Authentic Aromatherapy: Essential Oils and Blends for Health, Beauty, and Home

by Sharon Falsetto

Overview

Essential oils are becoming increasingly popular, but how do you identify quality oils from the myriad of inferior ones from which to choose? And what can you actually do with these little vials of oils? In fact, there are countless uses for aromatherapy that will improve your life and home—and it’s so easy!

Sharon Falsetto features forty essential oils and recommends which ones you can use to improve specific ailments; ways they can benefit women, babies, and children; how to utilize them in the home and seasonally; and how to use them when you are traveling. She also provides information on bases for different uses of essential oil and lists cautions and tips. This complete handbook is a great tool for anyone just starting to use essential oils as a holistic approach or those who have been using them for a long time, and includes chapters on:

• The history of scents
• Essential oils vs. fragrance oils
• Organic and nonorganic essential oils
• Hydrosols, resins, absolutes, and carrier oils
• Extraction of essential oils and home distillation
• The basic chemistry of essential oils
• Species and chemotypes
• Endangered essential oils
• And much more

You’ll learn how to use common essential oils like grapefruit, eucalyptus, cedarwood, lavender, rosemary, tea tree, and thyme, as well as rarer ones like benzoin, helichrysum, petitgrain, vetiver, and yarrow. Essential oils can improve your life and well-being if you know how to use them correctly—Authentic Aromatherapy will show you how.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510706484
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	07/19/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sharon Falsetto is a UK-certified aromatherapist. After extensive worldwide travels, life and circumstances brought her to the United States in 2006. She owns and operates Sedona Aromatherapie, both an aromatherapy business of custom blending and a home-study program of aromatherapy courses and product making. She also writes professionally, both as a ghostwriter and under her own name. She has written numerous articles about aromatherapy and essential oils. In addition, she serves on the current board of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy and lives in Sedona, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Disclaimer ix

About the book xi

Introduction xiii

Part 1 The Basics of Essential Oils 1

Brief History of Scents and Use of Healing Plants 3

Essential Oils vs. Fragrance Oils 14

Organic vs. Non-Organic Essential Oils 19

Hydrosols, Resins, Absolutes, and Carrier Oils 24

Extraction of Essential Oils 30

Quality of Essential Oils 37

Basic Chemistry of Essential Oils 48

Species and Chemotypes 55

Endangered Essential Oils 62

Home Distillation of Essential Oils 66

Part 2 Using Essential Oils 75

Cautions and Tips for Using Essential Oils 77

How Essential Oils Work 85

Ways to Use Essential Oils 91

Essential Oils for Body Care 99

Essential Oils for Health 108

Essential Oils for Women 116

Essential Oils for Babies and Children 122

Essential Oils for the Home 127

Essential Oils for Travel 133

Social, Seasonal, and Practical Uses 138

Part 3 Essential Oils Reference Guide 149

Benzoin 153

Bergamot 155

Cedarwood 157

Chamomile (Roman) 159

Cinnamon (Leaf) 161

Clary Sage 163

Clove (Bud) 165

Cypress 167

Dill 169

Eucalyptus (Smithii) 171

Fennel (Sweet) 173

Frankincense 175

Geranium 177

Ginger 179

Grapefruit 181

Helichrysum 183

Jasmine 185

Juniper (Berry) 187

Lavender (True) 189

Lemon 191

Lime 193

Marjoram (Sweet) 195

Melissa 197

Myrrh 199

Myrtle 201

Neroli 203

Orange (Sweet) 205

Patchouli 207

Pepper (Black) 209

Peppermint 211

Petitgrain 213

Pine (Scotch) 215

Rose 217

Rosemary 219

Sandalwood 221

Tea Tree 223

Thyme 225

Vetiver 228

Yarrow 230

Ylang Ylang 232

Bibliography 234

Recommended Resources 238

Index 240