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Restore your body, boost your mood, relax your senses, and invigorate your mind with essential oils. This friendly guide introduces you to the 25 most versatile essential oils, teaching you how to use these highly concentrated plant extracts safely and effectively. Enhance your well-being with 100 simple recipes, including Tranquil Demeanor Balm, Aloe and Lavender "Burn Juice," A Walk in the Woods Antifatigue Drops, and Scar Prevention and Treatment Oil.
List of contents
The Scent-sational World of Essential Oils
1 Essential Oils 101
2 Quality, Safety & Storage
3 Aromatherapy: A Fragrant Pharmacy
Suggested Dilutions for Various Methods of Applications
Essential Oil Measurement Conversion Chart
4 Essential Oil Profiles & Recipes
The Top 11 Essentials
German Chamomile
Roman Chamomile
Clove Bud
Eucalyptus
Geranium
Lavender
Lemon
Peppermint
Rosemary
Tea Tree
Thyme
14 Additional Essentials
Bergamot
Cardamom
Virginia Cedarwood
Cinnamon Bark
Cypress
Balsam Fir
Frankincense
Ginger
Grapefruit
Helichrysum
Sweet Marjoram
Myrrh
Sweet Orange
Scotch Pine
5 The “Essential” Home Apothecary
Appendix: Making Herb-Infused Oils
Resources
Recommended Reading
Acknowledgments
Index
About the author
Stephanie L. Tourles is the best-selling author of Pure Skin Care,Stephanie Tourles's Essential Oils: A Beginner's Guide, Organic Body Care Recipes, Hands-On Healing Remedies, and Raw Energy. She is a certified foot and hand reflexologist and aromatherapist—and a licensed massage therapist and holistic esthetician. Tourles also has a strong background in Western and Ayurvedic herbalism. She lives in Marble Falls, Texas.
Summary
Best-selling author and herbalist Stephanie L. Tourles offers reliable guidance on using essential oils effectively and safely. This friendly, accessible introduction to the 25 most versatile oils for health and wellness highlights the key characteristics of lavender, chamomile, eucalyptus, lemon, peppermint, rosemary, tea tree, and other popular oils. You’ll learn how to blend and apply these highly concentrated aromatherapy oils for use from head to toe. The 100 recipes — including Tranquil Demeanor Balm, Super Herbal Antibacterial Drops, Sunburn Rescue Spray, Sore Muscle Bath Salts, and Dream Weaver’s Relaxing Rub — offer fragrant, natural ways to enhance well-being and promote healing.
Foreword
Best-selling herbal body care author Stephanie L. Tourles provides a beginner’s guide to the 25 most popular and versatile essential oils — concentrated herbal extracts — including how to use them safely and effectively to treat common ailments and enhance well-being.?
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“[Tourles’s] experience and expertise are clear through the content of the book and her adeptness at conveying what she knows. The result for readers is confidence, understanding, and healthy results. The book is beautifully designed and laid out, with crisp photographs, elegant type, refreshing colors, and plenty of breathing room on the pages. Coupled with the professional, knowledgeable tone of the writing, the result is a feeling of warmth and wisdom. Stephanie Tourles’s Essential Oils presents the first steps in a path toward holistic health.” — Foreword Reviews
“Everything you want to know about aromatherapy is in this beautiful, easy-to-follow, and inspiring package.” — Robin Lander, Director of Education, Simplers Botanicals
“What an amazing time we are in, rediscovering the alchemy and wonders of the plant world. Stephanie Tourles connects us to the benefits of essential oils for well-being and health.” — Shiva Rose, founder of thelocalrose.com and author of Whole Beauty
“A great book for the novice looking into how to use essential oils safe and effectively.” — Inga Wieser, ND, MS, APAIA, MH, President, Alliance of International Aromatherapists
