Maggie Tisserand - Aromatherapy for Women - How to use essential oils for health, beauty and your emotions

AROMATHERAPY FOR WOMEN

How to use the remarkable

beautifying and healing qualities

of essential oils

Maggie Tisserand

COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Chapter One GETTING THROUGH THE DAY Chapter Two GYNAECOLOGICAL REMEDIES Chapter Three SEXUALITY AND SENSUALITY Chapter Four MASSAGE Chapter Five HEALTH AND HEALING Chapter Six AROMATHERAPY AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Chapter Seven SKIN AND HAIR CARE Chapter Eight PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH Chapter Nine AFTER THE BIRTH Chapter Ten REMEDIES FOR CHILDREN’S ILLNESSES Chapter Eleven BLENDING Chapter Twelve RECIPES GLOSSARY OF METHODS OF TREATMENT SOME USEFUL CONVERSIONS BOTANICAL NAMES OF ESSENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

Thorsons

An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

1 London Bridge Street

London SE1 9GF

Published by Thorsons 1985, 1990, 1993

© Maggie Tisserand 1993

Maggie Tisserand asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

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TITLE PAGE AROMATHERAPY FOR WOMEN How to use the remarkable beautifying and healing qualities of essential oils Maggie Tisserand

COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Chapter One GETTING THROUGH THE DAY Chapter Two GYNAECOLOGICAL REMEDIES Chapter Three SEXUALITY AND SENSUALITY Chapter Four MASSAGE Chapter Five HEALTH AND HEALING Chapter Six AROMATHERAPY AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM Chapter Seven SKIN AND HAIR CARE Chapter Eight PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH Chapter Nine AFTER THE BIRTH Chapter Ten REMEDIES FOR CHILDREN’S ILLNESSES Chapter Eleven BLENDING Chapter Twelve RECIPES GLOSSARY OF METHODS OF TREATMENT SOME USEFUL CONVERSIONS BOTANICAL NAMES OF ESSENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE PUBLISHER Thorsons An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF Published by Thorsons 1985, 1990, 1993 © Maggie Tisserand 1993 Maggie Tisserand asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Source ISBN: 9780722522608 Ebook Edition © November 2017 ISBN: 9780008286477 Version: 2017-11-16 HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to my friend Sue Robinson, who helped to edit many of the chapters. Grateful thanks to my three children for being so trusting in me, and for the opportunities given to me to treat them, even for serious illnesses, and to put my faith to the test.

INTRODUCTION

Chapter One GETTING THROUGH THE DAY

Chapter Two GYNAECOLOGICAL REMEDIES

Chapter Three SEXUALITY AND SENSUALITY

Chapter Four MASSAGE

Chapter Five HEALTH AND HEALING

Chapter Six AROMATHERAPY AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Chapter Seven SKIN AND HAIR CARE

Chapter Eight PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

Chapter Nine AFTER THE BIRTH

Chapter Ten REMEDIES FOR CHILDREN’S ILLNESSES

Chapter Eleven BLENDING

Chapter Twelve RECIPES

GLOSSARY OF METHODS OF TREATMENT

SOME USEFUL CONVERSIONS

BOTANICAL NAMES OF ESSENCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to my friend Sue Robinson, who helped to edit many of the chapters.

Grateful thanks to my three children for being so trusting in me, and for the opportunities given to me to treat them, even for serious illnesses, and to put my faith to the test.

INTRODUCTION

Firstly, I would like to explain my reasons for the title of my book, and apologize to all those men who have said to me ‘What about aromatherapy for men?’ Of course, aromatherapy is not only for women: it is for any human being – woman, child or man – and also for animals, in certain circumstances. I chose the title as there is a large proportion of the book relating to pregnancy, childbirth and gynaecological problems, which are only pertinent to women, but there is much information contained in the book which will be of benefit to men, especially the section about ‘Aromatherapy and the immune system’ ( Chapter 6).

For much of the book I have drawn largely on my own experiences during pregnancy, childbirth and in bringing up three children; in the visible improvements in my appearance and the general state of my health; and also on feedback from friends and relatives who have benefited from using essential oils.

In a nutshell, aromatherapy means ‘a therapy using aromas’. The aromas come from the plant kingdom – flowers, trees, bushes, and herbs. The relevant part of the plant (the wood of the sandalwood tree; the petals of the rose; the peel of the lemon; the leaves of rosemary bushes; berries of the juniper tree, etc) is put through a process of distillation, where the volatile, odiferous substance is captured. It is this liquid which is known as an essential oil.

Essential oils have many uses, although our sense of smell, being linked to our emotions, plays the largest part in recognizing the power of aromatherapy and it is here that we can discover how certain essences have the power to lift depression, or which essences have a calming influence on troubled emotions. Aromatherapy is a mixture of aromas, massage and medicine.

It was in 1972 that I first looked for an alternative form of medicine, when I decided that I no longer wanted to take aspirins or antibiotics. Homoeopathy was the alternative science that I chose to study, but whilst living in a sort of ‘medical commune’ with other like-minded young people, something happened which was to imprint itself forever in my memory – the miraculous healing power of essential oils! One day a friend turned up on the doorstep, nursing a badly burned arm. He had removed the radiator cap from his Jeep, and a jet of steam had seared the skin from his forearm. He resolutely refused to go to hospital, insisting that we treat him. Annie (an SRN nurse and trainee acupuncturist) diagnosed the injury as being a second-degree burn, and tidied up the site of injury with sterile instruments. I administered homoeopathic arnica to lessen the shock, and Robert Tisserand applied neat lavender oil on sterile gauze. The essence stung at first, but then reduced the pain, and this treatment was employed twice a day for a little over a week. After two weeks the arm was completely healed, there was no scar tissue, and our friend was able to return to work.