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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Essential oils
    sub title: a handbook for aromatherapy practice
  name:
    name part: Rhind, Jennifer Peace
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: Pirie, David
    role:
      role term: author
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    place:
      place term: London
    publisher: Singing Dragon
    date issued: c2012
    date issued: 2012
    edition: 2nd ed
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 318 p. : ill. ; 25cm.
  abstract: "Completely revised and significantly expanded, the new edition of this handbook provides full information on the use of essential oils in the field of contemporary aromatherapy, based on the research evidence behind their therapeutic applications. It explains the historial and cultural context for our understanding of aromatherapy and offers a detailed account of how essential oils are created, how and where aromatherapy is used, the underlying pharmacology, and the current research. The characteristics of over 100 essential oils, absolutes and resinoids are provided in detail, including botanical and chemical information, usage and combinations."
  table of contents: 1. From historical origins to the present day : the philosophies of the pioneers and influential thinkers -- 2. Theoretical perspectives -- 3. Synergy and antagonism -- 4. Maury's individual prescription and its derivatives -- 5. Functional group influence and the molecular approach -- 6. Psychosensory approaches -- 7. Botanical principles in aromatherapy -- 8. Essential oils of the angiospermae -- 9. Essential oils of the gymnospermae -- 10. Absolutes and resinoids in aromatherapy
  note: Jennifer Peace Rhind with David Pirie
  note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-305) and indexes
  subject:
    topic: Aromatherapy
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Essences and essential oils
    topic: Therapeutic use
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Aromatherapy
  subject:
    topic: Oils, Volatile
    topic: therapeutic use
  classification: RM666.A68 R45 2012
  classification: WB 925
  identifier: 1848190891 (paperback : alk. paper)
  identifier: 9781848190894 (paperback : alk. paper)
  record info:
    record creation date: 130710
    record change date: 20220920093000.0
    record identifier: 0000085058