Essential Oils & Aromatherapy For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119904519 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Kathi Keville

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Essential Oils 5Chapter 1: Making Sense Out of Scents 7Chapter 2: Sniffing the Diff: What to Look for in a Scent 21Chapter 3: On the Scented Trail: Shopping 31Chapter 4: Safety First 51Chapter 5: Essential Oil Alchemy: Making Your Own Scents 67Part 2: Inscentives for Living: Essential Oils in Your Life 87Chapter 6: Surrounding Yourself with Scents 89Chapter 7: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Skin and Hair Care for Us All 107Chapter 8: Essential Oils in the Bedroom 125Chapter 9: Essential Oils to Ease Stress and Brain Fog 141Chapter 10: Getting Well with Smell 165Chapter 11: Refrain from Pain 187Chapter 12: Essential Oils to Up Your Energy and Enhance Your Workout 199Chapter 13: De-Bugging Your Home, Garden, and Pets 211Part 3: How Essential Oils Work 229Chapter 14: Distilling Essential Oil: Extraction Methods 231Chapter 15: Exploring Essential Oil Compounds 247Part 4: The Part of Tens 265Chapter 16: Ten Unique Oils for One-of-a-kind Blends 267Chapter 17: Ten (or so) Ways to Add Fragrance to Your Life 275Chapter 18: Ten Herbs to Grow for Fragrance 281Part 5: The Guides 289Symptom Guide 291Essential Oil Guide 325Appendix: Essential Oils & Aromatherapy Resources 357Index 363

O autorze

Kathi Keville is an internationally known herbalist and aromatherapist. She has been the Director of the American Herb Association since its creation and is a founding member of the American Herbalist Guild. Kathi is the author of 14 books, including Aromatherapy: Complete Guide to the Healing Art and Aromatherapy: For Healing the Body & Mind.