Essential Aromatherapy

Cultures throughout history have found ways to distill herbs, spices and flowers into perfumes, lotions and oils for pleasurable and medicinal use. The healing powers of the ancient art of aromatherapy, in which distilled essential oils are used for specific benefits in therapy and natural health, are various and complex.This book contains all the information one need to use the art of aromatherapy safely and effectively. It features chapters on how oils are produced, which oil to use when, and how to benefit from scents by adding a few drops to a bath or using oil burners to scent the room. The therapeutic powers of aromatherapy are delivered using massage techniques. Each routine is illustrated with step-by-step photographs and includes a choice of recommended blends.