The Living Earth Guide to Essential Oils

The most complete guide to care for the whole family (child, senior, athlete, pregnant woman, etc.)

• A new edition of the Living Earth Guide to Essential Oils, which has been a continued success since its 1st edition (2017), which has already sold more than 40,000 copies.

• Based on the most recent knowledge, the author provides concrete advice in a very safe and educational setting.

• Written by one of France's leading aromatherapy experts.

• A guide that meets the expectations of beginners as well as those of the most demanding and experts.

• A double entry, by essential oils and pathologies.

• 37 new essential oils more than the first edition: 44 versatile and accessible essential oils (also used in hospitals) to treat all everyday ailments and 91 rarer essential oils to go further.

• Another novelty: a focus on the best plant hydrosols, very gentle and devoid of any toxicity, and which can therefore be used even in toddlers.

• For each essential oil, the composition and properties are precisely indicated, allowing greater autonomy in the elaboration of "homemade" treatments.

• The precautions for use and the toxicity of each essential oil, often underestimated in books already published, are particularly detailed here, in order to be able to treat oneself safely. Therapeutic advice is in accordance with French legislation.

• More than 200 pathologies, grouped by "sphere" (ENT, digestive disorders, pain and joints, stress, insomnia, etc.) with the presentation of an emergency care and a more in-depth therapeutic formula for long-term treatment.

• More than 600 formulas and treatments, including a hundred used in the largest European hospitals. For each essential oil, a reminder of the property for which it was chosen, its contraindications and its variants.

• Beauty and well-being tips and recipes (body, face, hair, nails, etc.).

• A fully edited chapter by a specialist in veterinary aromatherapy.

• Themed "first aid kits" (winter, skin, painkillers, pregnant women, babies/children, stress relievers).

• Numerous testimonies from caregivers: doctors, pharmacists, nurses, etc.

• Results of scientific studies proving the effectiveness of essential oils.