[.ca] Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy: Over ... (ISBN 0931432820)

Worwood Makes EO's Fun, Accessible and Safe:
Essential oils and aromatherapy are topics that one can study for years before becoming adept. In "The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy" Valerie Ann Worwood makes the topic fun and accessible to all regardless of income or prior training. She condenses the knowledge required to utilize the oils in various types of aromatherapy into simple, easy to use segments. Worwood addresses the primary topics we want to know more about: homecleaning, first-aid, haircare, beauty aids, depression, acne, pregnancy, childcare and menopause. "The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy" contains safety tips, essential to effective, therapeutic use of the oils. All together the book is a user-friendly encyclopedia of essential oils that belongs on the reference shelf of soapmakers, herbalists, aromatherapists and everyone else interested in holistic health.

Excellent:
Excellent examples on uses of essential oils. Written more for the aromatherapist. The hobbyist should take a course before just making things from a book. I am certified in aromatherapy (aromacology) and understand the concepts that help me determine the proper oils from the examples to use. If I wasn't, the book may have been too general. Instead it is a great reference for those who already are educated in this field.

Very general and requires a complete oils list:
I would like to say this was help in my introduction to Aromatherapy, but it requires you own hundreds of oils to select from. Many are very expensive, and some are hard to find. Then leaves something like Tangerine out all together. I would also like to have seen more on which oils are for burning in diffusers and which are for message. It seems that most are for message and that might be great for many folks but I was looking for a more diverse introduction. An advanced user or someone into message therapy might feel differently, but it seemed it cut many subjects short leaving the reader wondering whether to message the oil in or burn it, or make soap out of it...

Plenty of information to start with:
I agree with other reviewers that this book can be a bit complicated as sometimes you wonder if you use the mixtures as a massage oil, where to massage it, use it in a diffuser or on a cloth to inhale. But, all in all I liked the information provided. I do not agree with the criticism that you need to buy hundreds of oils nor do I feel concern if she uses one particular oil too much ... I do not intend to use all the recipes as I do not suffer from every affliction listed in this book (and there are many), nor do you need to use every oil she suggests you use .. she offers many different recipe versions for different conditions, so pick the ones you want and avoid buying hundreds of oils :) I do have a bit of a pet peeve when the listings in the index do not match the actual pages that the information is found on (not even close for many items in this edition of the book (1991) - I hope they fix it in the revisions)

Helpful, easy to read reference book:
Appreciated the indexing and the clearly written approach to the subject. A useful reference and reading for anyone interested in aromatherapy, from beginner to advanced.