The Aromatherapy Bible: The Definitive Guide to Using Essential Oils (Paperback)
June 8, 2009 by Cheryl
Filed under Aromatherapy Book Reviews
Inside each bottle of essential oil lies the key to beauty, health, and wellbeing-and this comprehensive illustrated reference contains all the information needed to work aromatherapy’s magic. It includes complete instructions for skin and body treatments; recipes for creams and lotions; remedies to overcome negative emotions; advice on psychic cleansing; and techniques to enhance meditation and massages of all kinds. There are first aid therapies to relieve simple ailments, and to us (more…)
Yes, there is much information here but it covers too many areas that are not aromatherapy. Pages & pages devoted to massage & meditation techniques, emotional issues, yet only 2 pages to discuss the concept of top, middle & base notes. What about how to actually use those little bottles, some with special techniques to actually get the oil to flow or others that are open necked & will spill everywhere. And if you want to look up a specific oil - no such luck. Details on each oil are grouped by their type: citrus, root, flower. If you don’t know the type then you must page thru the entire section cause there is not an index listing for the various oils. Bad editing choice. I would not recommend this book - find something else.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that this book is small in size, if you have an interest in aromatherapy or simply want to add to your knowledge of it, this is the perfect book. When I got this book I read it cover to cover without ever once getting bored and when I was done I was ready to try everything in it. The author not only covers how the oils effect the body, but the intensity levels with wich oils are stonger in smell, wich will last longer on the skin and warnings as to wich ones should not be used and why. The book is 400 pages long, illustrated on glossy paper with great photos. It includes recipes for making massage oils, fragrances for the skin, oils to use durring meditation, how to meditate, how to give a massage, wich oils to use in baths, lotions, in daily skin care and its all very easy to follow. I suggest this book to anyone who has even the slightest interest in essential oils. You wont be dissapointed.
This book attempts to cover so many different issues that some are barely touched upon and mainly ignite your interest to look elsewhere for more information. For example it mentions essential oil evaporation rates and odor intensities which is rather useful to know when creating your own blends, but it only offers this information for 12 essential oils. So if you’d like to know more, you’ll have to look elsewhere for such information.
On the other hand, there are tons of recipes for adults, for babies and for elderly people; for skin care, for alleviating different mental, emotional and physical health problems, etc. There are suggestions for different ways of applying essential oils - from inhaling, to adding drops in a bath water, using in in massage.
The book goes even beyond discussing merely the properties and applications of different essential oils and offers helpful tips and techniques for meditation, stress relief, how to perform different kinds of massage, etc.
At the end of the book is a Directory of Essential Oils, where the properties of about 40 - 50 essential oils are described.
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Excellent Deal
The Aromatherapy Bible. Excellent book, came in outstanding condition and in a timely manner. I am very pleased. Well worth it.
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Love it! Easy to use
Love this book, we carry it at Facets of Healing. I use aromatherapy in my healing practice and just love this book.
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Great Information
This book was extremely helpful on offering the different uses of several esential oils and their properties. Recommended for soapmakers and toiletry manufacturers
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the guide
As the title of the book implies it is a guide. It doesn’t imply it is the be all and end all in aromatherapy information.
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A Must Have!
A wonderful little book that I couldn’t put down till the last page. Most of the essential oils used are common and relatively inexpensive.
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There are more comprehensive guides out there….
I was looking for a book with more in depth information on the use of essential oils and more recipes, but this is more of a basic guide to general information on oils.
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Good detail and organization.
The book is informative. It doesn’t cover a lot of the essential oils that I wanted to know about, but it gives good detail to the ones included.
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Ideal Resource for all Essential Oil Users
This is a wealth of information for anyone who uses essential oils and aromatherapy in any way. It is literally PACKED with information for the beginner (newbie) to the advanced…
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wealth of information
This book is small, but loaded with information that is useful for anyone interested in aromatherapy.