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June, 2006

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Aromatherapy Books

Title	Author	Cover	Pages:	Code:	List Price:	Our Price:	Click to Order:
Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide To Healing With Essential Oils	Valerie Gennari Cooksley	Trade Paper	399	BK115	$13.95	$11.16
A hands-on guide to total health and wellness with the centuries-old "scentual" pleasure of aromatherapy. This step-by-step guide demystifies this herbal healing art, and provides all the tools and techniques you need to prepare and use the curative power of essential oils to relieve illness and restore youth and vitality.
Aromatherapy: The Complete Guide to Plant and Flower Essences for Health and Beauty	Daniele Ryman	Trade Paper	373	BK126	$11.95	$9.56
Daniele Ryman explains step-by-step how to use 80 of the most effective plants and oils in massages, baths, inhalations, facial saunas, lotions, poultices, and even cooking. Another listing offers treatments for over 100 common ailments. There is also fascinating information on the history of aromatherapy and the origins of each plant, plus advice on how to find oils of the best possible quality.
Aromatherapy An A-Z	Patricia Davis	Trade Paper	382	BK121	$19.95	Out of Print
An alphabetical listing of herbs, oils, and conditions, this book also contains a useful introduction to aromatherapy, and sections on hazardous oils, properties of oils, recipes, and contact addresses.
Aromatherapy For Common Ailments: How to use essential oils - such as rosemary, chamomile, and lavender - to prevent and treat more than 40 common ailments	Shirley Price	Trade Paper	95	BK112	$13.95	$11.16
An introduction to aromatherapy as a simple, pleasurable way to keep healthy and to relieve daily stress. This book covers the nature of aromatherapy, home use of treatments, everyday aromatherapy, and the use of aromatherapy to treat specific ailments.
Aromatherapy for Healing The Spirit: A guide to restoring emotional and mental balance through essential oils	Gabriel Mojay	Trade Paper	191	BK167	$18.95	$15.16
In Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit, internationally recognized aromatherapy expert Gabriel Mojay presents an easily applied approach to the art of using the fragrances of flowers, plants, and herbs for problems of a mental, emotional, and spiritual nature.
Aromatherapy For Women: A Practical Guide to Essential Oils for Health and Beauty	Maggie Tisserand	Trade Paper	128	BK118	$8.95	$7.16
Maggie Tisserand brings a wealth of practical experience to this aromatherapy guide, focusing on women and their particular health and beauty needs. It includes recipes and specific instructions for preparing your own remedies, oils, baths, perfumes, masks, and compresses, and includes a glossary and a list of sources of pure essential oils.
The Aromatherapy Practitioner Reference Manual (Two Volumes)	Sylla Sheppard-Hanger	Spiral Bound Paper	850	BK203	$125.00	$125.00
A complete reference book of over 350 aromatic plant extracts, index of biologically active phytochemicals, clinical index and taxonomical index.
Aromatherapy Workbook	Marcel Lavabre	Trade Paper	164	BK111	$16.95	$10.36
Marcel Lavabre's practical guide to the use of essential oils covers the history, folklore, science, and art of aromatherapy, providing the most comprehensive treatment of the subject available today. It features more than seventy essential oils classified by botanical family, with detailed discussion of their specific actions and unique insight into their energetic and spiritual properties.
The Art of Aromatherapy: The Healing and Beautifying Properties of the Essential Oils of	Robert B. Tisserand	Trade Paper	323	BK125	$12.95	$10.36
In The Art of Aromatherapy, Robert Tisserand recounts the history and use of oils in cosmetics and perfumes from ancient Egyptian times to the present day. His comprehensive guide show how to use essential oils as a gentle, harmless, yet effective method of natural healing.
Complete Aromatherapy Handbook: Essential Oils for Radiant Health	Susanne Fischer-Rizzi	Trade Paper	240	BK72	$16.95	$13.56
240 pages. Overview of Aromatherapy, including some history. With listings for 27 of the most important essential oils, including beneficial effects.
The Complete Book of Aromatherapy: Over 600 Natural, Non-toxic & Fragrant Recipes to Create Health, Beauty, and a	Valerie Ann Worwood	Trade Paper	423	BK124	$18.95	$15.96
This encyclopedic book contains, in practical and easy-to-understand form, every conceivable use for essential oils and aromatherapy in everyday life. It includes complete charts of all essential oils and their uses, a resource guide, and directions for aromassage.
The Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils: The Complete Guide to the Use of Aromatics in Aromatherapy, Herbalism, Health and Well-Being	Julia Lawless	Trade Paper	226	BK74	$14.95	$11.46
The first extensive and systematic survey of all the most commonly available aromatherapy oils. With a comprehensive A to Z presentation, the information given on over 165 oils includes: extract botanical origins, aromatherapy applications, the herbal/folk tradition for each plant, the methods of extraction, home and commercial uses, and safety data.
Personalized Perfumes: More than 40 recipes for making fragrances with essential oils	Gail Duff	Hard	72	BK114	$16.00	Out of print
Over 40 recipes using a range of natural ingredients such as essential oils, flowers and woods; instructions for making a scented selection of beauty items such as bath oils, colognes, and lotions; and a complete source directory listing suppliers of ingredients used to make the perfumes.
Plant Aromatics: A Data & Reference Manual on Essential Oils and Aromatic Plant Extracts Sets 1	Martin Watt	Loose Leaf	170	BK158	$75.00	$75.00
This valuable reference for trained essential oil users includes information on irritation, sensitization, photosensitivity; Oral and dermal toxicology of Aromatic Oils, maximum levels of oils in perfumes, and effects on the skin of aromatic extracts.
Portraits in Oils: The Personality of Aromatherapy Oils and Their Link With Human	Philippe Mailhebiau	Trade Paper	298	BK214	$19.95	$15.96
The English-language and shortened edition of the French author's monumental La Nouvelle Aromatherapie: caracterologie de essences et temperaments humains. The key-stone of this book is in the 24 monographs of major essential oils, presenting each oil as an individual entity with detailed and precise characteristics. An understanding of personality profile of an essential oil makes it possible to relate its olfactory affinities to the individual. From a therapeutic point of view this approach opens the door to personalized treatments that go beyond the scope of symptomatic Aromatherapy...
Herbs
Title	Author	Cover	Pages:	Code:	List Price:	Our Price:	Total
An Elders' Herbal: Natural Techniques for Promoting Health & Vitality	David Hoffmann	Trade Paper	266	BK182	$17.95	$14.36
David Hoffmann's Complete Guide To Healthy Aging addresses the unique concerns of people approaching fifty years of age and older.
Back to Eden: The Classic Guide to Herbal Medicine, Natural Foods, and Home Remedies	Jethro Kloss	Mass Paperback	1027	BK67	$9.95	$7.96
1007 pages. Revised edition. Jethro Kloss's original material intact. Old terms explained and brought up to date. Over 300 additional pages of natural healing information. Topics rearranged for easy reference. New illustrations and tables. New family photo section. Complete, new comprehensive index. Recipes with directions and materials brought up to date. The AUTHENTIC and heirloom Kloss Family edition. Also available in Trade Paper Back---see next listing.
Back to Eden: The Classic Guide to Herbal Medicine, Natural Foods, and Home Remedies	Jethro Kloss	Trade	1027	BK213	$14.95	$11.96
Trade Paper Back version. For description see previous listing.
The Complete Herbalist: Making Use of Nature's Remedies	Dr. O. Phelps Brown	Trade Paper	504	BK127	$14.95	$11.96
In this reprint of his nineteenth century medicinal guide, herbalist O. Phelps Brown discusses the healing properties of over 130 herbs, and explores herbs as an alternate, holistic method of treating disease. Arranged alphabetically, each entry includes the herb's common name, medicinal part, description, history, properties, uses, and recommended dose.
The Complete Illustrated Holistic Herbal: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal	David Hoffmann	Trade Paper		BK132	$24.95	$19.96
A comprehensive and authoritative guide with step-by-step advice on the use of herbal medicine for the safe treatment of a wide range of complaints. Its unique holistic approach enables you to restore and maintain wellbeing by treating the body as a whole 256
The Complete Medicinal Herbal: A practical guide to the healing properties of herbs, with more than 250 remedies for common ailments	Penelope Ody	Hard	192	BK32	$29.95	$20.97
A practical guide to the healing properties of herbs, with more than 250 remedies for common ailments. Features full-color photographs of more than 120 medicinal herbs and plants with therapeutic properties, showing the different parts and explaining how the are used. Includes over 250 safe, effective home remedies for a wide range of common ailments, from respiratory problems and digestive concerns to allergic conditions and varicose veins. Explores both Eastern and Western approaches to using one of the most ancient systems of natural medicine.
