Product Description

Valerie Ann Worwood's "The Fragrant Pharmacy" has become the classic encyclopaedia of aromatherapy and essential oils. Now, in this companion volume, "The Fragrant Mind", she paves a unique new way for aromatherapy, concentrating on the emotional, psychological and mood-changing effects of nature's essential oils. "The Fragrant Mind" falls into three parts. Part One presents a fascinating background to the subject, and explains how essential oils work on the brain. Part Two explains how essential oils can enhance emotional well-being and promote positive feelings, and includes a practical A-Z section which advises on a wide range of emotional problems, from stress and depression to moodiness and insomnia. Part Three introduces a whole new concept in aromatherapy - personality enhancement - and explains the particular characteristics of individual essential oils and how they can be matched to human personality types. You can find out, for example, whether you are a Floral, Herbie, Rootie, Woodie, Fruitie or Seedie type, and create your own tailor-made personality blends. Encyclopaedic in scope, and based on the most up-to-date research, "The Fragrant Mind" offers a wealth of information in an easy, accessible style, and shows the way in which essential oils can influence our minds and emotions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56485 in Books
• Published on: 1997-07-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 634 pages

From the Back Cover
Valerie Ann Worwood's The Fragrant Pharmacy has become the classic encyclopaedia of aromatherapy and essential oils. Now, in this companion volume, The Fragrant Mind, she paves a unique new way for aromatherapy, concentrating on the emotional, psychological and mood-changing effects of nature's essential oils.

The Fragrant Mind falls into three parts. Part One presents a fascinating background to the subject, and explains how essential oils work on the brain. Part Two explains how essential oils can enhance emotional well-being and promote positive feelings, and includes a practical A-Z section which advises on a wide range of emotional problems, from stress and depression to moodiness and insomnia. Part Three introduces a whole new concept in aromatherapy - personality enhancement - and explains the particular characteristics of individual essential oils and how they can be matched to human personality types. You can find out, for example, whether you are a Floral, Herbie, Rootie, Woodie, Fruitie or Seedie type, and create your own tailor-made personality blends.

Encyclopaedic in scope, and based on the most up-to-date research, The Fragrant Mind offers a wealth of information in an easy, accessible style, and shows the way in which essential oils can influence our minds and emotions.

About the Author
Valerie Ann Worwood
Valerie Ann Worwood is internationally acknowledged as one of the world's leading aromatherapists and is the author of the bestselling The Fragrant Pharmacy, The Fragrant Mind and The Fragrant Heavens. Awarded a Doctorate in 1990, she has served on the executive councils of the International Federation of Aromatherapists and the Aromatherapy Organizations Council, and has initiated research projects into the clinical use of essential oils.

Customer Reviews

An excellent aid for both medical staff and patients
As an aromatherapist working in both in-patient and community psychiatry, this book gives an invaluable insight into how aromatherapy can aid the mood in conjunction with orthodox medication. My copy of The Fragrant Mind has done the rounds with many of the psychiatrics and nursing staff. So much so, that I haven't seen my copy for a while! After reading this book many of the staff have taken a keen interest in aromatherapy - much to the pleasure of the clients, who have found the service so stress reducing that they would like aromatherapy available 24/7!

Brilliant book
I love this book! I bought it as I wanted to try and use aromatherapy to boost my eldest son's morale and make him feel better about himself (he's dyslexic and has a lot of down days at school). This book was much better than I expected. It's well written; the author really knows her subject and must have spent many years researching it. It's simple to understand and easy to follow the recipes given.

The author has also written The Fragrant Pharmacy which is about using the oils for medicinal purposes. This is also a great book and I can't recommend the pair of books any higher!

I'm looking forward to buying more essential oils so I can have fun mixing them with the aid of these two books!

Another brilliant book by Ann Wormwood!
The Fragrant Pharmacy is about using essential oils for medicinal purposes.

This book is very, very good. It covers a hell of a lot of common complaints and what you can do to treat them yourself. The book is easy to understand, with simple recipes that anyone could blend.

The author has researched her subject well, and even though I know quite a bit about aromatherapy through courses and other books, this book is one of the best that I have come across and I enjoy using it on a regular basis.

This author has also written The Fragrant Mind, which is another fantastic book, this time dealing with emotional problems. This pair of books should be found on the shelf of every parent because between the books, the oils, laughter and consideration every family should be able to deal with life's problems.

The author has also written a Fragrant Sensuality. I haven't bought that one yet . . . but I soon will!