Practical Aromatherapy Medical Resource
Medical Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils
Who Will Find This Book Essential? The student and Aromatherapists will find Kurts work a solid scientific study and social commentary of essential oils, apart of the modem medical profession. The individual serious about their Essential Oil knowledge in want to treat aliments naturally. Specifically for those seek valuable knowledge on essential oil medical material. For basic blend and healing look else where.
What's Inside? Contains an overview of aromatherapy, recent findings on the effect of essential oils on the immune system, and a description of common treatments. Scientific understanding of essential oils and their properties, as well as biological knowledge. Combining oils to create synergies and how/why these working in curing relative aliments. The helpful charts and tables.
The Back Cover Essential oils have been adopted in the last decades as glamorous ingredients for product lines by cosmetics and perfume consortia in the United States and Europe. Kurt Schnaubelt shows that for hundreds of years essential oils have been used successfully for healing, and deserve more serious consideration as a current therapeutic option. Schnaubelt traces aromatherapy's French origins paralleling the development of pharmacology. Grounding his inquiry in the chemistry of body odour and natural human aromas, he explores the molecular make-up of the major essential oils: their action as anti-inflammatory, antihistaminic, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral agents. Understanding the chemistry of the essential oils allows one to appreciate their effect and applicability. Schnaubelt reviews the standing of aromatherapy as an alternative medicine in the present social and cultural landscape within science, government, and industry. As a self-care method, aromatherapy returns power to the patient, lessening dependence on the authority of the medical establishment. The fact that essential oils can never be patented is a virtue, Schnaubelt argues, preventing them from becoming co-opted by corporate commercial interests or regulated by government. In this vein Schnaubelt aligns himself with scholars such as Ivan Illich (medical Nemesis) and E. F. Schumacher (Small Is Beautiful). A population impatient with the expense and complexity of managing care may well return medicine to a small-scale community context relying on inexpensive methods.
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Medical Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils
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