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Gattefosse’s Aromatherapy
The First Book on Aromatherapy
by Gattefosse, Rene-Maurice
Quality Paperback - ISBN 0852072368
List Price: $25.95
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Daniel, C.W. Co.
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| | In 1910, René-Maurice Gattefossé discovered the healing properties of lavender oil after severely burning his hands in a laboratory explosion. This led him into a life-time of research into Essential Oils and most aromatherapists agree that he did more than anyone to lay the foundations for aromatherapy in this century. In his foreword, Gattefossé writes ". . . the surprising factor to bear in mind is this: the whole natural world is scented, yet until today, now one has sought to know why . . . we even have a sense to distinguish good smells from bad ones. The former please us, the latter repel or revolt us. Is this not because the former can be beneficial and the latter harmful?" This book represents thirty years of intense experimentation by the author, and although much has developed in the past sixty years, Gattefossé’s contribution is clear: it is he who chartered the antiseptic and bacterial properties of essential oils, as well as their anti-toxic, antiviral, vitalizing, healing and therapeutic powers. Now edited by the best-selling aromatherapist Robert Tisserand, "Gattefossé’s Aromatherapy" represents a fascinating blend of ancient and modern knowledge and an essential tool of reference as well. |
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