"This solidly scientific book is anchored in scripture and easy to understand, It will give you an appreciation of both the scientific and spiritual bases of healing by prayer and anointing with oils."--Publisher description.

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.

Sara Panton, co-founder of the premium essential oil company vitruvi, shares her knowledge of botanicals and wellness practices to help you live more naturally and elevate the simple moments of your day. Essential oils have been used in self-care practices for centuries. These small bottles of potent extracts can help you carve out simple (even secret) moments every day to reconnect with yourself, breathe deeper, sleep better, and restore energy. In this modern guide, you will find more than 100 do-it-yourself essential oil recipes, rituals, and suggestions--most of which take less than 15 minutes--including: Rosemary and Cedarwood Face Toner: a grounding toner for when you are craving the serenity of a hike in the woods. Honey and Lavender Oil-Balancing Face Mask: a face mask that smells as lovely as it sounds. Fig and Eucalyptus Scrub: a decadent yet super-simple body scrub for pampering yourself. Peppermint and Pink Grapefruit Shower Spray: a natural way to keep your shower ultra-fresh. The book guides you through ways to customize your beauty, body, and home routines--turning them into easy yet sophisticated wellness experiences. Learn how to create a custom face oil for your skin type; do a facial lymphatic massage; make a Mediterranean-inspired botanical foot soak; and blend unique essential oil diffuser aromas for your home. Essential Well Being provides all-natural rituals for morning, afternoon, and evening, and shares how to transform the minutes of your busy day into small spa moments that fill your cup back up. Explore your own potential through the simple act of taking time for yourself.

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.

Have you ever had an experience using essential oils that made you wonder, "How in the world did that just happen?" Perhaps it wasn't you personally that had this experience, but someone you know or heard about.Have you wondered if this is just the placebo effect on steroids, or if there is something more substantial that attests to their efficacy?Is there credible science that explains how they work?Maybe you are thinking about exploring the world of essential oils, but you don't want to travel too far down the path without understanding the "why" and "how". Or maybe you've been using them for a long time, and now you would like to have a better understanding of how they work to satisfy your own curiosity and to better explain it to others. If that's the case, I think you are going to love the rest of this book.This book will map out, in simple terms, the science of what makes essential oil molecules so effective. Although Dr. Corrigan's Ph.D. is in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, this book is written for the non-scientist. The reader does not need a science background to understand the content in this book. This book is designed for the non-scientist. Even so, any biochemist or other scientist would find this information intriguing.

From clary sage and eucalyptus to lavender and ylang ylang, essential oils are safe, environmental alternatives to traditional medicine and home-care products. Inside, you'll find detailed profiles that include the source, history, properties, and uses for 100 of the most common and affordable essential oils. Essential oil expert Kymberly Keniston-Pond teaches you how to choose pure, high-quality oils; demonstrates the proper way to blend and store them; and provides suggestions for the simple tools youll need for working with essential oils.