Book reviews/ 17.02.24
The Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ESSENTIAL OILS (original version) by JULIA LAWLESS. Reviewed by Martin Watt Cert. Phyt. Medical Herbalist. Page 10. "Rosemary and Marjoram should be avoided in pregnancy" No evidence is provided as to why, and no mention is made that there are at least 3 major varieties of marjoram oil. There are also dozens of s...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Aromatherapy For All The Family
AROMATHERAPY FOR ALL THE FAMILY 1993 edition. ISBN 0-946-982-06-6 by J. Kusmirek Reviewed by Martin Watt. SUMMARY Any author makes mistakes, however, the errors made in this work are numerous and profound. This could only be due to his lack of knowledge of the issues surrounding the use of essential oils. He also lacked the ability to so...
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Modern Essentials: A Contemporary Guide to the Therapeutic Use of Essential Oils
'Modern Essentials: A Contemporary Guide to the Therapeutic Use of Essential Oils' Author unknown but claimed to be "AromaTools". Published by http://www.aromatools.com/Default.asp of Utah, USA. A review by Martin Watt Introduction. This book looks like a mechanism to market DoTerra essential oils to their cult followers. They believe every...
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A practical Guide to Aromatherapy
A practical Guide to Aromatherapy by Lorrie Hargis ISBN 1-58054-070-8 A review by Martin Watt This book contains several formulas for the internal use of essential oils at extremely hazardous levels. Calculating potential toxicity or irritation levels is difficult because of the use of some kind of emulsifying agent which I have no infor...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Aroma & Clay Therapy
AROMA- & CLAY THERAPY by R.Ypma Reviewed by Martin Watt. I have not investigated the suggestions made for treating animals or many of the claims for the clay treatments. While being perfectly happy that clay used externally has some useful properties, it should NOT be recommended for INTERNAL use by aromatherapists who do not receive a soun...