Book reviews/ 17.02.24
The Chemistry of Essential Oils
THE CHEMISTRY OF ESSENTIAL OILS Revised edition 2008 By David Williams ISBN 978-1870228-31-2 Reviewed by Martin Watt - Dec 2008 This book is something I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to understand the chemistry and other issues of the use of essential oils. This edition includes many GLC charts on each different essential oil...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple
The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple By David Stewart Reviewed by Robert Tisserand Review first published on August 24th 2012: http://roberttisserand.com/2012/08/book-review-the-chemistry-of-essential-oils-made-simple/ At almost 850 pages, there's plenty of reading here. Unfortunately, this book is replete with errors. There are inn...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Clinical Aromatherapy in Nursing
Clinical Aromatherapy in Nursing by Jane Buckle (Arnold 1997). Reviewed by Maria Lis-Balchin B.Sc. (Hons), PhD. This book should not be recommended for any University courses in complementary or alternative therapies as I do not feel it meets the academic standards expected of a course core book or recommended reading book at any level. Due...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Complete Guide to Aromatherapy
The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy 1995 edition by Salvatore Battaglia. Reviewed by Martin Watt. I thought parts of this book looked impressive until I started on the essential oil monographs. In those he includes the usual nonsense from earlier aromatherapy authors. They took the traditional uses of herbs and assumed the external applicati...
Book reviews/ 17.02.24
Medical Aromatherapy
Medical Aromatherapy by Kurt Schnaubelt. 1999 edition Reviewed by Martin Watt. I had high hopes for this book as it was only published in 1999 years after other aromatherapy books. It therefore had a chance to correct errors made by previous authors. Sadly I was disappointed as it contains the same old recopied errors on the therapeutic us...