Medical Aromatherapy: Healing with Essential Oils

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Frog Books, Jan 12, 1999 - Health & Fitness - 304 pages

The serious practitioner’s in-depth guide to aromatherapy from a renowned leader in the field and expert in organic chemistry

This distinguished organic chemist shares his in-depth knowledge of the particular current value of essential oils, for health on all levels. In an era when Western allopathic medicine has less and less appeal, this self-care method is a potent alternative, with roots going back to ancient times.

Dr. Schaubelt has a gift for presenting facts and information in a way that is intriguing and easy to assimilate. In the flood of "coffee table" aromatherapy books currently available, this is a much needed and welcome source for those truly interested in taking responsibility for their own health.

 

Contents

THREE
31
The VitalistPhysicalist Debate
49
FIVE
63
SEVEN
103
EIGHT
109
ELEVEN
159
TWELVE
177
THIRTEEN
219
Epilogue
257
References
264
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About the author (1999)

Kurt Schnaubelt earned his Ph.D. in Germany from Technical University of Munich. A leader in aromatherapy in the United States since 1983, he is the author of Advanced Aromatherapy, a textbook on scientifically based aromatherapy originally published in Cologne in 1995.

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