Aromatherapy Science : A guide for healthcare professionals
9780857111340
Science-based aromatherapy information for healthcare professionals. Includes monographs on the commonly used essential oils.
Aromatherapy Science
A guide for healthcare professionals
Lis-Balchin, Maria
First edition
Maria Lis-Balchin - Honorary Research Fellow, School of Applied Science, London South Bank University
Aromatherapy science is one of the fastest growing forms of alternative medicine in the UK and USA. Essential oils are now sold in pharmacies and aromatherapy is increasingly being used in hospitals and primary care settings.
This unique book takes an analytical and scientific approach to aromatherapy practices and principles based on the scientific evidence to date.
Aromatherapy Science consists of eight chapters and 68 monographs. The chapters review the scientific basis of aromatherapy and contents include:
This book provides pharmacists, GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals with reliable scientifically based information on this growing discipline.
This unique book takes an analytical and scientific approach to aromatherapy practices and principles based on the scientific evidence to date.
Aromatherapy Science consists of eight chapters and 68 monographs. The chapters review the scientific basis of aromatherapy and contents include:
- historical background
- aromatherapy practice
- chemistry of essential oils
- bioactivity of essential oils
- science of smell
- safety issue
- clinical studies.
This book provides pharmacists, GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals with reliable scientifically based information on this growing discipline.
- ISBN 978 0 85711 134 0
- Published Nov 2005
- Paperback
246 x 189mm (480pp)
