As the aromatherapy market expands exponentially, newer and lesser-known essential oils are often missed from traditional aromatherapy texts. This unique and updated toolkit profiles 40 emerging oils from around the globe with each profile detailing the background, strengths, chemistry, cautions and safety, sustainability, and personality of the essential oil. Each profile, including Moldavian dragonhead, petitgrain lemon, and damiana, also includes the physical, emotional, and spiritual uses of each essential oil as well as other oils with which it can be safely blended.
Written by an experienced researcher and aromatherapist, this distinctive and comprehensive guide includes case studies and over 80 recipes, as well as the most up-to-date information on the latest recognised essential oils such as mango myrtle and pineapple myrtle.
Aromatherapists reading this book will benefit from specialist knowledge on lesser-known and unusual oils, creating a more innovative and expansive practice.
Written by an experienced researcher and aromatherapist, this distinctive and comprehensive guide includes case studies and over 80 recipes, as well as the most up-to-date information on the latest recognised essential oils such as mango myrtle and pineapple myrtle.
Aromatherapists reading this book will benefit from specialist knowledge on lesser-known and unusual oils, creating a more innovative and expansive practice.
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In her highly anticipated book, Working with Unusual Essential Oils, Helen Nagle-Smith gives us an insider's tour of these many new aromatics - each a cornucopia of aromatic facts and fascination. Helen Nagle-Smith succeeds in conveying this through her conversational, convivial style and thorough, expert coverage of these fragrance-rich plants and their volatile extracts. Essential reading for every essential oil enthusiast!
A remarkable body of work! Helen Nagle-Smith shares her journey in how she develops a deep relationship with newer and unusual essential oils to discover their benefits physically and emotionally. Her approach is multi-faceted and encouraging. She provides not only her insights, but suggestions for how the reader might explore these lesser-known essential oils. In the early chapters, she addresses many of the concerns that aromatherapists have about sustainability, research and safety and informs the reader about the complexities of buying and using essential oils.
Helen Nagle-Smith uniquely conveys her understanding of how plant essences speak to as us humans rather than how they simply interface with our bodies. She navigates the crossover between the physical, mental, and emotional bodies remaining neverendingly grounded and practical. Her work never fails to refresh and excite me and is food for my aromajunkie soul.