The Encyclopaedia of Flower Remedies: The healing power of flower essences from around the world	Clare G. Harvey	Trade Paper	267	BK29	$24.00	$19.20
This is the first complete encyclopaedia of flower essences gathered together from all corners of the globe, from the West coast of America and the Australian Bush to Hawaii, the Himalayas and the Amazon jungle.
Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses: Definitive Reference Work for Every Gardener	Deni Bown	Hard	424	BK129	$39.95	$27.95
The Herb Society of America's Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses is the most authoritative illustrated encyclopedia of herbs yet produced. It covers over 1000 herbs grown worldwide for their culinary, aromatic, medicinal, and economic uses, as well as for their decorative qualities in the garden
The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants: A Practical Reference Guide To More Than 550 Key Medicinal Plants & Their Uses	Andrew Chevallier	Hard	336	BK181	$39.95	$27.97
Comprehensive and authoritative, this is the first fully illustrated reference guide to more than 550 of the most important medicinal plants from the world's key herbal traditions.
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The Green Witch Herbal: Restoring Nature's Magic in Home, Health & Beauty Care	Barbara Griggs	Trade Paper	168	BK30	$14.95	$11.96
Centuries ago, every woman was an herbal expert by necessity. The herbs and flowers in her garden supplied medicines, cosmetics, perfumes, soaps shampoos, toilet waters, and room fresheners. Today, as we seek natural alternatives to harsh synthetic products, modern researchers are discovering that charming herbal legends often turn out to encode hard medical fact, and many old wives' tales contain more that a grain of truth. We are rediscovering our foremothers' "green witchcraft"--the use of flowers, berries, roots, and barks for hygiene, beauty, pleasure and health.
The Healing Herbs: The Ultimate Guide to the Curative Power of Nature's Medicines	Michael Castleman	Hard	436	BK40	$27.95	$19.57
436 pages. The Healing Herbs provides the information you need to use the earth's wonderful bounty of medicinal plants confidently, effectively, and above all, safely. I examines 100 herbs used in traditional healing, traces their history, folklore, and medicinal use, and summarizes the latest scientific research on their many benefits (and in some cases, their potential hazards)… Remedies for over 200 conditions and diseases.
The Healing Power of Herbs: The Enlightened Person's Guide to the Wonders of Medicinal	Michael T. Murray	Trade Paper	410	BK169	$15.95	$12.76
410 pages… Contains topics such as: The magic of common food herbs and spices--onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric… Herbal tonics---Chinese or Korean ginseng, Siberian ginseng, angelica… Herbal sedatives---valerian, St John's wort… Herbs for: Asthma and hayfever, Immune-system enhancement, Bladder infections, Diabetes, Herpes, and Menopause.
The Herb Book	John Lust	Mass Paper	660	BK66	$6.99	Not Available
Sooth your nerves, cure your cough, color your fabrics, perfume your bath, stimulate your lover, spice your sauces, stop your nightmares, freshen your breath-----with herbs…659 pgs.
Herbal Healing for Women: Simple Home Remedies for Women of All Ages	Rosemary Gladstar	Trade Paper	303	BK168	$12.00	$9.60
Comprehensive and easy-to-use, Herbal Healing for Women explains how to create remedies - including teas, tinctures, salves, and ointments - for the common disorders that arise in the different cycles of a woman's life.
The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook	James Green	Trade Paper	40	BK28	$6.95	$6.95
40 pages. The Art & Science of Herbal Medicine-Making as taught at the California School of Herbal Studies.
