worldwide. It is helpful to know where a particular oil comes from because, for example, geranium oils grown in Egypt, China, or Madagascar each have their unique characteristics. Also, the same species of plant will produce an oil with different properties depending on whether it was grown in dry or damp earth, for example, or at high or low altitude, or in a hot or cold climate. Some essential oils contain hundreds of biochemical components, while others have only a few. And some components are present in quite l
-Fabricante :
New World Library
-Descripcion Original:
This lively A to Z reference guide shows readers how to prepare and use essential oils and use them for healing physically and emotionally. The handy book culls the best of THE COMPLETE BOOK OF ESSENTIAL OILS and organizes every oil into accessible, alphabetical listings. It includes individual oil profiles, applications, and the physical and emotional conditions that warrant their use. Specific formulas for blending essential oils for a myriad of home and health applications are provided. Detailed treatment suggestions for such special circumstances as pregnancy, children and babies, chronic pain, terminal illness, and pre- and post-operative conditions are included. This is an easy-to use guide for every reader, or a handy reference for those who already use The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Essential Aromatherapy A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy By Susan Worwood, Valerie Ann Worwood, Edwina Hannam New World Library Copyright © 2003 Valerie Ann Worwood All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-57731-248-2 Contents Introduction, 1. Essential Oils, Natures Essence, 2. How Essential Oils Work, 3. How Essential Oils Are Used, 4. Buying And Storing Essential Oils, 5. Precautions, 6. An A-to-Z Guide of Essential Oil Use, 7. good health, 8. Essential Oil Profiles, Appendix, Suppliers, Selected Bibliography, Index, About the Authors, CHAPTER 1 Essential Oils, Natures Essence Essential oils are concentrated plant essences. Although they are called oils, this is something of a misnomer because most essential oils are not in fact oily, unlike vegetable oils which have been expressed from seeds or plant nuts (such as sesame, sunflower, peach kernel, and sweet almond). A few essential oils are rather viscous and others are fairly solid. Most, however, are watery, with lavender, lemon, and eucalyptus being classic examples. The color of essential oils varies, tending to be clear or yellow, although carrot is orange, spikenard is often green, and chamomile german a beautiful deep blue. Of course, essential oils are characterized most of all by their individual aromas - hence the term aromatherapy. Essential oils are derived from relatively few plants and, depending on the variety, only from particular parts of that plant. These include the leaves, roots, buds, twigs, rhizomes, heartwood, bark, resin, flower petals, seeds, or fruit. In some cases the whole of the plant that grows above ground is used, as in peppermint, for example. There is a huge variation in the price of different essential oils reflecting, above all, the volume of material available, but also transportation costs and growing conditions in any given year. It takes vast quantities of hand-picked, tiny jasmine petals to produce a few drops of jasmine oil while tea tree oil can be produced much more cheaply using mechanical methods to harvest the leaves of that plant. All essential oil-producing plants are different in their yield, as well. Clary sage, for example, yields 0.3 - 1% essential oil, while clove yields 10-15%. From the same volume of material, then, clove produces up to forty-five times more essential oil than clary sage. Throughout the world, there are approximately 3,000 essential oils, most of which are used only in the local regions in which they are found. About 300 are in more general use, and are traded worldwide. It is helpful to know where a particular oil comes from because, for example, geranium oils grown in Egypt, China, or Madagascar each have their unique characteristics. Also, the same species of plant will produce an oil with different properties depending on whether it was grown in dry or damp earth, for example, or at high or low altitude, or in a hot or cold climate. Some essential oils contain hundreds of biochemical components, while others have only a few. And some components are present in quite l

