Aromatherapy for Women: How to use essential oils for health, beauty and your emotions. Maggie Tisserand

      

      AROMATHERAPY FOR WOMEN

      How to use the remarkable

      beautifying and healing qualities

      of essential oils

      Maggie Tisserand

COPYRIGHT

      Thorsons

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

      1 London Bridge Street

      London SE1 9GF

      Published by Thorsons 1985, 1990, 1993

      © Maggie Tisserand 1993

      Maggie Tisserand asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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       CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter One GETTING THROUGH THE DAY

Chapter Two GYNAECOLOGICAL REMEDIES

Chapter Three SEXUALITY AND SENSUALITY

       Chapter Four MASSAGE

       Chapter Five HEALTH AND HEALING

       Chapter Six AROMATHERAPY AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

       Chapter Seven SKIN AND HAIR CARE

       Chapter Eight PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

       Chapter Nine AFTER THE BIRTH

       Chapter Ten REMEDIES FOR CHILDREN’S ILLNESSES

       Chapter Eleven BLENDING

       Chapter Twelve RECIPES

       GLOSSARY OF METHODS OF TREATMENT

       SOME USEFUL CONVERSIONS

       BOTANICAL NAMES OF ESSENCES

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       INDEX

       ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      Thanks to my friend Sue Robinson, who helped to edit many of the chapters.

      Grateful thanks to my three children for being so trusting in me, and for the opportunities given to me to treat them, even for serious illnesses, and to put my faith to the test.

INTRODUCTION

      Firstly, I would like to explain my reasons for the title of my book, and apologize to all those men who have said to me ‘What about aromatherapy for men?’ Of course, aromatherapy is not only for women: it is for any human being – woman, child or man – and also for animals, in certain circumstances. I chose the title as there is a large proportion of the book relating to pregnancy, childbirth and gynaecological problems, which are only pertinent to women, but there is much information contained in the book which will be of benefit to men, especially the section about ‘Aromatherapy and the immune system’ (Chapter 6).

      For much of the book I have drawn largely on my own experiences during pregnancy, childbirth and in bringing up three children; in the visible improvements in my appearance and the general state of my health; and also on feedback from friends and relatives who have benefited from using essential oils.

      In a nutshell, aromatherapy means ‘a therapy using aromas’. The aromas come from the plant kingdom – flowers, trees, bushes, and herbs. The relevant part of the plant (the wood of the sandalwood tree; the petals of the rose; the peel of the lemon; the leaves of rosemary bushes; berries of the juniper tree, etc) is put through a process of distillation, where the volatile, odiferous substance is captured. It is this liquid which is known as an essential oil.

      Essential oils have many uses, although our sense of smell, being linked to our emotions, plays the largest part in recognizing the power of aromatherapy and it is here that we can discover how certain essences have the power to lift depression, or which essences have a calming influence on troubled emotions. Aromatherapy is a mixture of aromas, massage and medicine.

      It