Product Description

Jeanne Rose is a respected authority on using herbs for medicine and beauty. In this book, she profiles 375 essential oils by botanical family, properties, actions, chemical components and by appearance. Historical notes and lore, often from Chinese alchemy and Five Element theory, as well as Western botanical sources, are included in all the entries. The book is illustrated with graceful line drawings and historically important botanical drawings.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #528884 in Books
• Published on: 1999-08-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 252 pages

Review
"Jeanne Rose does it again, detailing the aromatic world in a new light! In this book she combines ancient and modern biochemical knowledge with decades of her own hands-on involvement in aroma and body products, natural cosmetics, and medicinces to make a wonderful whole."
- James A. Duke, Ph.D.
"Thanks to her encompassing understanding of the vegtal kingdom and its powerful resources, Jeanne Rose takes the reader on a travel that is always refreshing and exciting."
- Daniel Penoel, M.D.

Customer Reviews

You need this book!
This book is an essential for the beginner or more experienced aromatherapist alike. You will find lots of oils not generally listed else where and each has it's data grouped under the headings; family, habitat and growth, scent, components (chemistry), properties,indications, use and contraindications (where applicable). There is a chapter on hydrosols which is, I find, totally an essential in todays world/work place. This is written in an easy to read format and is a pleasure to read! I thoroughly recommend it to all aromatherapy students as it will be invaluable for study.

You need this book!
This book is a Pandoras Box of delights! I expected the run-of-the-mill basics that most magickal herbals contain but, to my utter delight, I found treasure after treasure as each herb has ALL its attributes in one place! Under each herb is listed what God/Goddess, planet, religious, magickal, lore, usage and historical 'data' is attributed to it! I can't put the book down!