Book Review: "The Complete Book of Essential Oils & Aromatherapy"

This book by Valerie Ann Worwood is the best one I have found on the subject of essential oils. It contains useful and interesting information on the history of Aromatherapy and the various uses for essential oils. It has a great index that makes it easy to find what essential oils are good for what problems, how to use them, precautions, and even why and how they work. Valerie Ann certainly did her homework on this one, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about and use EO's for themselves. I got it from the library, but plan to purchase it as a reference book to keep on hand.

Other noteworthy books on the subject are "The Aromatherapy Bible: The Definitive Guide to Using Essential Oils" by Gill Farrer-Halls and "The A-to-Z of Essential Oils: What They Are, Where They Come From, How They Work" by Joy Bowles. The former is a very easy read that is good for any beginner or newcomer to the subject, and focuses a lot on aromatherapy massage as well as making your own oil blends, and has an excellent list of essential oils in the back and information on each one. The latter is basically an encyclopedia that goes into depth on each oil, the pictures are fantastic, and the detail is quite impressive. So if you want to get the nitty gritty on Tea Tree Oil, its scientific name, origins, potency, or just want to see what a "tea tree" looks like, then this is the book for you.

As a final note on the subject, if you are at all interested in Essential Oils, but not enough to invest a whole bunch of time into buying/ reading a book, I have posted a link to my favorite Essential Oil Blog here.