Aromatherapy in Essence

167 Pages·2007·6.97 MB·English

by  Nicola Jenkins

aromatherapy
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aromatherapy
in essence
Nicola Jenkins
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ISBN-10: 0 340 92606 6
ISBN-13: 978 0 340 92606 2
This Edition Published 2006
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Section 1 Understanding
aromatherapy 1
Chapter 1: Introducing aromatherapy 3
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Chapter 2: The science behind aromatherapy 7
Chapter 3: Safety issues and contraindications 17
Section 2 Aromatherapy t
techniques 25
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Chapter 4: Creating an aromatherapy blend 27
Chapter 5: Bases for blending 41
Chapter 6: Aromatherapy massage routine 53
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Section 3 Aromatherapy in
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Chapter 7: The face and skin 65
Chapter 8: The heart and circulation 75
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Chapter 9: The digestive system 81
Chapter 10: The mind and nervous system 85
Chapter 11: Detoxification 97
Chapter 12: Muscular aches and pains 101
Chapter 13: The respiratory system 107
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Chapter 15: The endocrine system 115
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Where to go from here 137
Glossary 145
Index 152
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acknowledgements
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his book would have been far more difficult to write if it hadn’t been for the support, advice,
and encouragement of a number of key people. Thanks are especially due to Deike Begg and
to Anne Gamble. I’d also like to thank Jennie Harding for the moisturising gel recipe quoted
on page 46; Sophie Darragh for babysitting at short notice; Lesley Bacon, Susan Yadlon and
Annette Van for their support and encouragement and my current and former students for their
willingness to donate their bodies to science as they tried out blends and asked a lot of complicated
questions in the process. You have all helped me to hone my ideas and keep the explanations
(relatively) simple. Lastly, this is, as always, for Alan and Hannah.
The author and publishers would like to thank the following for the use of photographs in this volume:
p. 3 Cordelia Molloy/Science Photo Library, p. 5 akg-images, p. 9 Nick Spurling/Holt/FLPA, p. 30 (left)
Keith Rushford/FLPA (right) Tim Fitzharris/FLPA, p. 31 (left) Martin B Withers/FLPA (right)
WoodyStock/Alamy, p. 32 (left) Roger Cope/Holt/FLPA (top right) Fred Hazelhoff/Foto Natura/FLPA
(bottom right) Bob Gibbons/Holt/FLPA, p. 33 (left) Nigel Cattlin/Holt/FLPA (right) Jurgen & Christine
Sohns/FLPA, p. 34 (left) © Gunter Rossenbach/Zefa/Corbis (right) Nigel Cattlin/Holt/FLPA, p. 35 (top
left) P. Karanukaran/Holt/FLPA (bottom left) Jurgen & Christine Sohns/FLPA (right) © Michael
Freeman/Corbis, p. 36 (left) Alan and Linda Detrick/Holt/FLPA (top right) Pascal Goetgheluck/Science
Photo Library (bottom right) Arco Images/Alamy, p. 37 (left and right) P. Karanukaran/Holt/FLPA, p. 66
(top) © Paul Vozdic/Getty Images (bottom) © Matthias Clamer/Getty Images, p. 67 PurestockX, p. 68
(left) Hercules Robinson/Alamy (right), p. 78, p. 102, p. 116 Dr P. Marazzi/Science Photo Library, p. 87
Mark Douet/Getty Images, p. 118 Dr Najeeb Layyous/Sciemce Photo Library, p. 125 Lauren Shear/Science
Photo Library
Commissioned photographs by Carl Drury.
With thanks to Minna and Stuart, our models, and to Images Model Agency.
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Understanding
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‘. . . a rose, by any other name would smell i
as sweet.’
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Romeo and Juliet
(William Shakespeare, )
Fragrance has fascinated us for centuries; n
one brief hint of something in the air
can transport us through time and space
and it can ease the heart and the mind
(or the lungs). But can it really help to heal?
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Those who practise aromatherapy would
argue ‘yes’. Here’s why.
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