Summary:
This second edition of the core text Aromatherapy - Therapy Basics includes new information and features, which reflect the changes in beauty and therapy courses. A high quality colour section is also now included. The text covers all the underpinning knowledge and beyond for students studying this therapy. It provides a wide range of tasks, definitions and activities to ensure students gain a thorough understanding of the subject.

Topics include:
-The importance of research
-Data on 40 essential oils
-Aromachemistry
-Aromatherapy case studies
-The physiology of Aromatherapy
-Aromatherapy Massage Techniques

• New full colour section
• Includes material for more advanced students
• Written with the professional therapist in mind
• Completely up-to-date with latest specifications

Table of Contents:
1 Introduction to aromatherapy
2 Safety
3 The extraction of an essential oil
4 The essential oils
5 Chemistry
6 Physiology
7 Consultation
8 Blending
9 Aromatherapy massage
10 Basic business skills
11 Research in aromatherapy

About the Author(s):

Helen McGuinness is a highly successful author and has written widely on the subject of Beauty and Holistic Therapies. She is the principal of The Holistic Training Centre, incorporating essensa UK and director of her own busy salon, the Helen McGuinness Rejuvenation Day Spa.

Readership:
Therapy students

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