Essential Aromatherapy: A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy (Paperback)
July 3, 2009 by Cheryl
Filed under Aromatherapy Book Reviews
Review
This brisk tour of essential oils (or concentrated plant essences) and explores their many applications and uses. Author Susan Worwood begins with a brief history of oils and aromatherapy, which describes how the practice of aromatherapy shifted from having New Age connotations to being accepted in popular culture. The reader then learns how essential oils work–from their antibiotic, antiviral, and antifungal properties to their mind/body/spiritual connection. The gu (more…)
This book is a small reference book. If you already own other books by Susan Worwood, you probably have this information already. If you want something portable, buy this book. If not, save your money and read what you already own.
5.0 out of 5 stars
My aromatherapy bible…
This book is easy to cross reference and understand. I have several books in the subject and this is the one I open the most.
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Essential Aromatherapy: A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils and Aromatherapy
I have found this book to be a good reference and is easy to carry along on trips. It contains some information that may not be in other books covering the same type of subject.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great pocketguide
This is a great pocketguide. Don’t expect to find too much in-depth info
on Aromatherapy if you’re a beginner, but this is good for fast info
and for use on the go.
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Extremely Informative!
Small book with a lot of useful information. From how essential oils are used, how they work, buying and storing essential oils, and profiles on each individual oil from A-Z, and…
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Great Beginnings
I’m just beginning to learn about the many uses of aromatherapy. This book has been so helpful without being overwhelming.
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Fabulous, easy to read book on aromatherapy
I got this book out of the library and enjoyed it so much I purchased it. The reference charts are fabulous and the well-laid out easy to read style makes it a pleasure.
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Great Reference
This is a very handy, convenient reference book. It contains a lot of information and is very portable, which most of my other reference books are not.