Tisserand shows how the various essences can be used to maintain healthy hair and skin, promote general well-being, and assist in treating more serious health problems, She shares her techniques for enhancing sensual satisfaction with massage and gives advice on how to use aromatherapy during pregnancy and childbirth.

Aromatherapy has seen a huge surge in popularity in the past decade, and has proven effective for a wide array of women's health problems. However, the number of women interested in introducing aromatherapy to their personal health care dwarfs the number of clinicians formally trained in it. As a result, large numbers of women self-treat with aromatherapy, which can increase risk factors particularly during pregnancy and lactation. Condensing thorough research into concise, easy-to-digest language, this scientific evidence-based guide enables women's healthcare professionals and aromatherapists to quickly determine the safest and most effective way to apply aromatherapy in any given situation. The perfect bedside clinical guide for busy professionals, it covers 20 essential oils and their uses in women's health, from pregnancy to menopause. Readers will come away equipped with new tools to improve their patients' comfort and wellbeing, with the confidence of drawing from a reliable base of clinical evidence.

This encyclopedic book contains, in practical and easy-to-understand form, every conceivable use for essential oils and aromatherapy in everyday life. The author, a practicing aromatherapist for more than twenty years, unlocks the power of essential oils in more than 600 original recipes, most needing only a few essential oils. Unlike over-the-counter products, the recipes you make yourself contain no harmful preservatives. Most basic needs can be covered with just ten essential oils.

Completely updated, the best book on the topic available anywhere has just gotten better! A necessary resource for anyone interested in alternative approaches to healing and lifestyle, this new edition contains more than 800 easy-to-follow recipes for essential oil treatments. No one has provided more thorough and accurate guidance to the home practitioner or professional aromatherapist than Valerie Ann Worwood. In her clear and positive voice, Worwood provides tools to address a huge variety of health issues, including specific advice for children, women, men, and seniors. Other sections cover self-defense against microbes and contaminants, emotional challenges, care for the home and workplace, and applications for athletes, dancers, travelers, cooks, gardeners, and animal lovers. Worwood also offers us her expertise in the use of essential oils in beauty and spa treatments, plus profiles of 125 essential oils, 37 carrier oils, and more. Since the publication of the first edition of this book 25 years ago, the positive impact of essential oil use has become increasingly recognized, as scientific researchers throughout the world have explored essential oils and their constituents for their unique properties and uses.

The first in Jeanne Rose Earth Medicine Books series, this practical guidebook treats male and female sexuality and reproduction with accuracy and intimacy. Rose's contention is that herbs are the best treatment for many sexual and reproductive conditions and don't have the side effects associated with drug therapies and synthetic hormone replacement. Demystifying the genital organs and their functioning, she discusses the use of simple herbal remedies integrated into good diet and lifestyle choices.

A revised and expanded version of this book which shows how to select and use those aromatic oils which will restore you to peak condition. Maggie Tisserand also tells how aromatic oils can play a part in giving you beautiful skin and hair, how their smoothness and heady aromas can bring sensuality into your life and how minor ailments can be treated with the oils.

-This comprehensive book offers everything you need to know about skin, the ingredients you'll need to make your own natural beauty and skin care products using essential and carrier oils, and easy-to-follow instructions on creating natural botanical creams and lotions for the face, body, bath and pregnancy.---

Do you ever feel like you need more time for YOU? Then this is your book - full of recipes for life, love and total wellbeing.with a dash of indulgence. This easy-to-follow guide to aromatherapy will invigorate and sensualise your busy daily life and help your mind and body thrive. Like Chocolate for Women provides you with all the knowledge you need to be able to use essential oils effectively and safely then takes you on an aromatic journey exploring the physical, mental and emotional journey exploring the physical, mental and emotional you. Luxurious treatments for your hair and face, how to beat stress and have a restful sleep advice to help you through pregnancy and labour, how to create romantic, intimate evening or a fun girls' night in, and practical tips for a healthy home and workplace are just some of the topics covered in this informative and inspirational guide. Kim Morrison is a qualified aromatherapist. She has represented a leading aromatherapy company in Australia, Singapore and New Zealand, presenting workshops and lectures for the last decade. Kim has her own practice which has been operating since 1991 and is also a sportswoman and Health and Fitness consultant. She lives in Auckland with her husband and two children. Fleur Whelligan is a qualified beauty therapist. She has worked as a therapist in Australia and has been a trainer and workshop presenter for a leading aromatherapy company since 1994. She also provides beauty therapy and grooming training for international cabin crew and other corporate clients. She lives in Auckland with her husband and two children.

As aromatherapy gains in popularity among complementary medical modalities, more bodywork professionals now integrate essential oils into their practices. "Aromatherapy for Bodyworkers" embraces the expansion of knowledge and presents a complete and authoritative source of information for health care workers and spa professionals.