Ayurveda and Aromatheraphy: The Earth Essential Guide to Ancient Wisdom and Modern HealingThis book is a collection of twenty-five years of healing experience using aromatherapy and Ayurveda. It includes a self-dianosis questionnaire to determine your metabolic type, descriptions of essential oils, and recipes for the use of essnetial oils for common problems. It contains detailed information on over 100 essential oils, as well as over 100 illustrations and photographs. |
Contents
FOREWORD BY HARVEY DIAMOND | 3 |
Individual Balance and Body Types | 19 |
The Tastes of Life | 35 |
The Subdoshas | 39 |
Lifestyle and Diet | 53 |
5 | 63 |
Essential Oils Through Time | 67 |
What Are Essential Oils? | 75 |
Cooking With Essential Oils | 135 |
The Home Goddess Ayurvedic | 141 |
35 | 146 |
Health Enhancement | 151 |
Mind Emotions and Spirit | 165 |
Indian Massage | 171 |
Easy Rider Guide to Traveling | 183 |
Metaphysics and Special | 189 |
Ayurvedic Chemistry | 83 |
7 | 84 |
Aromatherapy and the Correction | 93 |
Ayurvedic Blending | 111 |
Personal Care | 121 |
Introduction | 217 |
Rare Oils | 301 |
GLOSSARY OF TERMS | 337 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 345 |
Other editions - View all
Ayurveda & Aromatherapy: The Earth Essential Guide to Ancient Wisdom and ... Light Miller,Bryan Miller No preview available - 1995 |
Ayurveda and Aromatherapy: The Earth Essential Guide to Ancient Wisdom and ... Light Miller No preview available - 2021 |
Ayurveda & Aromatherapy: The Earth Essential Guide to Ancient Wisdom and ... Light Miller,Bryan Miller No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
ajwan angelica anise antiseptic antispasmodic aroma lamp aromatherapy astringent Ayurveda basil bath bergamot bitter black pepper blend blood blue chamomile body Botanical name calamus calming camphor cardamon carminative cedarwood chakra champa cinnamon citrus clary sage clove cold Common name compress congestion cooling coriander cumin cypress dhavana diaphoretic digestion distillation diuretic Dosha effect drops emmenagogue Essential Oil Applications essential oils eucalyptus excess expectorant Family name fennel frankincense garlic geranium ghee ginger healing heating herbal herbs imbalance immune infections inhalation irritation jasmine jatamansi juniper juniperberry Kapha labdanum lavender lemon balm lemongrass liver lotion massage oil metabolism Mixes mucous myrrh neroli nerve nervine nervous nutmeg odor orange pain parsley PD taste peppermint perfume petitgrain Pitta plant produce pungent Energy rose rosemary rosewood saffron sandalwood seed skin smell stimulant sweet Energy symptoms thyme Tissues trifolia turmeric types Usage Vata vegetable oil vetiver warm Warning yarrow ylang ylang