Herbal Prescriptions for Better Health: Your Everyday Guide to Prevention, Treatment and	Donald J. Brown, N.D.	Hard	349	BK39	$22.95	$16.07
Experience the simple, safe, and powerful remedies provided by nature. In this insightful book, Dr. Donald J Brown, a naturopathic physician and expert in medicines, discusses herbal medicine with the warm, knowledgeable confidence of a caring family doctor. One section introduces the various types of herbal medicine. Another focuses on the eighteen most frequently prescribed herbs-- including chamomile, Echinacea, garlic, Ginkgo biloba, ginseng, and valerian. Then, in a third section arranged by body system, Dr. Brown prescribes effective herbal treatments for dozens of health conditions.
Herbal Remedies In Pots: Growing And Making Herbal Remedies For Common Ailments	Effie Romain	Hard	96	BK131	$16.95	$11.87
Clear, concise instructions for planting, growing, and maintaining herbs in containers, with step-by-step color photographs to show you how to make herbal preparations such as infusions, decoctions, ointments, and creams.
Herbal Tonic Therapies: Remedies from nature's own pharmacy to strengthen & support each vital	Daniel B. Mowrey	Trade Paper	400	BK180	$14.95	$11.96
More than 60 herbs are covered in comprehensive detail, with complete scientific references documenting each aspect of their properties and their therapeutic uses.
Herbal Treasures: Inspiring Month-by-Month Projects for Gardening, Cooking, and Crafts	Phyllis V. Shaudys	Trade Paper	312	BK25	$17.95	$14.36
The rich world of herbs blooms with exciting possibilities, and in Herbal Treasures that world is lovingly and thoroughly explored by the author and may of her colleagues actively involved with herbs. This book contains advice for the gardener, the cook, and for the craftsperson. As in the author's highly acclaimed book, The Pleasure of Herbs, each chapter presents a variety of projects keyed to a different month, so that one can follow the book through the year to find inspiring ideas for gardens, kitchens, decorating, and gifts appropriate to the season.
Herbalism: Healing and Harmony Symbolism, Ritual, and Folklore, Traditions of East and West	Frank J. Lipp	Trade Paper	184	BK165	$14.95	$11.96
A richly illustrated and uniquely comprehensive guide to herbalism, this book traces the histories of medicinal plants in different cultures, with special emphasis on their collection, their cultivation, their uses, their symbolism, and the light that they shed on a vast spectrum of traditions and beliefs.
Herbs & Aromatherapy for the Reproductive System: Men and Women	Jeanne Rose	Trade Paper	127	BK50	$7.95	Back Order $9.30
The first in the Jeanne Rose Earth Medicine Books series, this practical guidebook treats male and female sexuality and reproduction with accuracy and intimacy. Rose's contention is that herbs are the best treatment for many sexual and reproductive conditions and don't have the side effects associated with drug therapies and synthetic hormone replacement. The book contains a Female Section and a Male Section. 127 pages.
Herbs for Your Health: A handy guide for knowing and using 50 common herbs.	Steven Foster	Trade Paper	121	BK161	$9.95	$7.96
Steven Foster has admirably fulfilled his objective of distilling the voluminous and often contradictory information on medicinal botanicals into a digest of essential facts.
Herbs of Choice: The Therapeutic Use of Phytomedicinals	Varro E. Tyler, PhD	Trade Paper	209	BK141	$17.95	$14.36
The author painstakingly draws from numerous references to deliver to a new audience in the209 United States the scientific confirmation of many herbal medicines in wide usage both in Europe and the U.S.
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Honest Herbal, The: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies	Varro E. Tyler, PhD	Hard	375	BK142	$49.95	Back Ordered
The leading authoritative source of information regarding the efficacy and safety of herbal medicine. Note:  Paperback is out of print.
Jeanne Rose's Kitchen Cosmetics: Using herbs, fruit, & flowers for natural bodycare	Jeanne Rose	Trade Paper	126	BK45	$11.95	$9.56
Since its publication in 1978, Kitchen Cosmetics has become the leading title in the home preparation of natural cosmetics. It is used by apartment dwellers who buy herbs, gardeners who tend a few pots in sunny windows, and gardeners with spacious beds … a steadily growing number of people who want to "take back" the pleasure of working with herbs themselves--and want more control over what they put on their hair, face and body.
