Herbs & Aromatherapy for Horses

February 23, 2008 | By Doug In Aromatherapy |

Do-It-Yourself Natural Health: Acupressure, Herbal, & Aromatherapy
Do-It-Yourself is the ultimate pocket guide for self-treating over sixty common ailments and conditions using acupressure, herbal, & aromatherapy. Dozens of therapy tips and secrets make learning and using these therapies fast and easy. Information is organized for quick reference whenever and where ever you need it.
List Price: $15.95
Amazon Price: $15.95
Used Price: $5.29
Customer Review: A wealth of practical wisdom in down-to-earth terms
John Sherman (Registered Occupational Therapist and Certified Shiatsu Therapist) draws upon her years of experience and expertise in Take Me With You! Do-It-Yourself Natural Health, a thoroughly “reader friendly” informational guide and reference to the practices of acupressure and aroma therapy, as well as common herbs that can all be used to inexpensively enhance health and overall wellness. Black-and-white diagrams and a wealth of practical wisdom in down-to-earth terms fill the pages of this excellent and recommended personal heal care “how to” manual.
Customer Review: Do-It-Yourself Natural health
The book is written so anyone can understand and use the information on a daily basis. It provides valuable information on prevention, healing yourself, and has helpful ideas. The pictures are clear and the directions are very easy to follow step by step. You can learn the important pressure points quickly. I have used the tehniques to travel 22 hours on a plane and did not get air sick, swollen limbs, or suffer from jet lag just from using a few pressure points and following the helpful hints. The herbal and aroma therapy is also very helpful for relaxation and improving health. I highly recommend this book to anyone!

Lavender-Mint Aromatherapy Spray - Zum Misters by Indigo Wild, 4oz.
One of Indigo Wild’s best selling scents, now in a mist. Bring flowery-freshness wherever you go. Size: 4 fl. oz.
Price: $10.00

All Natural Frankincense & Myrrh Aromatherapy Soy Candle - Zum Glow Candle Tin by Indigo Wild, 7oz.
Much like the famous Zum Glow with a lead-free wick and soy base, yet clearly different. Size: 7 oz., 30 hour burn time
Price: $15.00

Aromatherapy‘>Aromatherapy for Women: A Practical Guide to Essential Oils for Health and Beauty
Extracted from flowers and herbs, aromatic essential oils have been used for centuries to heal and beautify, offering a gentle yet effective alternative in the treatment of illness, stress, and imbalance. Maggie Tisserand brings a wealth of practical experience to this book, focusing on women and their particular health and beauty concerns. She shows how the unique properties of specific essences can be used to maintain healthy hair and skin, ease minor complaints, and assist in treating more serious health problems.

The author shares her techniques for enhancing general well-being and sensual satisfaction with massage. She also gives advice on how to use aromatherapy during pregnancy and childbirth, and includes a chapter on remedies for children’s illnesses. Tisserand’s knowledge of aromatherapy is both accessible and comprehensive, providing the reader with excellent guidance to the healing benefits of aromatic essences.

Revised and expanded edition of the aromatherapy bestseller.

Includes recipes for preparing your own oils, baths, perfumes, masks, compresses, and other remedies.

A resource section directs you to reputable suppliers.
List Price: $9.95
Amazon Price: $9.95
Used Price: $1.97
Customer Review: Charming book
This is a charming book on aromatherapy, written in a conversational style. You can imagine sitting with a friend in a tea-shop where she is telling you how this or that essential oil helped so and so with such and such a problem. This makes book very easy to read and the stories make it easy to remember what essential oil may be helpful for treating particular issue. While the focus of the book is on essential oils which are helpful for issues related to women such as pms, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, it covers many issue related to both sexes, such as weight loss, skin care, hair care, sexually transmitted diseases and general ailments like headache, stomachache, infections, etc. At the end of the book there are about 16 pages with recipes related to issues mentioned previously in the book. This is a rather small book, perhaps more geared toward newcomers to aromatherapy, though the anecdotal stories make it for an informative and fun reading for anyone.
Customer Review: A wonderful guide… but not always to aromatherapy
This was one of my very first aromatherapy books, because it is relatively inexpensive, and likewise relatively small and non-threatening. It has more the feel of a friendly guide than some obscure textbook. I still use it on a very regular basis, even though I’ve also added a number of more advanced books to my repertoire. It is, on the whole, indeed very useful for women (and can be for men as well, of course!) It covers a wide range of women’s-interest subjects, from home and body care, to pregnancy and infants ailments. The information for men is not as prevalent (as indicated in the title, of course) but many things that apply to women apply to men as well. Most of the information is very thorough, but it can sometimes be hard to get to the ‘meat’ of what you are looking for. It is written in a very ‘friendly’, anecdotal style, which although easier reading than more ‘technical’ books, can make it difficult to find the key things you are looking for. The recommended essential oils are always in bold text, however, so that does at least partially negate this problem. Another issue I had with it was the fact that some of the subjects she speaks about, there is NO essential oil information at all. This would not trouble me nearly as much, except for the fact that part of the title of the book is ‘Guide to Essential Oils’. It is still good information, but if there is no essential oil information, I don’t feel it belongs in an essential oil guide. Despite these problems, however, I would definitely recommend it for any aromatherapy/essential oil library.