Stephanie Tourles's Essential Oils: A Beginner's Guide

Best-selling author and herbalist Stephanie L. Tourles offers reliable guidance on using essential oils effectively and safely. This friendly, accessible introduction to the 25 most versatile oils for health and wellness highlights the key characteristics of lavender, chamomile, eucalyptus, lemon, peppermint, rosemary, tea tree, and other popular oils. You'll learn how to blend and apply these highly concentrated aromatherapy oils for use from head to toe. The 100 recipes - including Tranquil Demeanor Balm, Super Herbal Antibacterial Drops, Sunburn Rescue Spray, Sore Muscle Bath Salts, and Dream Weaver's Relaxing Rub - offer fragrant, natural ways to enhance well-being and promote healing.



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  Best-selling herbal body care author Stephanie L. Tourles provides a beginner's guide to the 25 most popular and versatile essential oils - concentrated herbal extracts - including how to use them safely and effectively to treat common ailments and enhance well-being.​
Stephanie L. Tourles is the best-selling author of Pure Skin Care,Stephanie Tourles's Essential Oils: A Beginner's Guide, Organic Body Care Recipes, Hands-On Healing Remedies, and Raw Energy. She is a certified foot and hand reflexologist and aromatherapist-and a licensed massage therapist and holistic esthetician. Tourles also has a strong background in Western and Ayurvedic herbalism. She lives in Marble Falls, Texas.

  The Scent-sational World of Essential Oils

1 Essential Oils 101

2 Quality, Safety & Storage

3 Aromatherapy: A Fragrant Pharmacy

    Suggested Dilutions for Various Methods of Applications

    Essential Oil Measurement Conversion Chart

4 Essential Oil Profiles & Recipes

    The Top 11 Essentials

         German Chamomile

         Roman Chamomile

         Clove Bud

         Eucalyptus

         Geranium

         Lavender

         Lemon

         Peppermint

         Rosemary

         Tea Tree

         Thyme

    14 Additional Essentials

         Bergamot

         Cardamom

         Virginia Cedarwood

         Cinnamon Bark

         Cypress

         Balsam Fir

         Frankincense

         Ginger

         Grapefruit

         Helichrysum

         Sweet Marjoram

         Myrrh

         Sweet Orange

         Scotch Pine

5 The "Essential" Home Apothecary



Appendix: Making Herb-Infused Oils

Resources

Recommended Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

  Restore your body, boost your mood, relax your senses, and invigorate your mind with essential oils. This friendly guide introduces you to the 25 most versatile essential oils, teaching you how to use these highly concentrated plant extracts safely and effectively. Enhance your well-being with 100 simple recipes, including Tranquil Demeanor Balm, Aloe and Lavender "Burn Juice," A Walk in the Woods Antifatigue Drops, and Scar Prevention and Treatment Oil.
"[Tourles's] experience and expertise are clear through the content of the book and her adeptness at conveying what she knows. The result for readers is confidence, understanding, and healthy results. The book is beautifully designed and laid out, with crisp photographs, elegant type, refreshing colors, and plenty of breathing room on the pages. Coupled with the professional, knowledgeable tone of the writing, the result is a feeling of warmth and wisdom. Stephanie Tourles's Essential Oils presents the first steps in a path toward holistic health." - Foreword Reviews"Everything you want to know about aromatherapy is in this beautiful, easy-to-follow, and inspiring package." - Robin Lander, Director of Educat