The Male Herbal: Health Care for Men and Boys	James Green, Herbalist	Trade Paper	278	BK56	$14.95	$11.96
James Green is the herbalist for Simplers Botanical Company and a member of the American Herbalist Guild. He is co-director and a teacher at the California School of Herbal Studies. He has conducted workshops in eco-plant harvesting, herbal medicine-making and traditional herbal therapies. This book examines the role of men in the history of herbology as well as focusing on using herbs for specific male health issues.
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way: Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90	Susun S. Weed	Trade Paper	204	BK55	$9.95	$7.96
Your body knows more about menopause than your doctor does! Susun Weed (Author of best-seller Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year) spent three years talking with more than 10,000 women about their menopause. She discovered that their experiences differ hugely from most published accounts. Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way brings together all dimensions of the Change--from meditations and quick fixes for hot flashes to safe, natural ways to keep your mood cool, your heart healthy and your bones strong.
Natures Beauty Kit: Cosmetic Recipes for Faces over 21	Deb Carpenter		206	BK60	$9.95	Out of Print
The New Age Herbalist: How to use herbs for healing, nutrition, body care, and relaxation	Richard Mabey	Trade Paper	288	BK36	$21.00	$16.80
288 pages. We have all grown increasingly aware of the potential-- and documented --dangers of the chemical toxins that surround us. This book is a compendium of healthy alternatives, an indispensable guide for contemporary natural living. Contains a full-color illustrated glossary of more than 200 herbs.
Nutritional Herbology: A Reference Guide to	Mark Pedersen	Trade Paper	321	BK51	$19.95	Back Ordered
Topics include: How and Why Herbs Work, Nutritional Analysis of Scores of Herbs, Scientific Analysis that Authenticates Historical Usage, Detailed Description of Active Principles in each Herb, How to Decipher each Herb's Herbal Properties, Major Acupressure & Iridology Points Correlated to Herbal Combinations, Easy to read Charts Giving Vital Information on each Herb.
The Practical Handbook of Plant Alchemy: An Herbalist's Guide to Preparing Medicinal Essences, Tinctures, and Elixirs	Manfred M. Junius	Trade Paper	264	BK164	$16.95	$13.56
This classic handbook elucidates the nearly forgotten but highly valuable alchemical methods for preparing natural remedies.
Secrets of the Chinese Herbalists	Richard Lucas	Trade Paper	236	BK46	$10.95	$8.76
This completely updated revision of Richard Lucas's best-selling guide brings you scoress of safe, natural herbal remedies that have been used by the Chinese for thousands of years to relieve disease and pain--without dangerous side effects.
Skin Deep: Natural Recipes for Healthy Skin and	Margaret Dinsdale	Trade Paper	128	BK37	$15.95	$12.76
For more than a decade, author Margaret Dinsdale developed and distributed her own line of natural skin-care products. In SKIN DEEP, she enthusiastically shares her simple secrets for healthy skin care. Now you, too, can avoid the artificial ingredients in overpriced and overpackaged commercial goods by leaning how to make your own. These easy-to-prepare recipes for cleansers, toners, masks, bath and massage oils, shampoos and conditioners use all-natural ingredients readily available from the grocer, health-food store and backyard garden. Beautifully designed with color photographs and botanical illustrations, SKIN DEEP is a delightful how-to guide for people of all ages and skin types who want to look and feel their best during the environment-conscious '90's.
Today's Herbal Health: The Essential Reference Guide to Understanding Herbs Used for Medicinal	Louise Tenney, M.H.	Trade Paper	377	BK49	$16.95	$13.56
This comprehensive book covers both single herbs and herbs used in combination. It lists herbs and their uses alphabetically for quick and easy reference. It also covers standard medical treatments with their possible side effects.
The Way of Herbs: Complete, Easy-To-Use Information On Simple Herbal Remedies - For Natural Health And Healing	Michael Tierra	Mass Paper	375	BK160	$6.99	$5.59
The first herb book which effectively blends Eastern, European, and American Indian healing traditions. A practical and useful guide to herbal health care.
Other Books
Title	Author	Cover	Pages:	Code:	Qty:	Price:	Total
Natural Healing for Dogs & Cats	Diane Stein	Trade Paper	186	BK97	$16.95	$13.56
This is a great book on how to keep your pet healthy through massage, herbal remedies, acupressure, nutrition, psychic healing, homeopathy, acupuncture, flower essences, and muscle testing.

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