Aromatherapy for health professionals
Providing an introduction to aromatherapy as practised in modern health care settings, and information for the health professional who wants to learn about the subject, this book provides the in-depth knowledge needed to begin using essential oils in the practice environment.
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- Full title :Aromatherapy for health professionals / edited by Shirley Price, Len Price ; foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales.
Summary
Providing an introduction to aromatherapy as practised in modern health care settings, and information for the health professional who wants to learn about the subject, this book provides the in-depth knowledge needed to begin using essential oils in the practice environment.
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- Publication Date:2007.
- Edition:3rd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia, PA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:xv, 576 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780443101342, 0443101345
- oclc:ocm84726197
- LC Classification:RM666.A68
- Dewey Decimal:615.3219
Table of Contents
The genesis of essential oils -- Chemistry of essential oils -- Quality and safety -- Power and hazards -- Traditional use, modern research -- How essential oils enter the body -- Hydrolats : the essential waters -- Touch and massage -- Aromas, mind and body -- Aromatic medicine -- Aromatherapy and primary health care -- Stress, including critical care -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Learning disabilities and autism -- Care of the elderly, with particular reference to dementia -- Palliative and supportive care -- Aromatherapy in the UK -- Aromatherapy within the National Health Service -- Aromatherapy worldwide.
Appendices, glossary and useful addresses. Appendix A. Essential oils for general use in health-care settings -- Indications for uses of essential oils -- Appendix B. Uterotonic oils which facilitate delivery -- Emmenagogic essential oils -- Disputed emmenagogic oils -- Toxic, neurotoxic and abortive oils not used in aromatherapy -- Neurotoxic and/or abortive oils occasionally used in aromatherapy -- Potential skin irritant oils -- Phototoxic oils -- Contact-sensitizing oils -- General properties of essential oils -- Appendix C. Occupational health and safety -- Appendix D…
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